David Miller just waltzed in from Ottawa in a skirt and heels.

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Ya think people forget?
http://www.toronto.ca/budget2013/2013_budget_summary/pdf/capital_financing.pdf

http://www.toronto.ca/budget2010/pdf/cap2010_bn_debtforecast.pdf

Who was mayor here???

City decays as debt climbs | Toronto Star

The city's debt level is skyrocketing and Toronto is falling further and further behind on much-needed repairs, city council was told yesterday as members approved this year's capital budget.

"It's difficult for many people to fathom how deep in debt we are, how much deeper in debt we're going, and how at the end of this plan we have (room for) no further debt that we can take on," Councillor David Shiner said yesterday.

Still, following a day of acrimonious debate, councillors endorsed a $1.432 billion budget that includes everything from a $3.7 million program to calm neighborhood traffic and add bike lanes, to $2.9 million for a new meeting room at city hall and more office space for Mayor David Miller's staff.

Miller called it a "city building" budget. But several councillors said the city is flirting with big trouble by more than doubling its debt and failing to dig into a huge backlog of repair projects ranging from eroding roads to Toronto Zoo improvements.
wow Some piece of work this Miller dude is.
 

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wow Some piece of work this Miller dude is.

Easy to see the debt increases under Miller.
Oh yeah. Handsome raises for city workers, who in the end turned on him.

The next big ticket costs for all cities to tackle aside from generous pensions would be costs for Police and Fire Fighters. FF respond to all manner of things aside from fires, approx 99 % of calls are not fire related.
Not affordable.
 

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Easy to see the debt increases under Miller.
Oh yeah. Handsome raises for city workers, who in the end turned on him.

The next big ticket costs for all cities to tackle aside from generous pensions would be costs for Police and Fire Fighters. FF respond to all manner of things aside from fires, approx 99 % of calls are not fire related.
Not affordable.
Well, it's true that not all calls to us were fire-related, but we also didn't show up to any ol call in full turnout with all rigs either.
 

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WHAT SHE SAID AT LAST THURSDAY'S MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: "I want to put children and families at the heart of our city."

WHAT SHE DID: As a school trustee in 1989, she voted herself an 86% pay hike and spent the most on expenses ($30,570)

In 2002, she led the charge at city council -- along with her husband, then-councillor Jack Layton -- to keep 112 Tent City squatters on contaminated Cherry St. land for four years. She protested against council's move to ban raves -- the biggest underground party scene in Toronto, if not Canada, at the time -- where drugs like Ecstasy were rampant and one man died in 1999.

Blazing Cat Fur: Reinventing history, Olivia Chow-style
 

El Barto

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WHAT SHE SAID AT LAST THURSDAY'S MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: "I want to put children and families at the heart of our city."

WHAT SHE DID: As a school trustee in 1989, she voted herself an 86% pay hike and spent the most on expenses ($30,570)

In 2002, she led the charge at city council -- along with her husband, then-councillor Jack Layton -- to keep 112 Tent City squatters on contaminated Cherry St. land for four years. She protested against council's move to ban raves -- the biggest underground party scene in Toronto, if not Canada, at the time -- where drugs like Ecstasy were rampant and one man died in 1999.

Blazing Cat Fur: Reinventing history, Olivia Chow-style
Now help me do the math here , how does this equate to chow being a communist?