Were you reading one of my old posts Puck? LOL just kidding. I said practically the same thing in here longgggg ago.
It will eventually happen but it will be a long time because.......it will strip the politicians of a lot of their power.
lurk.........well good luck on the idea. Personally I think it's a failure by the council to do that, but time and experience will tell. I hope I am wrong, but I don't think so. Downtown needs the traffic from the people on the bus and the students using the buses and transfering. Put them on King or Queens and you've lost them. Will the extra parking spaces make up for it? No, from two perspectives.......first of all those cars won't carry the amount of people buses do and you will lose spaces anyhow with the restaurant patio concepts in the works. The only parking change downtown that will help the area right now is free parking. JMPO
The more retail space converted to office space does not help to create more retail in a few short blocks, short of booze and food locations.Those office workers looking for everything from clothing to hardware to tech items will shop at the malls where these stores are located and spend their money in those stores and also other stores that they wander into.
Free parking at night and on the weekends only exist on the street and when those spots are taken then a car owner has to go to a parking lot........which are not free.
Do you not have a list of stores who approve of the removal of buses on Dundas? Are you not part of the downtown business association?
A different perspective on Bob Rae:
So..........who do you like lurk........Federally and Provincially. We all know who you don't like, I'm curious about the reverse.
Green..........interesting. Not bad but they do have to open up their platform more.
Hudak.......save yourself the heartache later. Who is Pers?
Haven't totally decided yet. I like Green but as I said they need more of a platform and there are so many Green haters out there I don't think we're at a point yet to give them the chance they may deserve.
Federally.......anyone but Harper......as if that comes as any surprise. I'm not thrilled with the NDP these days and Trudeau....well I'd like to hear more from him first'
Provincially.......anyone but Hudak. He's a catastrophe looking for somewhere to happen.
What I would REALLY like to see is our whole political system changed. Until then I think we'll still be playing pin the tail on the donkey of choice.
If it was conceivably possible for Green to get in ...........yes I would vote for Green over Wynne in a split second. (and I have voted Green in the past). The problem is once again the way our system is and our media. The focus will always be on the three main parties and of those three mainly the two Liberals and Conservatives. People's mindsets are also on those three/two main parties. So when it comes to election time one has to ask "who do I not want in and who has a chance to protect the Province or country in a Federal election"? That's the main question but there are others as well. So from my perspective strategic voting comes into play (unfortunately) and I don't want to see Hudak get in or his wife working with him in the background. I've even considered not voting or destroying my ballot. At least I was there!
Bob Rae is my MP and he will be hard to replace.
Who will run for mayor of TO remains to be seen. I received a solicitation call from Olivia Chow last week. It makes me wonder if she is seriously considering the mayor's job. What we need is one strong candidate. I don't want to see 2 and have Ford come up the middle to win.
