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To The Editor:

The Liberal government, under the leadership of Shawn Graham, has only been in power for two years but has already made enough bonehead decisions to last his entire mandate. The following are just some of this government's highly questionable decisions:

1. Increasing the provincial income tax rate.

2. Cancelling the HST rebate on heating bills.

3. Spending $60 million to bail out the Caisse Populaire.

4. Purchasing a new government airplane at a cost of $4 million.

5. Robbing the Environmental Trust Fund of $2 million.

6. Reducing the silviculture budget from $8 million to $4 million and increasing the share that the woodlot owners pay from 20 per cent to 50 per cent.

7. The bailout of the private pension plan of nursing homes.

8. Cancellation of the Early French Immersion Program with no input from parents and other stakeholders.

9. The idiotic new slogan for New Brunswick -- the word "Be" at a cost of $200,000.

10. The bailout of the Royal Oaks Golf course in the amount of $4.8 million.

I guess I can't stop at just 10 boners, so here are a few more gems:

11. One million dollar increase in the Communications Department while demanding other departments to cut cost.

12. Funding was cut to the Quest Care Management program run by the Moncton Youth Residences Inc.

13. $750,000 budgeted for pay raises to all MLAs.

14. Property tax assessments are out of control.

15. NB Power rates increasing AGAIN.

I will give kudos to this government for one thing -- they have become as arrogant in two years as it took the McKenna government to become in 10 years.

James Betts,

Riverview