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We chose the medium size one - but the one that was delivered is too big - except for may once or twice in a year. Nobody knows if we are paying based on the size of our bin?

We only filled our blue bin up halfway too and it was nearly impossible to wrestle it off the porch to the curb. Aren't we going to have to PAY based on the size of the bins we have been given or is that just going to be for the garbage bins the City is planning on delivering to our doors...

Spending has increased by 46% since 1998. I note from that chart you so helpfully provided the link to that the Gross Expenditure line went from matching the inflation line prior 2004 to vastly exceeding it therafter. Wait a sec - David Miller was elected Mayor in 2003. So, prior to his...

The City should not be spending $8400. per household. The City should not be trying to justify spending $8400. per household. Regardless of what you have to say on this matter that figure is completely outrageous when compared to the surrounding municipalities. Several things have got...

I didn't disagree with you on that point Glen, Sorry, I have a tendency to use the term "GTA" when I really should be saying "Metro Toronto" or "City of Toronto". After all, I can remember when Mel Lastman was Mayor of North York. Of course, Toronto is not competitive -- it's because of...

Ahh nfitz... you haven't read the instructions that come with your Blue Bin. They clearly state not to park it behind anything, that means you have to put it in front of the snow bank. I don't know what your street looked like this past March but on mine, in front of the snow bank - the...

Glen - I just checked out your blog southofsteeles.. Comparing the average $400K Richmond Hill home to the average $400K downtown Toronto home is like comparing a 1 1/2 car garage to a very old beaten up cardboard box. It would be more appropriate to do the calculations based on square...

I think you might be misinterpreting that data there Glen. The way I read it is - - Since 2002, more jobs have been created in or moved to the 905 area from either Toronto or the rest of the Province as opposed being created in or moved to the City of Toronto. - As of the time of the...

We'll see if you still feel all warm & fuzzy about it next December / January / February / March when you can't get your Monster Blue Bin to the appropriate position for pick up - Remember -- Not on top of any snow banks, 10 ft overhead and 2 ft side to side clearance.

Then the City is definitely mismanaging their budget. Two people together are always able to live more cheaply than one alone. For the edification of the other readers, I took the time to go through the Budget links Glen provided and do the math. Something is definitely rotten here...

I'll pass your comment along to all my friends who work with him down at City Hall and have formed their opinions through close daily contact.

Not sure where you were going with that statement.. Are you pulling those figures out of a hat or do you have a source for them? How much of that Toronto Property Tax money is Miller spilling on useless schemes and how much of it is on pork-barrel contracts? How much of it are they...

So.. why do the staff at City Hall affectionately call him "Heil-Miller"? Could it be that they all see him as a power-grabbing, fascist dictator who steam-rolls over any disenting opinion, is completely inflexible and does not listen to the voices calling for moderation, co-operation or...

:p Excellent point you make there CDL.TO The description of my mother's house in London loosely corresponds to mine - 3 bedroom, two bath, living room, dining room, kitchen - yet she pays nearly $500 more per year in property taxes than I do. She's got 80 ft frontage, three car garage...

Advantage Residents who are sick of racoons and squirrels chewing holes in our roofs to build their nests in. Besides... they are bio-degradable. And it's not as if they're on the voters lists so Miller et al don't really need to concern themselves with a Squirrel-Racoon coalition protest...

Yes, of course! By jove I think you've got it!! This solves the low-income housing crisis in the GTA - The more newsprint we toss into our Monster Bins, the better the insulation!

Our first pickup was this past Tuesday. The idea that was shopped to us was that ONE guy in a truck could handle the job. The truth is -- exactly the same as freakin' before... TWO guys. One to go around and pull the bins out from between the parked cars or out from under the trees or...

So when one of the three downtowners on a single bin decides to toss a bunch of non-recyclable material into our Behemoth Bin -- which one of the three does the City Garbage Investigator fine? ** Yes, they really do have City staff going around picking through the bins looking for people who...

"Larger, but motorized" Right .. of course - And it must be either Solar powered electric or bio-diesel. And we'll all need to get a special BB1, 2 or 3 licence to operated it (depending on the size of your Bin). Blue Bin Registration, licence plates and annual stickers too - Which will have...

We got our Blue Behemoth.. Nearly broke my arm maneuvering it off my front porch to the curb and it's only half full. Please take special note of the instructions that are helpfully provided with your new Behemoth Bin: - Place your Blue Bin a half-metre (approximately 2 feet) away from...