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Do you mind paying more sales tax for better bus service?

The wheels on the bus won’t go round and round unless Metro Vancouver voters pay for it. The Mayors’ Council proposed boosting the PST half a per cent to help float a $7.

The wheels on the bus won’t go round and round unless Metro Vancouver voters pay for it. The Mayors’ Council proposed boosting the PST half a per cent to help float a $7.5-billion transit enhancement that includes more frequent SeaBus service and a subway along Broadway. West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, who has peppered his assessments of TransLink with the word “dysfunctional,” was one of three mayors to vote against the proposed referendum. Can you spare some change for an old transit system, or are you finished greasing TransLink’s wheels?