RATEPAYERS NEED TO SPEAK UP
OF course these current traders within the Cityprom area are delighted because their rates will be reduced at the expense of hapless residential ratepayers and traders outside the Cityprom area who will pay extra rates and have no benefit at all.
No-one seems to want to talk about who pays and who benefits. Other similar places in Australia establish separate promotional bodies funded directly by members in the specific area. In Launceston, this should be undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce, who incidentally are in favour of this current proposal because they are not contributing anything but still expecting to have a seat on the management committee. In a period of record mortgage stress, Launceston's hapless ratepayers need to speak up against this proposal very loudly before it's too late.
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