A change in the law so that anyone running for mayor or council must live within the boundaries of the municipality of Victoria.

A change in the law so it would be illegal for anyone running for mayor or council to accept campaign contributions from developers and construction companies, including all of their family members and relatives.

An immediate seven per cent reduction of city staff, which would help to reduce the atrociously high projected tax hike in 2026. Municipal wages are killing the taxpayer, and tough measures need to be taken.

An immediate stop to all travel unless it is crucial to the functioning of the city.

The dismantling of the many bike lanes that I think are barely, if ever, used and the opening of the many streets that have been blocked off.

Putting Clover Point back to the way it was before former mayor Lisa Helps destroyed it.

Allowing neighbours to have input as to what enormous buildings may be built on their street, and for the mayor and council to actually listen to them.

Prudent fiscal management has been nonexistent with the former and current mayor and council.

Millions upon millions of taxpayers’ dollars have been needlessly wasted, and it continues to this day.

The mayor and council also need to stop their policy of funding projects by constantly “robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

If you don’t have the money, then the project does not proceed. It’s not rocket science.

David Mason

Victoria

While Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto is engaged in “looking under every stone” for penny-ante savings in budgetary allocations, like cutting the flower basket budget, big-ticket items will survive, unscathed.

Fortunately, Centennial Square is, at least, on hold for now.

An even bigger, big-ticket item lies buried in the budget. The budgetary breakdown, attached to the city’s tax notice, allocates $16.7 million for so-called “multi-modal traffic improvements.”

History has demonstrated that this is, essentially, city-speak for bike infrastructure.

We need to put a halt to this massive future expense. Existing bike infrastructure “improvements” have had the knock-on effect of increasing traffic congestion and reducing flow, with the reduction in lane counts and the design of poorly conceived........

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