Tax BOMB

So the citizens of Pitt Meadows are disgruntled about their tax increases, 
I wonder how they would feel about say a 2,500 percent tax increase which is just what Pacific Skydiving at Pitt Meadows Airport has just received 
I would call that a little more than mind-blowing I would think it borders on criminal. I have to wonder are they the only business to receive a 2,500 percent tax increase and if so how can the Airport authority justify what appears to be discrimination at best outright criminal at worst, this is a company that has been providing good service to the people of the lower mainland for 23 years and has a staff of 28 people, and as such is an important piece of the commercial tax base in Pitt Meadows.

This is all about the Pitt Meadows Airport Authority attempting to extend the runway to accommodate jets and as such is a major concern for the people of Pitt meadows, Maple ridge, Coquitlam and any other municipality that will be affected by this major change, unlike the Vancouver runway extension which went over water and even so received major opposition for noise, environmental and many other related consequences, this expansion will be going over expensive homes that have been there forever and maybe have not been affected by the smaller quieter propeller aeroplanes. We are talking about 2 acres of grass that will still be grass even if the runway is extended. 

I would imagine there will be a lot of opposition to this particular runway expansion, so with that in mind before you destroy a thriving business that will undoubtedly put a good sized hole in Pitt Meadows commercial tax base I would think Pitt Meadows council which is already under pressure about tax increases would make sure this expansion is even feasible before allowing this outrageous tax increase which is obviously a blatant attempt to evict Pacific Skydiving for no good cause, and put in jeopardy the many other businesses that supply and depend on Pacific Skydiving staying in business.

I have to even wonder if a tax increase this obscene is even legal it occurs to me that the Pitt Meadows Airport Authority has possibly exceeded it’s mandate.