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Subject: FW: Letter to Editor from Ken Epp (Former Member of Parliament) re
 Building of Edmonton Arena...June 9
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:13:05 -0600

Ken Epp, former MP joins 2 MPs in denouncing the Katz arena theft.

MP Peter Goldring had a quarter page article in the Edmonton Examiner
denouncing the scam.

Senior MP Rona Ambrose went public to announce no money for the arena.

Watch for more politicians going public against this $ BILLION BOONDOGGLE.


Saturday, June 9, 2012  8:28am  Sherwood Park
 
Good morning, Teresa.  Thanks for your encouraging phone call this morning.
Here is the copy of my letter.  Feel free to distribute as you wish.  Thanks!
 
Ken Epp


To the Editor:  (Call this a letter to the editor, a guest editorial, an op
ed, or whatever you want.  It might upset the powers that be, and I wonder if
you will risk publishing it.....)

FORMER MP BLASTS MAYOR AND PREMIER RE EDMONTON ARENA FUNDING

I am absolutely outrageously incensed that a billionaire can use his political
cronies to reach into my pocket, using the coercion of taxation, to buy him an
asset which he will then own, and which will earn him even more.  To me,
politicians have only the right to tax me for building roads, utilities,
schools, hospitals, and fire halls. 

 To force me to contribute to the building of a skating rink for millionaire
hockey players, billionaire owners and the limited number of fans who can
afford tickets, is an outrage.  If he and the mayor want others to help them
pay, let them put up shares for sale, and anyone who is convinced that it is a
good investment will surely buy those shares and hopefully then share in the
profit. 

 It matters not what kind of spin the mayor and premier make on the money
being �available indirectly,� it is still my money and yours, and the money
laundering scheme they are using is shameful.  Money taken from the citizens
by forceful taxation, and not used for legitimate services for the people is,
plain and simple, theft. 

 I get to pay for it; he gets to own it.  It is unjustifiable by any twist of
logic!  Comparing his net worth to mine, in proportion, I wonder if the Mayor
and the Premier would help me to build a new garage.

Ken Epp, Former Member of Parliament
Edmonton � Sherwood Park
Federal taxpayer, provincial taxpayer, and by virtue of spending a lot of
money in Edmonton over the years, indirectly a city taxpayer, and I venture 
to guess that I am speaking for a lot of other people in the city and the
province.


(My wife and I lived in Edmonton for 10 years and have now lived in Strathcona
County for some 37 years.  For identification internally, my address is xxx �
xxxxx Range Road 222, Sherwood Park, Alberta, T8C 1H6 and my home phone is
780-9xx-xxxx)