allabootmatt
Senior Member
This thread goes somewhat off of the earlier 'We HATE Toronto' thread, a bit off of the Toronto-as-province discussions, and other influences. Basically, I find that in lots of fora--electronic and not--lots of Torontonians and indeed other Canadians seem to harbour an out-of-all-proportions hatred for David Miller. I confess I don't get it. Our present mayor is far from perfect, but I think on the whole he has done a thoroughly decent job. I can certainly see how lots of folks might disagree with some of his choices, but there is a level of venom in much of the criticism that I find perplexing.
I have been thinking about this for a while, and wanted to see what others on the forum thought. What's the source of 'Miller Derangement Syndrome,' if you agree that it exists? The mayor's sometime NDP affiliation? His attempts to play tough with senior governments? The land-transfer tax?
I have my own theory, which is that Miller manages to infuriate both of Toronto's 'two solitudes'--the suburban law-and-order types and some portion of the inner-city left--by being at once social-democrat-ish and pro-development, etc, and by making no apologies about seeing Toronto as a metropolis, not Mayberry (for the suburbanites) or a hippy-dippy college town (for some portion of the downtowners).
But that's just my opinion. What's yours?
I have been thinking about this for a while, and wanted to see what others on the forum thought. What's the source of 'Miller Derangement Syndrome,' if you agree that it exists? The mayor's sometime NDP affiliation? His attempts to play tough with senior governments? The land-transfer tax?
I have my own theory, which is that Miller manages to infuriate both of Toronto's 'two solitudes'--the suburban law-and-order types and some portion of the inner-city left--by being at once social-democrat-ish and pro-development, etc, and by making no apologies about seeing Toronto as a metropolis, not Mayberry (for the suburbanites) or a hippy-dippy college town (for some portion of the downtowners).
But that's just my opinion. What's yours?