* Miller has had the courtesy to show up at the last round of citizen meetings to discuss the issue.
* Miller took part in reducing expenses; ie: reduce council office budgets, rollback the last council pay increases, eliminate perks, etc.
* Miller sent a strong message to city unions that the city will seriously look at contracting out, eliminate the "fair wage" credo and allow non-union contractors to bid on city work, that the job for life attitude is being put out to pasture, etc.
* Miller complete the harmonization of services and if the service is not provided to all the old "cities" it is provided to none.
* Miller put on the market all the old "city halls" that are underutilized.
From his city website, Mayor David Miller yesterday fired the first volley in his fall campaign to win public support for two new city taxes.
In a letter addressed to "fellow Torontonians," Mr. Miller issued 15 pages of information about the city's fiscal plight - and the need for new revenues to pay for "the kind of Toronto I want to build and the kind of city you voted for when you re-elected me last November."
The mayor's pitch to residents marks the first salvo in what will be a war of words, leading up to a council vote on Oct. 22, on a proposed land-transfer tax of up to 2 per cent and a $60 fee to register motor-vehicle ownership.
If approved, the two new taxes would generate $356-million in revenue to offset an estimated budget shortfall of $575-million in 2008.
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