Sturgeon County council shot down Coun. David Kluthe’s plan to put an unexpected surplus into tax cuts this week, with one councillor comparing his idea to former premier Ralph Klein’s “Ralph Bucks.”

Council voted 4-3 in favour of its 2013 taxation rates Tuesday. Mayor Don Rigney and councillors David Kluthe and Don McGeachy were opposed.

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