{"id":17879,"date":"2017-07-19T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17879"},"modified":"2017-07-19T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:12:44","slug":"perhaps-councillors-should-rethink-job-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/perhaps-councillors-should-rethink-job-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Perhaps Councillors should rethink job: Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Re: Workload has outgrown part-time job: Councillors, July 6)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In regards to the article as noted above in The Auroran dated July 6, it advises that Councillors will have their pay increased to off-set the income taxes they now will have to pay for the one third of their salary which previously was exempt.<br \/>\nIt must be nice to just be able to pony up to the public money trough.<br \/>\nThe article also notes a comment from Wendy Gaertner saying, and I quote \u201cthere have been Cost of Living increases over the years.\u201d<br \/>\nReally &#8211; welcome to the real world Wendy Gaertner.<br \/>\nI can tell you without hesitation as a pensioner that the small increases in my pension don\u2019t by any means cover the increases in cost of living expenses &#8211; just try it some time.<br \/>\nArticles like this make me wonder if anyone really cares about people who are trying to live on pensions or fixed incomes.<br \/>\nAs for those Councillors who feel their salary doesn\u2019t pay enough for the work involved, my suggestion would be to do like anybody else and get another job. <\/p>\n<p><strong>William Rogers<br \/>\nAurora<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17879&amp;t=Perhaps%20Councillors%20should%20rethink%20job%3A%20Reader&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17879&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Perhaps%20Councillors%20should%20rethink%20job%3A%20Reader\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17879&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Perhaps%20Councillors%20should%20rethink%20job%3A%20Reader&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F17879\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Re: Workload has outgrown part-time job: Councillors, July 6) In regards to the article as noted above in The Auroran dated July 6, it advises that Councillors will have their pay increased to off-set the income taxes they now will have to pay for the one third of their salary which previously was exempt. 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