HeyJaredSusan Young
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What kind of city do we want, Kingston? (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about my property tax bill increase and a few of the costs and issues involved in our cherished city, Kingston. If you read it, you already know that I concluded, for me, my annual property tax bill is a gentle reminder that we live collectively and so we share responsibility for maintaining our city’s infrastructure and programs. We pay for roads we may never drive on, libraries we may not use, fire trucks we hope never arrive at our door, parks our children may have gr
When the property tax bill lands (opens the original)
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My property taxes went up again this year, just like yours. My first thought was, “What a drag. Another increase to absorb.” Then I thought, “I’m fortunate to be able to pay this bill.” I use and appreciate so many of our city’s services: libraries, clean drinking water, recreation programs and much more. Still, I’m at the age when CPP and Old Age Security have to stretch across the month, and they certainly don’t rise as quickly as property taxes, groceries, insurance, utilities and all the oth
YOUNG: A “Tale of Two Cities” in Kingston (opens the original)
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We see it all over downtown Kingston: a body under blankets near a storefront, someone shouting into the air, a man pushing a shopping cart piled with his life possessions, someone slumped in a doorway. Most often, we pass quickly, glancing away almost reflexively, as though eye contact itself has become too intimate. This is not cruelty. For many of us, it is uncertainty. We no longer know what the right human response is to so many people struggling. What once startled us now barely interrupts
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