WRATH [Worried Residents Against Tax Hikes] Membership doesn’t include council

By Gail Hall to Sooke News Mirror, September 3, 2003

The News Mirror of Aug. 27 contained a letter credited to Loretta Acreman.

Mrs. Acreman is entitled to her views and the freedom to express them. I would, however, suggest that she get her facts straight before putting them on paper.

There are no council members included in the membership of Worried Residents Against Tax Hikes (WRATH). To state otherwise and tie the word "corrupt" to any member of the current council is defamatory.

Even if a member of WRATH were to run for office and be elected, there would be no impropriety. We still have the constitutional right to assemble, even as elected officials.

The same edition includes a letter credited to Ted Davies, who makes a comparison between the homeowners’ cost of the sewers and the taxpayers’ cost for the $6 million for the pool. He remarks that the pool costs did not break the bank on his taxes.

He should remember that the $6 million for the pool is being repaid by taxpayers from East Sooke to Port Renfrew and includes all of Sooke, not just the estimated 800 homes or 2,000 residents that will pay for sewers.