[All] Please write to Record re Aissa ads

[Ginny Quinn]

Thanks  for this forward   Eleanor… I watched some of it  and  as WE  experienced  oldies  know….he does not have the class  nor the knowledge  nor ,as far as I’m concerned,  the  ability   to get beyond his own  egotistical negativism.  I have done the   early vote   and I’m proud to say  I voted for Ken. Ginny

 

From: All [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Eleanor Grant
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 12:17 AM
To: GREN2
Subject: [All] Please write to Record re Aissa ads

 

Hi All,

There's a lot of misinformation about LRT being circulated by the Jay Aissa campaign.  If you haven't heard his radio ads, please go to the votejay.ca <http://votejay.ca>  web site and watch the little video.

Need letters refuting these falsehoods!  I've already sent a letter saying to vote for incumbents on Reg Ccl, and mentioning lrt in passing. So I can't write another one.  Anyway, some voices they haven't heard from before wd be good. (Please DON'T circulate his video.)

Here are some talking points suggested by Mike Boos of TriTAG:

- "something you know you're never going to use" - 25k people a day, less congestion on roads, drives development for better community

- "going to cost taxpayers over one billion dollars" - $818M capital, only $253 from Regional property taxes

- "the LRT will join two malls, two malls people already visit by car or bus" - this one is obvious - our video (at tritag.ca <http://tritag.ca>  ) can show the many destinations in between

- "it's an expensive solution, for a non-existent problem" - cost of alternatives, problem very real (growth, $500M in new road costs, etc)

- "debt has tripled since 2009" - an exaggeration, more like doubled (not sure if this is a point we want to make)

- "and with projects like the LRT, it's projected to reach $1.5 billion" - this is a flat-out lie - there is only $1.1B of debt-financed capital spending projected between 2012-21, but since this is over a 10 year period, during which some of this will be paid off, the debt levels shouldn't reach this amount.

- "an affordable rapid transit plan that serves everyone" - Aissa hasn't defined what he means by a rapid transit plan, what route it will take, etc. He also doesn't explain how this could be affordable after $250M is thrown away cancelling LRT

- "and keeps regional debt down" - again, capital costs of LRT will have already been spent by Region before Aissa (God forbid) takes office.

Eleanor

PS Ken Seiling did a good interview with Greg Durocher of Camb Chamber of Comm that explains the debt issue beautifully: munic aren't allowed to run deficits like feds & prov, debt is only for large capital projects, such as water treatment plant. Like diff betw credit card debt and a mortgage.
View it at http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be <http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=0q86u7GtTT4> &v=0q86u7GtTT4
or google the chamber.

E.

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