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McGuinty has raised spending by 60% since 2003 going by their own projections for the by the fiscal year ending 2011/2012. Old news, but relevant http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10021.aspx Obama is the new Bush http://preview.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aYgo3fufKIbI I...

If Toronto isn't in trouble, why is it they must continuously scramble to find funds to cover their costs?

I'll settle for moving out a feeling a little smug when it happens. If the extent of the actual cash crisis in the city were to be acknowledged by those in power, see a precipitous drop in property values. A bankrupt city will make drastic cuts and have ever increasing taxes and fees.

I'm being proactive. Toronto spends more money than it can afford and, though the property taxes (PT) my seem low compared to the GTA, Toronto will have to raise them continuously to feed the machine. This will take time, but my belief is that in a decade the cost advantage Toronto enjoys in PT...

Absolutely, double the property tax, however unlike all the Miller taxes, I get to choose to pay more. And I get a house instead of a condo... so finally, a BBQ!

Better to spend the money on a useful enterprise than a white elephant. Besides, everything in NY costs more, but over time the expense will be justified by the net benefit. The cost of building the CPR was enormous and many said a total waste, yet it paid for itself, is still around, and...

Mr Mammoliti, you dropped your hat... http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/dunce2.jpg

And since no matter where you live in this Province you're gonna be paying for it, you absolutely have a right to have an opinion on Toronto's transit direction.

LRT's are sexy and so European... they're also practically useless. Transit solutions for moving volume, and that is the name of the game, is the subway. I wonder how well New York or London would move if they wasted money on LRT's.

nfitz, Toronto is bankrupt... it just hasn't hit the wall yet. I think saying I'm lying by calling it bankrupt is a bit mellow dramatic, and I'm most confident I'll be proven right over time. There is a discernible pattern to what is happening to this city, and it has happened elsewhere in other...

Whoa, you've gone way beyond bending what I've said. Toronto is a mess, a bankrupt mess. Henchmen - "a trusted follower : a right-hand man b : a political follower whose support is chiefly for personal advantage". Sums up Miller and his ilk. I'll tell you what I don't do... make totally...

What, and $134 is fair for a car? If you own a car, it's all tax, tax, tax, tax, tax - more than pay their fair share. So asking $50 a year for a bike is no big deal to me, especially if it promotes a safer environment for those on the roads. I imagine it'd start out at $15 or so and you'd get...

That may be true, but that is not the point, if you want to use the roads you must obey the rules... you can't have one set of rules for one type of user and a different (or no) rules for another. HTA is designed to improve safety and to bring order to what can be a chaotic environment. Such as...

nfitz, I won't use "henchpeople", that sounds stupid. The only PC I'm concerned about is the one I'm typing on. You get around the $60 by registering your vehicle to a business or and address outside of this mess.

A bike license is not silly. It would legitimize the use of bikes on public roads by opening the door to ticketing for infractions committed by cyclists (running red lights, failure to signal turns, failure to yeild the RofW, etc.). What happens now? If a ticket is handed out it does not affect...

I have no stats on this, but my bet is that it does not get people to eliminate their car, which is exactly what Miller and his henchmen hope for. They want the money, pure and simple. Getting people out of their cars eliminates that revenue. If they switched to the TTC it'd be a drop in that...

Umm, have you ever been to Brantford? It does not benefit from the population or economy of Toronto and if these buildings were left standing, what would be done with them? You can sum Brantford up in one phrase, depressed economy, and its not like they're going to fill up with trendy...

Towing the party line there, eh?

Because McGuinty is selling it with perceived tax breaks and rebates... you know, our own money. Please, outline the long term benefits to the HST as far as condo owners are concerned. And dropping the old 600,000 jobs created is not a benefit until they have actually materialized...

I wish some people would realize that not everyone shares their highfalutin ideals and stop forcing their lifestyle on those with opposing beliefs. The city is not just for those who take transit, ride their bikes everywhere, believe that most problems can be solved by throwing hemp into the...