The Editor:
Re: Tri-City mayors, councils get pay bump — 12.5% in Port Coquitlam (Jan. 11, 2024)
I just wanted to vent my frustration over the different municipal governments and their recent pay increases.
It is hard to believe that there is no higher authority that governs what is deemed an appropriate pay increase.
I always thought Mayor Brad West was doing a good job of keeping things real when it came to our financial expenditures, taxes, etc., but I find it obscene the recent pay increases the local politicians unanimously approved for themselves.
This kind of greed at the public trough is disgusting. I received an increase of .01 per cent on my OAS [Old Age Security] last year.
It is time to have an independent body to approve politicians salaries. They have proven they cannot be trusted to do it themselves.
- Keith Parker, Port Coquitlam
