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Letter: Why are Burnaby employees taking city vehicles home?

Editor: Have you ever done a story on City of Burnaby employees taking city vehicles home? Even Vancouver city vehicles? I live in Port Coquitlam and work in Burnaby. Lots of times on my way to work in the morning starting about 6 a.m.
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Editor:

Have you ever done a story on City of Burnaby employees taking city vehicles home? Even Vancouver city vehicles?

I live in Port Coquitlam and work in Burnaby. Lots of times on my way to work in the morning starting about 6 a.m., I see Burnaby and Vancouver city vehicles driving towards Burnaby. Sometimes fire department (vehicles) too. Is this a wise use of city taxpayers’ dollars?

With all these property taxes going up, do these cities need to look within for savings to reduce the hikes in city property taxes? Not paying for vehicles/maintenance/fuel that employees drive home? 

I know this is a taxable benefit to the employee, but residents shouldn't be paying for employees to get free cars to and from work? The tax charged on the benefit is less than the employee owning and using their own car to drive to and from work.

My employer will not let me take my company car home - I asked. I was hoping for our family to go from two cars to one car.

Paul Bernat, Port Coquitlam