The campaign leading up to the municipal elections in Toronto in the fall is focusing more and more around how we get around in the city. By that I mean primarily public transit, roads and bikes. I think this has been driven out of a… Read More
All posts tagged “Mayor Miller”
Bike lanes on University Ave?
The City of Toronto has decided to experiment with bike lanes on University Ave, after deciding on bike lanes on Jarvis. I support establishing an excellent network of bike lanes throughout Toronto, but I don’t support the apparent “war on cars” approach of the outgoing… Read More
Lawsuit over St. Clair?
I heard a lawyer on the radio the other day talking about trying to get a class action lawsuit certified, seeking $100 Million in damages from the City of Toronto as compensation for losses suffered by St. Clair Ave. businesses as a result of the… Read More
Miller pushing for Provincial transit funding
It seems I don’t often have cause to say I agree with Toronto Mayor David Miller. He’s pushing the province for sustainable public transit funding now and this time I think he’s right. Toronto Mayor David Miller said in a press conference Tuesday morning that… Read More
This should be interesting
It was announced the other day that Toronto Mayor Miller is writing a book, to be published by Cormorant Books. He plans to tell stories of ordinary Torontonians he encountered during his term as Mayor. The book is to be called Witness to a City:… Read More
Understatement
Toronto Mayor David Miller stated the obvious, quoted in the National Post yesterday, “I think it would be very good if a number of councillors perhaps recognize that it’s time for somebody else and run,” he told reporters yesterday. ”I think it would be good… Read More
A Walk in the Park
A group of senior citizens were recently walking together in Humber Bay Park, here in Toronto. This was a warm-up for a fitness class at a nearby community centre. However, these folks were controvening Municipal Code Chapter 608 Parks. If a group holds an organized… Read More