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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Morning Brew: August 26th, 2008</title>
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<title>Christine</title>
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I agree, with a parking fee in the outer lying subway stops, it will encourage suburban drivers to park in or closer to the core, causing even more traffic and pollution.  The TTC expects to recoop $2 to $3 million annually for these prime parking spaces, but it would be interesting to see the numbers in a year's time to see how they have, indeed, recooped these costs.  I for one, will drive further into the core and will, likely park on a privately owned surface lot or green P for the same price.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304381</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:07:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>guy lafleur</title>
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Also, about the police, i've never had a negative experience, but I've heard a number of first hand accounts from people I trust that ensure i'll never take their good demeanour for granted. These are experiences from people working <i>with</i> the police as well as those who've suffered the consequences of rogue policing. There are some truly unbelievable things that go on in Toronto that don't see the light of day, both random acts and ongoing practices.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304078</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>guy lafleur</title>
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Ryan, I saw a clip on the news yesterday with a Pizza Nova rep. They said they found a new pepperoni supplier after a lot of "frantic calls", they're good to go.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304076</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:15:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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RBeezy -- would love to pick your brain about your experiences some time, just to understand. Got some time to connect in September?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304059</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304059</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:14:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>leprechaun</title>
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1. Police. Well... The baby-boom of the first post-WWII years is finally here.
2. Land lines. I'd rather drop my cellular. Much healthier.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304058</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304058</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:12:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>RBeezy</title>
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hey Sameer, ticked, actually my comments WEREN'T in jest. 

individually, I think cops are mainly fine, positive and upstanding people. my problem is with the collective. my experiences and those of my peers - by peers I mean young black males - are not all sunshine and lollipops when it comes to the popo. and I'm not a criminal, never had a conviction and I've never been involved in any serious criminal activity.

but I've had run-ins with cops that could only be chalked up to racist dickhead syndrome.

ticked, I'd recommend being reborn as a black male from Toronto, standing in a parking lot after work and while you're talking to your fellow black male co-worker have a police car come in on the far side, drive past the white dudes you were just tossing a football to, pull up next to you and have the cop riding shotgun (pun intended) lean over and tell you to "Get a job!". 

please note that this is the mildest negative interaction I've had with cops. there's a couple I still can't talk about. and they've all shaped and validated my experiences with them.

so yeah, fuck the police. with extra cherries on top.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304048</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304048</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:42:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Fair enough ticked. I'm all about the love. =)

Serotonin, that's a great viewpoint on the parking issue. As much as I hate to hijack this comment thread, I think you need to share that with the people discussing the same issue <a href="http://metronauts.ca/2008/08/26/no-free-parking-at-ttc-lots/">here on the Metronauts blog</a>. The perspective you offer and the numbers you crunch are still absent from the discussion there.

Tell them I sent you.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304036</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:22:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>joshua</title>
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we need metropass parking!!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304035</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:16:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>serotonin</title>
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The parking would still cost people an extra $500-1500 per year, depending on the lot. That's a lot of money for people that aren't making $50k or more.

And if you are even able to take a bus route to the lot, even if it only added 15 min per commute (so 30 min a day), that works out to 15 work days a year worth of extra commute time that you aren't getting paid for.

So either way, for someone making $35k, whether they now pay for the parking or take a bus straight from home, they've essentially still lost their entire vacation pay for the year.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304034</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304034</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:15:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ticked</title>
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hey, that's cool man -- wasn't trying to rail at anyone, but wanted to say something before we got a "crap-on-cops" thing going.

We're all city folk here busily running around with our heads burrowed in our own lives, and I think this place is a good way to try and open each other's eyes up a bit.

I find it hilarious, if not sad that we're all at our computers with the entire world at our fingertips, and more often than not we live on the same old sites exchanging narrow viewpoints and clashing for entertainment sake.

Don't worry though, it's all love here :)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304026</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304026</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:01:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Hey ticked, you make a good point. I'm sure RBeezy's comment was in jest (at least I think so) and I know my follow-up comment was more in derision of my own personal employment status than that of our law enforcement workers.

Having previously worked with EMS, police, and fire crews pretty heavily during my time managing programs with Toronto Parks & Rec, I will attest that working in emergency services is not a cushy job, and a thankless one at that.

I'll tip my hat to any police officer I meet; that doesn't mean I can't poke fun at them (or any other profession, like the politicians and lawyers, who are also easy targets) from time to time, tongue in cheek.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304017</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:47:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ticked</title>
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I just wanted to ask that folks cool it on the cop front. I think it completely unfair to paint the entire force as a bunch of taser happy, billy-clubbing na'er do wells. 

I'm not going to defend the more extreme actions of certain officers, or debate the morals of currently debated practises, but rather just remind folks that these guys and gals of increasingly broader backgrounds are performing a difficult and dangerous public service.

I'm sure for every jackass with a badge pulling the trigger a little too early, there's at least 3 suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from having to tend to grisly car crashes, and routine child abuse cases.

Fine, let's never stop questioning our appointed authorities, and watchdogging to ensure that they're above reproach -- But smearing them seems a little ill-thought out and knee jerk.

A union wage may look like a fine and stable career, especially up against a lot of other options currently out there today, but for our emergency services professionals, it's anything but.

I'd recommend sitting in for an overnight shift with a Paramedic crew downtown, having to patrol a neighbourhood full of people who loathe and distrust you on a daily basis, or sitting down for a cup of tea with the family of deceased firefighter Bob Leek, in order to see just how "stable" these careers are.

The job is one of erratic shift work, time away from families, stresses on the body and mind, and at times, having to step up to danger in the name of OUR public safety knowing that their personal safety is too often controlled by bullshit politics.

Can we consider that for a few minutes?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304014</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c304014</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:40:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>sunnycuts</title>
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Am I not subsidizing this parking through my purchase of a metropass for 109 every month? this is a hidden subsidy for car transportation. I don't use the parking so my metropass should be less. We need market-priced parking paid directly by user fees.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303997</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303997</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:10:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dave</title>
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@Mark:

An extra $30 a month? People have to pay around $139 a month instead of the usual $109? That's a ridiculous increase at a time when we are trying to encourage people to leave their cars and take public transit.

Parking to the folks who use the metropass isn't free - they are paying for it already with their metropass.  The TTC is effectively cutting the benefits of the pass and increasing it's cost.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303984</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:46:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Mark et al: There's <a href="http://metronauts.ca/2008/08/26/no-free-parking-at-ttc-lots/">a post on the Metronauts blog</a> this morning that discusses the parking perks. You might want to check that out too.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303974</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303974</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:32:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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I noticed Pizza Nova Pepperoni is on the list of recalled products.  Has anyone noticed this having an affect on the chain?  I saw a few kiosks of theirs at the CNE, but didn't realize at the time they were infected.

A Pepperoni shortage for a pizza chain could be bad indeed.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303962</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:08:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Well, they can't really fire you when the union is around, so it does make it more stable than my current freelance career. =)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303958</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303958</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>RBeezy</title>
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professional billy clubbing as a stable career?

let's run the list:
-occasional shoot outs
-periodic tasering and/or gaffling of suspects
-repeated toeing of thin blue line

sounds stable to me.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303956</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303956</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:57:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mark Dowling</title>
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I disagree with complete elimination but TTC could have added a sticker to metropasses for $30/month to create the concept that parking isn't free, or simply used the existing express bus sticker which costs that much in a dual role.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303952</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303952</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:47:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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Deli meat flavored cookies? There might be a market for that...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303940</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/morning_brew_august_26th_2008/#c303940</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:20:31 PDT</pubDate>
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