Stop And Think About It

All of a sudden there seems to be a revolt among city councilors. Why? Could it be because they are getting a lot of flak from the voters? Very, very possible and it begs the question where was this fighting spirit during the last municipal election where Miller was re-elected even though he had accomplished nothing during his first term. But in all fairness you can't blame Miller and the current bunch of clowns, except those that have been around for eons, but we have to go back to Mayor Mel who pushed for no tax increases and who failed to rally the troops to deal with amalgamation. If they had accepted amalgamation and implemented the basics swiftly we would not be in as terrible mess as we currently are.......

Council revolt builds over cuts TheStar.com - News - Council revolt builds over cuts

19 city councillors vote to ask that closings of community centres be reversed on Sept. 26

September 11, 2007

Paul Moloney
John Spears
Jim Byers
City Hall Bureau

Momentum is building among city councillors to reopen community centres on Mondays.

Faced with an angry chorus of citizens across the city, council members who sit on the North York and Etobicoke-York community councils yesterday – including stalwart backers of Mayor David Miller – voted overwhelmingly to ask the full Toronto council to reverse the centre closures and to avoid cutting other services to deal with the city's budget problems.

The vote in North York was 9-1 in favour of intervention; in Etobicoke-York, 6-1. A similar motion resulted in a 4-4 tie vote at the Scarborough community council, while the remaining community council, Toronto-East York, didn't raise the subject.

Opponents of the city's Miller-endorsed plan to trim services say they were greatly encouraged by the votes. With 19 councillors voting in favour, assuming they all vote the same way on city council, only four more votes would be needed to gain a simple majority, theoretically enough to re-open the issue. And it's possible those four could be found among the seven councillors absent during the three community council votes.