^ From a link to another related article on that page:
[...]
DeBoer said everyone is going to say they want transit, but said showing the true cost is important so residents can make an informed decision.
“If the cost is going to be $50 per household, all of a sudden everybody is going to stop and take another look and say yes, transit is nice, but is that something we want if we’re going to need to add that every year, knowing we’re already deficient in funding roads.”
Ward 3 and 4 regional Coun. Jennifer Innis said she would like to see what questions were asked that led to the support of a tax levy for transit.
She said if residents saw they would not be able to use the transit service without driving to it themselves, they would not support the increase. She added that door-knocking — during her campaign — revealed different answers on transit than other areas of Caledon.
“They don’t want public transit is the sentiment I was getting,” she said. [/quote]
Town of Caledon staff said they have been informed Caledon residents would support a tax increase to support transit.
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Very interesting...and of course, polls are only as good as the legitimacy and context of the questions, as discussion above indicates...but the result of that poll is quite different from a recent one in Toronto. IIRC (I'll try to find and link the Toronto poll later), Torontonians were unwilling to pay higher taxes (ostensibly municipal ones) for better transit.
The demographic of higher income in Caledon may render them a bit more willing to see the tax as nominal, but good value for the money.
That's an encouraging result, even if it is an anomaly.
