December 2008
PW20.21 - Bikeway Network Program - Phase 5 Installation of Bicycle
Lanes |
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Spend 7
million on bike lanes? No. The plan is not
comprehensive. Bike riders should be
licensed. They break laws and run into
people and are not accountable. Why do all
lanes have to be on the road? We have a
great park system which should be utilized.
We are not a European country and winters
are not soft on bikers. So let's have a full
discussion and balance out the issue. |
October 2008
EX24.3 - Declaring the TTC an Essential Service in Toronto |
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Theirs is a
public service monopoly, and as such it
should be essential.
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July 2008
EX22.1 - Removal of the Gardiner Expressway East from Jarvis |
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Take it down
and replace it with condos and create
traffic gridlock?
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March 2008
EX18.1.A - 2008 Budget Committee Recommended Operation Budget |
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Opposed 3.75%
tax increase for the same reason as 2007
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January 2008
ST7.4.2 - City Council Meeting Times |
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Eliminating
food and drink from council meetings.
Everyone dines including security guards and
staff. I pay back $150.00 for any drinks or
food that I have consumed. |
December 2007
EX 15.23 - Elimination of Blue Jay Ticket Purchases
for Councillors |
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Why should we
entertain ourselves at the tax payers' expense? |
October 2007
EX 10.1 - New Taxation Measures |
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Only in Toronto.
We let the Province off the hook for their responsibilities
and become the only Municipality to levy such
charges, making it a more costly place to live.
Includes $60 Vehicle Registration
Tax & Muncipal Land Transfer Tax.
The mayor and councillors
chose to simply increase taxes instead of finding
cost savings that were both real and achievable.
Scarborough Councillors who
voted YES: Cho, De Baeremaeker, Heaps
& Kelly
Scarborough Councillors who voted NO:
Ashton, Del Grande, Lee, Moser, Thompson, Ainsle
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June 2007
EX 9.1 Proposed
Initiatives and Financing Model to get to 70%
Solid Waste Diversion by 2010 |
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i.e. the Garbage
Tax. I supported having people provide input.
The Mayor nor Councillors ran on a platform
to increase costs on garbage. Bins work great
in San Francisco but get an 80 year old to lug
them over snow. |
April 2007
HL2.8 - Grants
and Donations in Support of Toronto Public Health
Service |
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While I did not
support this I did raise concerns that there
is no measurement of success or accountability
and organizations need to be accountable |
April 2007
EX5.1.99 - 2007 Recommended Capital Budget for
Nathan Phillips Square |
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This was sold
to council that private monies would be used
to develop the square, but that has disappeared
and the City wants to go it alone
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April 2007
EX5.1.76.1 - 2007 Recommended Capital Budget
for City Hall |
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The Mayor has
increased his staff and demonstrates that spending
is the order of the day
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