I'm surprised that David Miller did nothing to protect his transit legacy while in office. He knew he wasn't going to run again, and thus knew ages ago that his TC project would be either supported, amended or canceled by his successor. To protect his TC idea he should have included the likely successors to the mayor's chair in the planning process. Instead of filling the transit committee with left-wing yes-men, he should have included Rob Ford and other right wing councilors in the committee. Sure this would have meant more debates and battles, but at least Ford today would have some personal investment in TC.
Of course Ford is doing the same thing now, stuffing the committees with right-wing yes men, and will see his programs and initiatives torn down or amended by his mayoral successor in four or eight years time. The difference is, Ford isn't going to be building anything, but instead is about tearing down and ripping apart existing and planned programs in the name of saving taxpayer dollars. However for Miller and other left-wing politicos that believe in big government, and big infrastructure and gov't social and other programs, if they wanted to keep these past their time as mayor they should think about how to do that by working in advance with their likely successors. And that doesn't include working with Joe Pants or other lefties that had no chance - the feel of the city and across North America is that the era of the right-wing, angry, cost-cutting politician has arrived.