If you've had a career, or worked hard at any endeavor, you can spot who's working and who is not. That's my beef. There is not a strong enough work ethic among a whole lot of the current Councillors. What kind of example is that? City Hall needs leaders at all levels but if the guys at the top...

Y/E has been slated for intensification ever since the new OP was a twinkle in Bedford's eye. That's a given, but what must not happen is any pandering to influential developers or residual consideration of the stress that intensification will bring to the neighbourhoods around the area. For...

This 'plan' has been around for a few years and the local community has contributed a lot to its creation. Why it took so long to become public is beyond me. I think if it was not for Cllr. Walker getting agitated about its whereabouts recently it might still be lying in some desk at City Hall...

This is just a deplorable situation. How many of these Councillors are not working? I believe Shiner spent a goodly amount of time trying to be an MPP and if you have you ever seen Feldman "in action" you'd surely wonder why he, of all the people we are paying for at City Hall, needs to head off...

Do you know how little effort the above named put into their $100,000 jobs? This Council is a farce and we're all just whistling as the city goers down the tubes for want of some hard-working Councillors. Sintz can't even manage her own Ward never mind a city. The taxpayers of Toronto paid for...

Bottlenecks The fellow serves to highlight one of the challenges of a democratic system. He gets to vote and we must deal with the outcome of it all. One of the problems today is that a number on Council act like this too. Instead of doing the job we gave them - to make the City work better...

that's interesting to know - that the GoTrain is better mannered/mangaged than the TTC.

"Truth is considering how well payed, pampered and protected they are, its disgraceful the service they provide to people. The more disgraceful part is that you tolerate it. That attitude of tolerating mediocrity is a great hurt to these city." How a unionized employee performs is entirely up...

44 better qualified Councillors Citizens in trade unions are only doing what is natural. Doing whatever it takes to improve their lot in life. The issue is management and there is a distinct lack of that skill in Council. If this City is directed by Council you need only look at its composition...

Son of Minto - coming soon to a corner near you in 2009. There is much that can be done to mitigate the effects of wind without closing in. I see wind as no different than the effects of full sun or snow. These are elements that can be planned for without pandering to the almighty dollar...

And if it gets closed in... "Move along there, these customers need somewhere to sit today." And if it gets closed in it will be retail forever. I wouldn't be so concerned if we could create open spaces as easy as it seems to enclose them. I'm concerned too about the whole planning...

Enshrined publicly accessible open space I see that now, thanks. In that thread the comments were mixed and all about what was proposed at the time. For me this is not the issue. The rub here is that RioCan with its well-connected board of directors wants to ignore the 1968 ByLaw that granted...

There's a plan afoot to further enclose a portion of the NW corner of Y/E. What are your thoughts about the loss of publicly accessible open space in that part of Toronto?

Can you say "Barbara Hall"? I don't think you are familiar with Toronto politics. we elect these people to manage the City and I don't remember Miller being elected to reduce spending. where did that come from? currently he has a 56% approval rating. we should be focused on the Council not...

whinners and moaners get real, we live in a socialist country! who is Miller not in touch with? I think you mean he's not in touch with the whinners and moaners who have wasted their mandate carping about him instead of doing the job we elected them for. and, I believe he won against a...

I don't know the mechanism of the police salary reviews but what I do know is that it would be easy to smarten-up City Hall. that's a 4 year term for some hard-working smart cookie. why Torontonians put up with that crap, I don't know either.

Mayor of Toronto has no clothes. there's too much politicking in this city and not enough work done that could be considered value for money. I know of at least two councillors who have closed shop from dec 23 to jan 5th! (I expect that's now the norm) what's that all about? really, does a...

It's a farce! JOHN BARBER jbarber@globeandmail.com December 4, 2008 I feel bad about the powerful feeling of condescension that swept over me when Councillors Cliff Jenkins and Cesar Palacio threw a little party last month to celebrate the failure of their initiative to ban strikes at...

He's done a good job GS by all accounts has done a good job in his portfolio. insiders say he's a hard worker and has set an example - perhaps one he could take with him to City Hall. that place needs some strong management.

Smitherman for Mayor GS is a no-nonsense kind of guy who could deal with the sludge at City Hall. (I just don't know if he would suck up to the developers the way the Millerites and the McGuintyites have done.) We need somebody who will tackle the culture and work ethic at City Hall...