ttk77
Senior Member
Having lots more downtown councillors could only be positive for the city.
No argument from me on that, but I doubt the majority of suburban councillors will see it that way.
Having lots more downtown councillors could only be positive for the city.
*Could* is the big factor here. There's no doubt having more councillors would be a benefit to the city as a whole but if there are more Mammolittii/Karygiannis style councillors that get voted in, we're all in for a ride.Having lots more downtown councillors could only be positive for the city.
More downtown councilors to show little or no interest in the DRL, and to keep alive the legacy of those downtown councilors who actually killed it in the 90s? Should work out great!
More downtown councilors to help dilute the vote of our friends in Etobicoke who object to spending a single cent on anything that doesn't help their constituents' SUVs get to and from work faster.
FWIW I don't agree at all that more councillors is better - but there's another whole thread on that topic.*Could* is the big factor here. There's no doubt having more councillors would be a benefit to the city as a whole but if there are more Mammolittii/Karygiannis style councillors that get voted in, we're all in for a ride.
I really don't know why our cycling community doesn't just stage a massive die-in protest in front of the constituency offices of Councillors like Stephen Holyday.Slightly off-thread, but not really; from PWIC hearing today:
Councillor Mary Margaret McMahon, at Councillor Stephen Holyday: "Does the recent rise in cycling fatalities concern you?"
Councillor Holyday: "No comment."
Our elected officials, ladies and gentlemen.
I'll be heading to Holyday's office to give him a piece of my mind about his concern for public safety in the coming weeks.
Because that would be stupid and would achieve nothing.I really don't know why our cycling community doesn't just stage a massive die-in protest in front of the constituency offices of Councillors like Stephen Holyday.
And in other news, Do Ciano goes to new depths to prove he is a sleazy jackass:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/...t-developer-despite-ties-to-company-1.3579582
Because that would be stupid and would achieve nothing.
Thanks for the laugh.Umm, we're in 2016, not 1990. These councillors are more supportive of the DRL than many of the suburban motorheads who will now have slightly less influence on council under the current proposal.