Turn Down The Stat, Look For Dented Cans, Day Old Bread Is Over There.........

A hand in every pocket Everyone will have to pay more and more and more just to keep what they have in the the city's new budget

my ZEN RURYK, CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF

Mayor David Miller and his supporters won't be satisfied with digging deeper just into your front pocket this year.

They're sticking their hands in your back, coat and shirt pockets, as well, in an aggressive bid to find cash for programs in this year's budget of more than $8 billion.

For the first time since the creation of an amalgamated Toronto, city officials will unveil a proposed budget tomorrow that does not contain a huge shortfall.

However, that balancing act will only be accomplished with a property tax hike that, according to city officials, could be as high as 4%, outstripping inflation.

And to balance its books the city also needs to use more than $200 million in provincial capital grants intended for TTC maintenance to pay transit salaries and operating costs.

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