Oh what kind of BS is that? It's clear from reading your posts that you're part of the rabid right, who thinks Bush was too Liberal. Anybody who worships Sue Ann Levy is anything but central right. (not to mention one-issue, Ford) Must be nice living in that log cabin. It's time to break out of that closet and embrace your tea party tendencies.
Check my post history, it's true. Back in February I was one of the few on here endorsing Sarah Thomson. I never gave Rossi the time of day however because of his extreme views on bike lanes and selling Toronto Hydro. Don't think that just because Rob Ford's message of municipal reform has won me over now, that he has always been my ideal choice. I would've voted for Obama if I was an American citizen and voted for the Liberal in my riding in the last federal election. I'm not a card-carrying conservative, my views now are just a testament to how badly
betrayed I feel by the Liberals/NDPs whom IMO have made this city far too costly to live in.
I have been awoken from my false consciousness. The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people’s money to spend, but in order to sustain the lifestyle such exploitation has advantaged you, you must increase the tax burden upon the average citizenry while public service either stagnates or deteriorates (because city employees no longer feel indebted to us, the employer, to put out their best work ethic). Miller has demonstratively shown that he's incompetent. He is to blame for the polarization of this city. A good mayor moves the whole city forward, the have and have-nots, the unions, the special interest groups;
the majority accommodates everyone but their goals prevail. It IS about the money. There comes a tipping point, little by little, but it gets there. Was it the land transfer tax? The license fee tax? The grocery bag tax? The user fees? The above inflation property tax increases? The St. Clair project? The TTC money pit? The intolerable traffic gridlock?
Something has got to give; you just can't coddle individuals and groups whom feel entitled to entitlements. Rob Ford may not always use the right words to describe a situation but he does a great job of highlighting what’s wrong with this council. I would rather have Ford spending my money than Miller and his socialist cronies. I think Ford with top notch handlers would be good. As for SAL, I was reading one of her articles one day and that sentence (that's now my sig) just jumped out at me like: "Yeah that is precisely what's going on. Milk the public for every last penny before November, then go off towards a second career as influence-peddling lobbyists." I just don't sense that they (much of City Council) genuinely care about people, and what we think about how the city's operated. That arrogance and out-of-touch sensibilities they display are what resonates with electorates such as myself.
