Rebel motel owner pays up on tax
06.10.2008 14:02
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- Source: cbc.ca
The Summerside motel owner who took P.E.I.'s second city to court over its new room tax is paying up. 'It's far, far from over yet.' Don Gaudet, Baker's Lighthouse MotelDon Gaudet, owner of Baker's Lighthouse Motel, won an injunction in court last week to get his water turned back on, but on the advice of his lawyer paid his tax bill Thursday. "I went in yesterday and I gave the cheque to my lawyer, everything's going through lawyers here, and he passed it out through that channel," Gaudet told CBC News on Thursday. "It's terrible. It's something I didn't want to do. It's far, far from over yet, as far as I'm concerned." The city turned off the water to the motel on Sep. 23 when Gaudet refused to pay a room levy implemented by the city in spring. Money raised from the levy goes into a fund to promote Summerside as a tourism destination. The city also threatened to shut off the electricity. On Sep. 26, a court granted Gaudet a 10-day injunction and the city turned the water back on. The court fight will continue, and Gaudet is hoping if the courts rule in his favour, he'll eventually get the money back he has paid for the room tax, plus all the legal fees. RelatedInternal LinksCourt order restores motel's waterSummerside cuts motel's water over room taxSummerside hoteliers unanimous against room taxConsumer HeadlinesPolicy change delayed alarm signal over listeria, inspectors sayInspectors with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency say their hands-on role at meat plants changed with a CFIA policy introduced three months before the listeriosis outbreak.China cracks down on milk producersChina's dairy industry suffers from chaotic production and lax oversight, the government said on Monday as it announced toughened rules following the tainted milk scandal.More melamine-tainted products surface in S. KoreaSouth Korea's food watchdog has ordered four more Chinese-made food products to be destroyed after they were found to contain the industrial chemical melamine.Stock markets drop despite bailoutThe Toronto and New York markets lost ground Friday even though U.S. legislators approved a revised $700-billion US package to address the U.S. mortgage finance crisis. Alert issued over E. coli cases linked to U.S. outbreakOntario's top doctor issued a public alert Friday concerning two E. coli cases thought to be linked to iceberg lettuce distributed in the province. Consumer Life FeaturesYOUR VIEWTake back your phoneTips to avoid telemarketersVIDEOAutomotiveGreen Zenn cars roll out in Canada (2:18)SAFETYRecalls and Advisories- Salad dressing
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