Hey Toronto!
Shovel snow much?
But if you're going to blame somebody for the weather, blame the 905ers. Remember how they elected Mike Harris and for cheap larf porpoises (I assume - which makes an ass of u and me) he amalgamated Toronto into one big huge megatropolis and sold off lots of taxpayer-owned services to his buddies - with the fantastic result of higher fees as opposed to lower taxes and fewer government services all 'round for the big huge megatropolis he'd created?
That was funny.
But then, remember how, to really drive home the "we want bad government and we want to pay through the nose for it, too" msssage, the 905ers elected Mel Lastman to be mayor of this big huge megatropolis when even he was saying, "Don't forget - everybody's rich in North York, where I was mayor for life before this gig came along and fell into my lap dancer!"
That was hilarious.
Anyway, I'd say you're just reaping the rewards right about now of your fantastic electoral choices. Here in Ottawa, we have always coped with winter a little better, so having a mayor who is crazier'n a bag of hammers AND up on charges for rigging the election he won because people really are THAT stupid, hasn't really affected us too much. Which is a shame in a way because, how will Ottawans learn the lesson Torontonians have learned that guys who run for political office because they want to run government like a business, are the same guys who think government is their personal trough to gorge on while the gorging is good until they waddle on over to the corporate boards where they laze out their daze like so many Jabba the Huts?
You have learned your lesson - riiiiiight Torontonians? I know, I know - David Miller is Mayor and he's an NDPer or somesuch, but look, he can only work with what was left behind and, well, once Mike Harris and Mel Lastman were done lootin' the Treasury and buying new galpals and inheriting old kids, there just wasn't a lot left for the next guy to offer the citizens of Toronto.
Here's a good rule of thumb (which was once an actual rule on the books meaning, "Do not beat your wife with a stick thicker'n your thumb"):
Don't let it become a vicious cycle. Do yourselves a favour and never elect Conservatives to Government in the first place. And only elect Liberals to Government if it is necessary to prevent Conservatives from being elected to Government. Which it often is on account of Canadians are a selfish stupid lot as most of them are baby boomers and want money for nothin' and their chicks for free, but, because they aren't rock stars, have to settle for politicians who promise them the equivalent in lower taxes and better government.
Gawd. That damned new math. Oh - but too bad the army's in Afghanistan, eh? 'Cause I bet those "Support the Troops" decals look pretty ironic on all the city vehicles stuck in snowbound traffic right about now.
