I knew you couldn't resist the "us-vs-them", "everyone Hates Scarborough", "downtown elites are all against Scarborough" talk for long, Coffey.
Of course nowhere in your rant did you talk about the fundamentals of the issue which is that the density of the population of Scarborough is so distributed that it doesn't justify a subway. THATS why people like the Toronto Star want the facts to come out, and I for one am thankful SOMEONE is speaking out against the wasteful spending of transit money in this city.
But of course you don't want to talk about that, because in the face of the fact that subway isn't justified in Scarborough because of its low density you would lose the argument. So you're back to resorting to the fear-mongering and hatred that you were banned for spouting in this forum in the first place.
Nobody is against Scarborough. Get it through your head.
We are against wasteful spending of scarce and precious transit dollars no matter where it occurs in the the city.
But you refuse to listen to that because your heart is so full of hatred.
Again make your point without the personal attack. I truly don't hate anyone at all. I am frustrated by the Politics in this City and Province, frustrated that we have to have a blanket technology debate to address the transit needs in Scarborough. But sorry no hate.
Scarborough Center is not low density. Actually there is more low density surrounding the majority of the existing subway locations in this City. We are talking about Scarborugh Centre. Not a High Park, York Mills, Bessarian, Donlands or Vaughan Metro or the many, many other low rise stops. We are talking about the City Centre of a Toronto suburb of 700,000 that is not connected to its main transit infrastructure of its own City.
Its beyond justified. Maybe the route and lack of stops is not justified, but that's about it and that hasn't been what the fight is about.
Im not even a fan of the one stop route or location if you actually read my posts. But at this point ill take it as I know it solves one major problem in the bigger picture, and it is more of a starting point than a finish line as some try to make it out. We need to move forward.
You can continue to call names ("paranoia"....), use exaggerations to distort or discredit my views, but you cant ignore that we keep seeing the same polarizing election every 4 years that isn't going away and certainly doesn't align with a certain media message being portrayed. So maybe, just maybe its not that crazy there are tons of voices not being listened to or discussed in a fair manner in this City.
And If anything it's love not hate. I want to see a united City, bridges built, and a sufficient capital funding plan to cover not only todays needs throughout but future needs so the next generation in this City does not have to replay the Politics of today.