PETERS: ‘Spend now versus spend later’ is a debate worth having

PETERS: ‘Spend now versus spend later’ is a debate worth having

KAMLOOPS COUNCIL faced the age-old conundrum this week — pay now or pay later? Council was debating a suite of proposals from staff to knock down the projected tax increase from north of 9 per cent to about 7-and-a-half. That’s no small potatoes for most of us. The most significant portion of that saving would come from delaying the city’s debt servicing payments on the loan for building a new RCMP detachment. That project has gained the favour …