Summary
Stabilizer links are kind of like shock absorbers for the two stabilizer bars, which are rods that help keep the suspension and body rigid. The links are made of metal and hard, shock-absorbing rubber, which eventually are pounded out of shape by potholes and such, lose their shock-absorbing qualities and your car starts to drive like a beater.
On the city's side, council has properly frozen destructive property taxes and has been demanding since Glen Murray's days a share of the growth taxes the province sucks out of Winnipeggers. On the province's side, the Doer (for now) government refuses to share growth taxes but instead directs its growing haul to its political priorities.Or how about the wastewater treatment plant that will add $700 million of costs to Winnipeg to remove nitrogen from sewage despite the protests of 63 scientists who say it's a waste of money. The government disputes the number, but does not say what an accurate number is. One suspects the reason is that it's as politically damaging to say $500 million down the toilet as it is to say $700 million flushed away.See the full content of this document
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Doer Government Makes Shock Absorbers of Us All
I got my car back recently. Not that it was stolen or anything. I dropped it off at the car dealership and in no time at all, it was ready for pickup.
When I say I got my car back, I mean that for $800 it was restored to the car I purchased three years ago bu...See the full content of this document
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