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PoCo surplus should be returned

The Editor, Port Coquitlam collected $442,00 from tax payers last year that it should not have. The money should be returned to tax payers. It is not a surplus. Council has no discretion to spend the money elsewhere under our system of government.

The Editor,

Port Coquitlam collected $442,00 from tax payers last year that it should not have.

The money should be returned to tax payers. It is not a surplus. Council has no discretion to spend the money elsewhere under our system of government.

If they get away with doing so, what's to stop them collecting a surplus every year?

This is very basic, fundamental stuff and they should not be allowed to get away with it. Council needs to pay attention to this stuff, instead of wasting time debating whether or not to outlaw bows and arrows, criminalize bullying in the city and who knows what next? Expelling flatus in public parks?

Peter Manning

Port Coquitlam