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Council candidate: Tom Birch responds - What's your position on cutting costs as opposed to maintaining or increasing the municipal tax rate?

City of Salmon Arm: Birch, Tom - council candidate
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Tom Birch - Council Candidate

I believe in cutting costs but not corners.

If there is waste in city spending, that needs to be addressed. Increasing tax revenue is best done by growth and raising taxes is generally a deterrent to the very growth that would give the city higher revenues.