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Wait, have I already written the entry proclaiming Ford to be the worst mayor in the history of ever, even though he only recently took office? I can't remember.
Anyway, Ford is the worst major in the history of ever.
First, he pandered to his base—selfish motorists—by cutting Toronto’s $60 vehicle registration fee. Keep in mind, guys, he was elected to "stop the gravy train." He's all about fiscal responsibility. Cutting the fee cost Toronto $64 million dollars.
"Oh no!" cries Council, "From where can we make up this money?"
"Ah," proclaims Ford (no doubt kicking a puppy and eating a pancake made from a flattened cyclist), "We can just hike the TTC fare by 10 cents a ride! After all, it's been almost a year since the last time transit riders had a fare hike. And then we will cut buses going to poorer, remote areas, because screw the poor."
"This will only generate $24 million," murmurs the media, rather shyly.
"I wish I could afford a car," sob millions of transit riders.
As the sodden, filthy masses quietly fume, the mayor performs a magic trick! From out of a hat (well, out of Miller's surplus, anyway), he produces a surprise $16 million, calling off the fare hike. He won't say where it came from (fucking budgets, how do they work), despite the fact that it is kind of his job to know these things, and they just did a line-by-line review of city operations.
The bus cuts? Probably still happening. No one will raise a stink because only downtown people protest.
I'd like to think that Torontonians would not be so stupid as to fall for this bullshit, but Torontonians were stupid enough to elect the son-of-a-bitch.
ETA: Technically, the TTC came up with the stupid cuts and the hike idea, not Ford. But they wouldn't even be making cuts if the city hadn't ZOMG NEED MONIES NOW because of the vehicle registration fee. But in the service of intellectual honestly, I shall add that apparently Ford was also surprised by the hike. Though he shouldn't have been.
Anyway, Ford is the worst major in the history of ever.
First, he pandered to his base—selfish motorists—by cutting Toronto’s $60 vehicle registration fee. Keep in mind, guys, he was elected to "stop the gravy train." He's all about fiscal responsibility. Cutting the fee cost Toronto $64 million dollars.
"Oh no!" cries Council, "From where can we make up this money?"
"Ah," proclaims Ford (no doubt kicking a puppy and eating a pancake made from a flattened cyclist), "We can just hike the TTC fare by 10 cents a ride! After all, it's been almost a year since the last time transit riders had a fare hike. And then we will cut buses going to poorer, remote areas, because screw the poor."
"This will only generate $24 million," murmurs the media, rather shyly.
"I wish I could afford a car," sob millions of transit riders.
As the sodden, filthy masses quietly fume, the mayor performs a magic trick! From out of a hat (well, out of Miller's surplus, anyway), he produces a surprise $16 million, calling off the fare hike. He won't say where it came from (fucking budgets, how do they work), despite the fact that it is kind of his job to know these things, and they just did a line-by-line review of city operations.
The bus cuts? Probably still happening. No one will raise a stink because only downtown people protest.
I'd like to think that Torontonians would not be so stupid as to fall for this bullshit, but Torontonians were stupid enough to elect the son-of-a-bitch.
ETA: Technically, the TTC came up with the stupid cuts and the hike idea, not Ford. But they wouldn't even be making cuts if the city hadn't ZOMG NEED MONIES NOW because of the vehicle registration fee. But in the service of intellectual honestly, I shall add that apparently Ford was also surprised by the hike. Though he shouldn't have been.
