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June 27, 2026
Walking into the Kiwanis Center this morning, I was struck by the number of new brochures on hand promoting the City’s long-standing F.A.I.R. program. Fee Assistance in Recreation Program. I could only wonder how much I was forced to spend on those fancy brochures. Maybe that money could have instead been used to help fund the program. But I digress.
Those recreation programs are already heavily subsidized by taxpayers. Even if you’ve never taken advantage, you’re paying through the nose. And with this extra subsidy, those who qualify get their neighbors to pay even more. Kind of like the NDP Value Meal. Order what you want from the menu and the guy behind you in line has to pay for it. Socialism 101.
But the bigger issue at hand is the high fees that are driving the demand for such a program. Sure, things cost money. There’s no free lunch. However, many of those fees are not going toward the cost of the services. Rather, they’re going to cover the cost of the bloated bureaucracy behind all those services. Such as the CAO who makes more than the premier. And the raise his deputy got that’s more than the annual salary of most taxpayers. And the six-figure salaries of the DEI officer, several office managers, the HR manager, several economic development officers and the downtown development officer, among many others. None of whom need to be on our payroll. Cut those salaries, and maybe those experiencing financial difficulties wouldn’t be in such financial difficulties and could actually afford the programs on their own. But our governments don’t see it that way.
All they see are ways to make themselves look good. By “helping” us. And virtue signaling. Just as the City does in the last line. “We are committed to ensuring that every applicant feels safe, respected, and supported throughout the process.” This from the same City whose overpaid staff are hellbent on removing cash as an acceptable method of payment. An issue that would affect those “experiencing financial difficulties” the most. And, of course, to hell with the taxpayer. Instead, we must make the tax recipient feel respected.
All that doesn’t sound very “fair” to me.
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