Alex is a husband, a father, a worker, a volunteer, and a resident right here in the Township of Langley and hopes to be a common sense option for voters, to push back against higher taxes, against more government, and for a return to the old normal.
The Township of Langley council is made up of 9 members – 1 mayor and 8 councillors – and it is imperative that there are dissenting voices amongst that group. As councillor I’ll push back against and block any action that will grow the government, increase taxes, or make the residents of the ToL less free.
A vote for Alex Joehl is a vote for the old normal, a return to sanity, when life-altering decisions were left to families and business, and not to bureaucrats and politicians.
If you felt unrepresented over the last three years, vote Alex Joehl on Oct. 15.
I would end the subsidization of programs dedicated to slowing climate change because they do very little, at best, and cost a lot.
I’d also eliminate almost every grant given out by the Township of Langley across the board. Businesses need to succeed and fail on their own merits, not by government picking winners and losers.
Finally, I’d recommend a 10 per cent pay cut for all members of the Township of Langley council, and introduce a motion to limit wage increase among ToL employees to what is being earned in the private sector.
This would help ease the blow to the tax bill when we improve police service and water service.
I would fight in council to introduce an “as-of-right” system, where homebuilders can begin construction of projects prior to approval, so long as they are sure they fit all the basic zoning and code needs. The permitting process adds cost to building homes and that is an input cost to the price of a home, negatively affecting housing affordability. We need more homes and we need them ASAP.
