Lead by example........I am willing to do with less how about you!
While city councillor Adam Vaughan feels the mayor hasn't moved quickly and effectively enough to develop a strategy to deliver new city revenues, some councillors say David Miller is too far out in front of the public.
If that wasn't tough enough, Miller needs both sides.
Anthony Perruzza is normally a safe Miller vote. The New Democrat is new to council but has served the Ward 8 York West area on North York council and as an MPP under the Bob Rae government. He knows what sells. And his instincts told him his constituents did not buy Miller's plan to double the land transfer tax and add $60 in vehicle registration fees – with revenues going to the city.
He and a slim majority deferred the decision to Oct. 22. And he says everything he's heard since the vote has "reinforced that I did the right thing by saying, `Let's go slow with this.' It's a reprieve. We've been given a chance to raise a certain level of awareness about new tax revenues and I'm hoping that it continues to build momentum."
And now that there's been much debate, is he ready to vote with Miller for the new taxes?
"I'm not there yet."
Perruzza is not impressed with attempts to paint the dissenters as idiot councillors and cowards.
"You can't be way out in front of the public. You can't have the attitude of, `We are right. We know what we're doing.' You need to bring them along and the only way is to get out there and talk to them."
The finger-pointing and name-calling from Miller's backers "is somewhat childish and diminishes the level of seriousness. This is a serious time. And at end of day, politically we all wear it.
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