Pollie waffle

IN RESPONSE to the Mayor, Cr Sam Aziz (Barking Up The Wrong Tree, News 7 April) to my letter (Complaint Registered, 31 March) regarding cat registration – what a load of “pollie waffle”.
The Mayor has missed the point entirely – 25 per cent is 25 per cent, not an average of 13 per cent.
Whether it be 13 per cent or 25 per cent, it is still well above inflation of about 2.5 per cent – why?
The services council provides is a load of clap trap.
The fee may have been decided at an open council meeting on 15 December 2015 – that doesn’t make it fair.
Sorry if you don’t like the word “stealth”.
Why is the State Government getting a cut?
What the council is doing is trying to get around the 2.5 per cent cap on council rates by increasing fees not classified as council rates.
It will be interesting see what the new garbage rate will be for 2016-2017.
Bunjil is another example of council arrogance.
Just to round off this letter, there is no mention of local councils in the Australian Constitution – therefore local councils are illegal!
Arvo Talvik,
Cranbourne.