Residents encouraged to watch how tax dollars spent ahead of election

Municipal election a year away

Have you gone to or listened to one of the Chatham-Kent council meetings? Have you taken an interest in how your tax dollars are being spent? Have you noticed the increase in homelessness and crime?

Now is the time to take notice. In one year, we will be able to cast our votes to either keep the high spending elected officials we currently have, or choose more practical, common sense thinkers who are willing to spend taxpayers’ dollars like it’s their own bank account.

Here are some of the things on which this council has spent money during the years.

$5 million on the tiny cabin project.

$6 million on the Highway 2 roundabout.

$8.9 million on the Burke drain.

$18 million on 101 McNaughton Ave. W.

$33 million for gravel road conversion acceleration.