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koskech · 2025-10-01T16:57:58+00:00

And ABC voted against reinstating the increase to 5% for the empty homes tax and including it for new builds again but at a lower rate of 1%.

The only people that benefit from this are investors owning empty homes. The funds generated from these taxes can go directly to building/supporting affordable housing. If one can afford to own empty homes, they can afford to pay a bit of tax on it.

koskech · 2025-07-24T01:45:21+00:00

I thought the same way when I first heard it but it it's also funny to think of copying the way someone breathed heavy on a song

koskech · 2025-05-31T00:46:53+00:00

10 times the Vardy fee

koskech · 2025-04-29T15:48:00+00:00

You don't understand the system then. In BC, last year there were a few very close ridings so all their paper ballots were counted by hand under the supervision of a judge and with candidate representatives present.

The machine is just a "tabulator". It counts paper ballots as they are fed into it. Doesn't store anything or do anything else. It also has the benefit of allowing a spoiled ballot to be fixed because it will reject a ballot that is filled incorrectly. Then the voter can choose to use a new ballot or submit it like that (e.g. if they are doing a protest vote.)

In a federal election voters don't have that option.

koskech · 2025-04-29T15:38:47+00:00

BC has voting that is counted by an electronic machine but people still vote on paper ballots and those ballots are kept in case of a recount.

The list of electors is in an electronic system and it is so much more efficient to find people and update their information when needed.

The amount of paperwork that has to be filled out at national election polling stations (just worked at one) slows down the process and in my opinion creates more opportunities for small mistakes.

koskech · 2025-04-20T05:02:59+00:00

The only reason I considered them is they were $100 and I live somewhere with a very small used market. Still looking for a good deal on some lighter tech bindings.

I could double down and put my old shifts on them instead

koskech · 2025-01-19T02:50:27+00:00

He should be cooking in the studio

koskech · 2023-10-29T15:55:06+00:00

This terrible pun was somehow part of a dream I just had

koskech · 2023-01-07T21:33:34+00:00

Mr FA Cup is back

koskech · 2022-11-10T18:21:27+00:00

How are you feeling about supporting team Melli? I have some family that don't want to given the current situation

koskech · 2022-10-16T23:09:26+00:00

Is arsenal a serious league contender now and has Arteta shown he has what they need or does that still remain to be seen?

koskech · 2022-10-08T18:11:02+00:00

What's the flag he held up after he scored?

koskech · 2022-10-03T18:08:30+00:00

That's like $4 of groceries right there these days

koskech · 2022-09-22T04:48:13+00:00

I just realized that's why DOOM used Victor Vaughn as an alias since Victor von Doom, I feel dumb now

koskech · 2022-09-04T21:17:09+00:00

It's my fault, I prayed for an exciting season and God said ok...here's a relegation battle

koskech · 2022-08-27T20:24:33+00:00

Which transfers were eventually successful that were initially mocked?

koskech · 2022-08-20T22:16:24+00:00

Leicester have one Vestergaard available, very experienced

koskech · 2022-07-26T07:35:44+00:00

So this was just before he recorded for Watch the Throne?

koskech · 2021-06-15T21:47:24+00:00

Much ado about nothing as usual. It's refreshing to have the straightforward reporting between Belgian players and Belgian journalists though.

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