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Morning Brew: Giorgio Mammoliti Declares Intentions to Run for Mayor, Chris Bosh a Cyber-hero, Beaches Four-Storey Condo Fight, Africentric School Enrollment Up
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What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond):
Beaches residents are concerned about a proposed four-storey, 10-unit luxury condo development. But why? Won't it add value to the neighbourhood? Sounds like good in-fill to me. It's not like it'll be towering over the nearby three-storey homes and causing a major traffic influx like a massive building or Walmart would.
Giorgio Mammoliti has declared his intentions to run for mayor in 2010. He's also unveiling his drastic platform, which includes a Toronto-based lottery and a new "sin tax" as sources of revenue, reversal of the vehicle registration tax, and stamping out of the illegal sex trades. Adam Giambrone hasn't yet expressed much certainty in his bid for the top job, but is mulling it over still.
Arrests have been made in the case of the stolen 'Toys For Tots" saga. Casting directors seeking someone to fill the lead role in the The Grinch Who Sold Stolen Toys Destined For Charity should start at an alleged October Boxing Week black-market sale at an apartment in the Weston Rd & Hwy. 401 area. It's still not clear who stole the truck.
Enrollment at Toronto's new Africentric school has taken a turn for the good. A few months ago there was space to take on more students, but now there's a waiting list and talk of how expansion can occur to allow for more students to be accommodated.
And Toronto Raptors star Chris Bosh's legal team won a landmark court case, making him a cyber-hero of sorts. A cyber-squatter who'd registered some 800 domains (including chrisbosh.com) and were capitalizing on the celebrity status of sports figures, was forced to hand over those domain names. Bosh will be "returning" them to their rightful "owners."
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There are actually already two condos in the immediate vicinity, but they both appear to have been there for a very long time (possibly predating the restrictions)
It probably wouldn't have been that big of an issue if the developers had made even the smallest attempt to design the building to fit the character of the neighbourhood. In an old neighbourhood of brick, stone and wood they want to plop a structure of steel and glass in the middle of it?
Are they surprised the residents were opposed to it? It's clear they've just bought a stock design from some firm instead of getting a firm to design a building suited to the location.
Now it will be unlikely the community will ever support the development regardless of what concessions the developer makes. The insult has already been made.
Link to Google Maps showing existing condos: http://tinyurl.com/yhglzs3
we wouldn't be Canadian if we didn't complain or oppose to something or anything except TAX or fees hike imposed by the government or TTC
And who the hell are all these people that want to live in plastic and glass crap-boxes?
and re "TAX"es": in and of themselves they aren't bad - it's a question of whether there's fair value for money being received.