本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Toronto should be safe, clean and affordable. Isn't it time we took some action?
Citizens want a more transparent and honest government. They want better leadership. They want to know how their tax dollars are spent. They want to know why contracts are being handed out by David Miller without open tenders. Why their hard earned tax dollars are being spent on expensive stop-gap solutions like a $500 million temporary landfill in London. Why the Gardiner Expressway report was not released for two years.
We are facing some very real problems. Much of this is due to a profound lack of leadership. I want to change that. And I need your help to do it. We will reduce crime. We will put Toronto's economy back on the right track. We will control spending and make bold reforms for our kids. Toronto will be stronger as a result of these changes. I believe there has been too much talk and too little progress. Crime and violence are out of control, taxes are increasing as services decline, people feel out of touch with local government.
During his term, Miller has:
Pushed through a sole-source deal to buy subway cars for the TTC. Taxpayers will never know whether they’re getting the best value for their money.
Secretly negotiated the purchase of a landfill site near London. He then denied, and later had to admit, the existence of a report that offered Toronto the use of the site without having to buy it. Residents still don’t know the details of Miller’s deal.
Tried to keep a report on the Gardiner hidden, since his real agenda is to tear down the expressway, and voted against allowing a public referendum on the Gardiner.
Given himself and Council a nine per cent pay hike by casting the deciding vote.
Seen the departure of several senior managers and directors whose recommendations he didn’t like.
Reorganized staff which resulted in severance payments of $15 million over two years.
Surrounded himself with his cronies, rewarded his NDP friends, endorsed candidates in the last federal election and provincial by-election, and politicized City Hall.
Received money from the province for public transit, and then raised TTC fares anyway.
Arranged new taxing authority, which he plans to impose on residents if re-elected.
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Citizens want a more transparent and honest government. They want better leadership. They want to know how their tax dollars are spent. They want to know why contracts are being handed out by David Miller without open tenders. Why their hard earned tax dollars are being spent on expensive stop-gap solutions like a $500 million temporary landfill in London. Why the Gardiner Expressway report was not released for two years.
We are facing some very real problems. Much of this is due to a profound lack of leadership. I want to change that. And I need your help to do it. We will reduce crime. We will put Toronto's economy back on the right track. We will control spending and make bold reforms for our kids. Toronto will be stronger as a result of these changes. I believe there has been too much talk and too little progress. Crime and violence are out of control, taxes are increasing as services decline, people feel out of touch with local government.
During his term, Miller has:
Pushed through a sole-source deal to buy subway cars for the TTC. Taxpayers will never know whether they’re getting the best value for their money.
Secretly negotiated the purchase of a landfill site near London. He then denied, and later had to admit, the existence of a report that offered Toronto the use of the site without having to buy it. Residents still don’t know the details of Miller’s deal.
Tried to keep a report on the Gardiner hidden, since his real agenda is to tear down the expressway, and voted against allowing a public referendum on the Gardiner.
Given himself and Council a nine per cent pay hike by casting the deciding vote.
Seen the departure of several senior managers and directors whose recommendations he didn’t like.
Reorganized staff which resulted in severance payments of $15 million over two years.
Surrounded himself with his cronies, rewarded his NDP friends, endorsed candidates in the last federal election and provincial by-election, and politicized City Hall.
Received money from the province for public transit, and then raised TTC fares anyway.
Arranged new taxing authority, which he plans to impose on residents if re-elected.
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