Our Association is amused by calls by residents of Riverside, Exeter and Longford for a giant Christmas tree in Launceston and for Launceston City Council to pay for it.
Christmas has become very much a commercial promotion and the appropriate party to fund a giant tree is Cityprom, the very organisation for whom a special levy is collected for promoting the Launceston City Centre.
Cityprom Limited was formed in 1988 to promote and encourage development of the central business district of Launceston, including Christmas promotions and Christmas decorations. Ratepayers may well ask what they get from Cityprom for the money collected on their behalf ?
One wonders whether those people interviewed by The Examiner on Page 14, pay rates to Launceston City Council anyway ?
Max Plummer
Tasmanian Ratepayers Association Inc.
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