We attended the kick-off drive to gather petition signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot to rescind the 117 percent raise for the city of Vancouver mayor and 50 percent raise for city council members. We are encouraging Vancouver city residents to sign one of the petition forms. Signing one of these petition forms is only saying you feel the residents of Vancouver should have the right to vote on these proposed increases.
We firmly believe these proposed raises are excessive and that the residents of Vancouver should have the right to vote on whether they feel the proposed raises are fair and deserved. Remember, the raises were recommended by a Salary Review Commission appointed by the mayor and approved by the council to review his and city council members’ salaries. Kind of similar to having “the fox guard the hen house.”
We wish there was a way of knowing if any of the city council members will sign one of the petitions to allow the voters who elected them to agree or disagree on their proposed salary increases.
