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b'The City of Lethbridge believes that Education Property Taxes should be \\neliminated. City Council adopted this position at a public meeting on \\nOctober 31, 2005 although there had been no prior public consultation.\\n\\nMayor Tarleck outlined his views on the subject in his column in the \\nLethbridge Herald of November 18, 2005.\\n\\nCity Council has passed a resolution urging the Alberta Urban \\nMunicipalities Association to pressure the Alberta government to \\neliminate the tax.\\n\\nBut not everyone believes the education property tax should be \\neliminated. School boards believe that education needs a stable source \\nof funding. They also believe that local taxation supports local \\naccountability for the quality of our education systems.\\n\\nChris Spearman believes that education property taxes should be \\nmaintained. He also believes that the whole issue needs greater public \\nconsultation and discussion.\\n\\nSpeaker: Chris Spearman \\n\\nChris Spearman and his family have lived in \\nLethbridge for 25 years. He served for 13 years on the Catholic school \\nboard, first with Lethbridge Catholic, and since 1995 with the Holy \\nSpirit School Division, including two terms as chairman.\\n\\nHe has been involved with the Industrial Association of Southern Alberta \\nsince 1983 and has been the chairman for the last 6 years. Together with \\nLethbridge businessman, John Davis, Chris spoke out about the pitfalls \\nof electrical deregulation prior to its implementation in 2001.\\n\\nChris Spearman has also served as the spokesman for the Action Against \\nHigh Gas Prices group when local gasoline prices in Lethbridge \\nconsistently exceeded prices in other communities.'