Riverdale Rink Rat
Senior Member
Do you still support demolishing the Gardiner and risking a massive increase in traffic congestion after the entire subway system was shut down this morning? Fortunately subway service started up again around 7:45am, but I can't imagine what the traffic would have been like if it had continued for the entire morning rush hour. I was talking to people and mentioning this Gardiner demolition proposal, every single person thinks that it is a bad idea.
People are generally really clueless about municipal politics in this city, which is why Ford and a lot of incompetent city councillors manage to get elected, but I strongly suspect that few people support this (the poll a few days ago asked a loaded question which people didn't understand, that's why it got the result it did). I think that most people in this city think we need a larger subway system, don't like LRT very much, don't ride bikes, are fed up with the traffic congestion in this city, do not support demolishing the Gardiner, and generally support John Tory. Certainly people I have talked to seem to like the idea that Eglinton LRT should be a subway, etc.
1. Yes.
2. Andrew, there is no doubt in my mind that everyone you talk to are like-minded individuals. I cannot fathom that 'every single person' anywhere but a retirement home or Markham could agree on the Gardiner. It's just not possible.
3. Ford got elected due to your vote, IIRC.
4. Anyone who thinks that (a) the Eglinton LRT is not underground through the central city and (b) was always planned to be that way is incredibly ill-informed about transit in Toronto, and got most or all of their transit information from the liar Rob Ford.