If You Voted For Miller Or Didn't Vote

Suck up these new taxes......you deserve them. I don't have a problem paying taxes but this is a case of double dipping and I don't see anything happening a city hall to bring our house in order. City unions have virtually jobs for life with no competition, there is no hiring freeze, no sign of cut backs in councilors budgets, no contacting out savings, nada, nada, nada..........

Life is taxing in Mayor David Miller's Toronto

By SUE-ANN LEVY, TORONTO SUN

A report slated to be debated at today's executive committee states outright that "with very few exceptions" the public is "vehemently opposed" to the city's proposed new taxation measures.

The report notes that not even the tales of woe (my words, not those of city staff) regarding Toronto's "difficult fiscal situation" moved the 600 people who turned up at four consultation sessions last month to give feedback on the roster of eight new taxes Mayor David Miller proposes to introduce under the City of Toronto Act.

"There was general opposition which stemmed from a lack of trust that the new taxes were justified and concerns that potential economic impacts and hardships (for the city and its residents) would result from the taxes," the report says.

That's an understatement! I sat through two of those sessions -- two more than Miller found time to attend -- and heard nothing but anger and frustration from ordinary citizens who feel City Hall is grossly mismanaged, the city is slowly but surely heading towards bankruptcy and councillors care only about their own perks. The opposition to all eight taxes was loud and clear.