It’s a surprise but it is what it is. He quit the fight before it started.

Mayor Jeromy Farkas is still opposing Premier Danielle Smith’s big property tax hike but he’s not battling Smith.

In the days of former mayor Dave Bronconnier, if Bronco thought the city was getting the short end of the stick, you didn’t have to wait until the Stampede to see fireworks.

No fireworks with Farkas.

A Leger poll hits the streets.

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The numbers are no shocker since Smith’s UCP government decided to hike property taxes big-time on their side of the tax bill mailed out by Calgary city hall.

Yes, three out of four polled give a thumbs-down to the Alberta government’s handling of property taxes, four out of five oppose in the suburbs but there is lower disapproval for Smith in households with kids.

“The tax issue has struck a nerve because people feel squeezed,” says Farkas.

Then, says the mayor, a property tax bill shows up from Calgary city hall and people think the tax hike is coming from city hall.

The Leger poll finds only one in five of those counted were aware how much of their property taxes go to the Alberta government.

A bigger number were not aware any of their property........

© Calgary Herald