Dear Editor:
Re: Homeowners Reel Over Assessments, Jan. 8.
I spent hours crying after reading your front-page article about the impoverished Dundarave senior.
Just imagine having a run-down house in West Vancouver worth $2.7 million; what a tragedy. Certainly when he decides to sell the dwelling, no price will be high enough, but to pay his share of tax is not to his liking. Peter Miller obviously missed the news last week about the tax deferral program that is available to all seniors no matter how rich they are.
Articles describing the plight of working people having to carry the extra mortgage just because a property bought for next to nothing appreciated by another $700,000 would be more appropriate.
We live on fixed incomes as well, but find this type reporting irritating.
Peter Stivin
West Vancouver
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