Municipal costs and taxes keep going up, with little relief in sight. A solution is required, and soon.

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Yet here we are in Greater Victoria, with a population of about 330,000, divided into 13 municipalities with a total of about 100 mayors and councillors, plus a plethora of redundant highly paid upper and middle managers in each municipality.

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Top that off with the CRD, which adds yet another layer of bureaucracy.

It is time to end this asinine situation with amalgamation of at least some, if not all, of the area municipalities.

Roel Hurkens

Victoria