To the editor:
"Mayor says referendums would paralyze transportation projects," April 17
The mayors use the argument that no referendum was required for the Port Mann Bridge and Sea to Sky Highway projects, therefore, no referendum should be required for the proposed Surrey and Vancouver rapid TransLink projects.
The mayors will not be responsible for the long term debt and massive operating cost short falls for these multi billion dollar projects. The provincial government, not the mayors has the taxing authority and, if required, the referendum calling power. Home owners and vehicle drivers are already grossly over taxed when it comes to TransLink funding. These proposed TransLink projects are just not affordable and the mayors well know that a multi billion dollar TransLink referendum will fail, as it should
Al Siddons, Vancouver
