Surrey Now-Leader, June 24, 2021

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Tax hike ‘damages trust’ in City Hall

Path to policing vote opens up

Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

Elections BC approves petition application for referendum on policing

It was billed as Surrey Property Taxes – Challenges and Opportunities. What was expressed was shock and awe. Surrey residents and businesses have seen a steep rise in their property taxes this year, despite Mayor Doug McCallum insisting they have been held at 2.9 per cent. “There’s is going to be a lot of noise about this,” said Anita Huberman, CEO of the Surrey Board of Trade, during a Zoom meeting held by the board on Monday. “In Surrey we’re facing some significant increases and it really relates to the mounting cost of doing business.” Continued on A5

Referendum

Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

These girls got the jump on summer on Saturday night, several hours before the season officially began on Sunday (June 20). A spectacular sunset rewarded their initiative, at Crescent Beach. See 101 Things to Do in Surrey, pages C1-C16. (Photo: Max Zytaruk)

Surrey residents will have their say about a binding referendum on Surrey’s controversial policing transition after Elections BC approved an initiative petition application launched by the widow of a Surrey murder victim. Darlene Bennett, whose husband Paul Bennett was shot dead in front of their home in Cloverdale in 2018, in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity, must collect the signatures of at least 10 per Continued on A3


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