The primary principle that propelled David Miller to the mayor's chair in 2003 was openness and transparency at city hall. Swing the doors open; meaningful public consultation matters, he said.
Lately, openness and public consultation have been compromised in favour of expediency and politics.
Expediency rules with the climate change plan; politics trumped everything else on the "pay even if you don't throw" garbage plan; and proposed new taxes will be rammed through as expediently as possible to avoid protracted political damage.
Of the three policy decisions, the mayor has been most clear and consistent on the climate change file. In speeches, on the campaign trail, in his re-election document, in travelling to New York for that climate change conference with world mayors, David Miller has shown he is serious about being a Green Mayor and making Toronto the greenest city on the planet.
We love him for that.
Still, the individual measures require meaningful public debate and examination – a fact lost on the Millerites who, convinced of the righteousness of the cause, are intent on pushing initiatives ahead, even before the public is aware of the details.
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