Surrey, B.C., mayor says proposed police budget would mean 18% property tax hike

Mayor Brenda Locke says Surrey taxpayers can't afford the provisional 2026 budget request of more than $330 million from the ...

Surrey, B.C., mayor balks at $91 million increase to police budget

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says she won't support a $91 million increase in funding for the city's police service. Locke says ...
The Nation

John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property

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Treasure Coast Newspapers

Democrats Adam Locke, Michelle Franklin vie to become St. Lucie County property appraiser

FORT PIERCE — The Aug. 30 Democratic primary for St. Lucie County property appraiser will determine who succeeds Ken Pruitt in running the office that sets the taxable value of all 165,000 properties ...
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Surrey mayor warns of 18% property tax hike if new police budget approved

Surrey’s mayor is warning of an 18 per cent hike to property taxes next year if a provisional budget from the city’s new ...
Los Angeles Times

Hope for Last Rural Chinatown

LOCKE, Calif. — In the eastern shadow of an earthen levee holding back the Sacramento River, the little town simmers under a blanket of spring heat, a decrepit relic with a sorrowful tale to tell.