An Update on the 2018 Port Hope Tax Rates porthoper May 20, 2018 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes An Update on the 2018 Tax Rates This message is brought to you by Port Hopers for Fair Taxes. Today’s news relates to the 2018 tax rates in By-Law 40/2018 that was passed by Council on May 15, 2018. For Ward 1 (Urban) the 2018 levy against tax bills is $15,288,190 (up 2.57% from $14,905,259 last year). For Ward 2 (Rural) the 2018 levy against tax bills is $3,558,750 (up 19.83% from $2,969,730).
Port Hopers for Fair Taxes Report re Municipality of Port Hope`s Accounting porthoper March 10, 2017 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes The Court Order was simple and straightforward: MPH was to account for the income earned on the Fund and all payments made out of the Fund. MPH produced an accounting dated October 27, 2016. There appear to be a number of mistaken assumptions and misleading conclusions.
Judge Awards Costs re LLRW Trust Fund Court Case – Municipality to Pay porthoper October 25, 2016 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes Mr. Justice J.R. McCarthy’s Costs Endorsement was released on October 21, 2016 in which Justice McCarthy awarded full indemnity costs to the...
LLRW Trust Fund Speech by Ian Angus on August 31, 2016 porthoper September 5, 2016 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes Notes for LLRW Speech by Ian Angus at Ganaraska Conservation Forest Centre August 31, 2016 It was in September 2014 that we served the...
Video of Public Press Conference on Hope Township LLRW Trust Fund Court Judgement porthoper July 14, 2016 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes 2 Comments Video of Ian Angus of Port Hopers for Fair Taxes explaining the Superior Court of Ontario Judgement on the Hope Township LLRW Trust Fund, at a public...
Superior Court of Ontario Judgement on Rural Ratepayers vs Municipality of Port Hope Case for $10 Million Plus porthoper July 12, 2016 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes Public Press Conference July 13th on Superior Court of Ontario Judgement on Rural Ratepayers vs Municipality of Port Hope Case for $10 Million Plus...
MEDIA RELEASE: Rural Residents Raise Funds for Hope Township LLRW Trust Fund Legal Challenge porthoper February 9, 2016 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port Hope, ON (Feb. 9, 2016) – On Saturday, February 6, 2016, some of the Rural Redesign volunteers who had been busy...
Status Update re: Hope Township LLRW Trust Fund – June 2015 porthoper June 12, 2015 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes The court date for hearing the case against the Municipality of Port Hope (MPH) regarding the Hope LLRW Fund has been delayed once again. The Municipality of Port Hope's 497 page submission in response to the Application was not received in time to allow time for the lawyers to be ready for June 15th
Differences between Rural and Urban Port Hope porthoper June 4, 2015 Port Hopers for Fair Taxes We have been discussing the differences between the rural and urban communities in the Municipality of Port Hope since the taxation issues arose in 2012, when the Council of the day proposed a significant shift in tax-burden from one ward to the other. This paper serves to facilitate this conversation in order that the two communities might resume the interdependent and symbiotic relationship together, one that is organic, fair, equitable, and mutually respectful.
PHFFT Summary of Answers from Candidates for Mayor and Council in Port Hope porthoper October 23, 2014 Election 2014, Port Hopers for Fair Taxes Port Hopers for Fair Taxes sent out a questionnaire with 7 questions to all 21 candidates running for mayor and councillor positions in the...
