Toronto Through the Eyes of Adam Giambrone
A quick Google search of Adam Giambrone turns up hundreds of hits about his political career: he was elected to council when he was just 26; he's a former president of the federal New Democratic Party; he's the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC); he speaks several languages; and he's toured the world as an archaeologist. All that and the guy's in his early thirties.
With a municipal election on the horizon and some city residents tweeting about Giambrone as their dream mayoral candidate, we decided to take a few moments to catch up with the busy city councillor to talk about growing up in Toronto, why he loves the TTC and whether he's really considering a run for David Miller's chair.
What was it like growing up in Toronto?
I was a city kid. I grew up in the Dufferin and Bloor neighbourhood and attended Dewson and Lord Lansdowne Public Schools before attending Harbord. I was lucky to grow up across the street from a large group of kids with local parks nearby where we could play hockey, baseball or cricket.
At school I enjoyed being in classes where letters were sent home to parents in 15 to 20 languages. I remember travelling with my friends on the subway and then the old Spadina 77 bus to attend Lord Lansdowne which was an excellent school.
Later, as a teen and university student, I spent the summers working in the education department of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
After studying anthropology and working around the world as an archaeologist, you transitioned into local politics. Why?
I've lived in Montreal for school and worked in North Africa and the Middle East as an archaeologist with the ROM, University of Manitoba and the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. While I have lived and worked in many places, Toronto has always been my home and my neighbourhood has always been very important to me.
I've always been interested in participating in my community and municipal politics is a good way to do that. Many of the services we rely on every day are delivered by the city and so it seemed like a good way to accomplish things that were important to me and the residents of my community.
If you could tell City Hall to do one thing right now, what would it be?
In a word, "focus". We still have a year left in this term of council and it's crucial that we focus on the good work we agree must be done, particularly in the context of budgetary challenges we know we'll be facing. Of course, as Chair of the TTC, I would have to point out that we have to continue our progress on Transit City and the ridership growth initiatives that have already been so successful. The upcoming municipal election campaign will be where we renew and broaden our collective vision, but for now, we must work together to really deliver.
Is there any truth to the twitter rumour that you're considering a run for mayor?
Yes, I've been giving it some thought. I've been talking to my supporters and I've been encouraged by what I've heard from many of them. Running for Mayor, if you're serious, is not something you enter into lightly and not something you can do without lots of help and support from the community and its leaders.
Being the Chair of the TTC, is it safe to assume you take transit to get around the city?
The TTC was always my main way of getting around and still is. I'm on the TTC several times a day. Sometimes, I may need to rent a car for trips out of town or use a taxi to get groceries home, but those are the exceptions. I'll often take a long walk to get some exercise and clear my mind. I also cycle, although maybe not as much as I used to; it can be a challenge to get from downtown to Scarborough to Etobicoke, sometimes all in the same day. But I still enjoy it and bike when it's practical.
Describe an ideal afternoon in the city.
I enjoy exploring neighbourhoods across the city and spending time with friends and family. The best way to answer this is probably to recount a Sunday afternoon I spent just over a month ago. We (my partner and I) started by taking the Queen streetcar to Mimico, had lunch and explored Mimico and the historic former Lakeshore Lunatic Asylum (which is being converted by Humber College into a new campus). It is a beautiful series of brick buildings built in the late 19th century. We ended the day with dinner in Bloor West Village. That was a great day.
Do you have any favourite places to eat or hangout in the city?
You'll find me out all over the city, but I love my neighbourhood because I have so many neighbours and friends there, many of whom I grew up with.
If someone's new to the city, what's the one place you'd suggest they check out?
I'd probably tell them to check out the ROM, but perhaps I'm a little biased.
When you think of Toronto, what three words come to mind?
Collaborative. Confident. Connected.
Comments (55)
This is the same guy who is chairing the TTC right? The TTC that as its ridership increases, it loses more money?
I think Giambrone is highlighting a big problem with city hall, how can someone who's background be in archaelogy be voted into leadership for the running of a city, and then put on the chair of Canada's largest public transportation system?
I wonder if he would be where he is now, if not for being a past leader in the NDP? Nah, it probably had nothing to do with it.
The TTC doesn't lose money so much as the TTC budget is not easily balanced. All transit systems in North America fulfill their budgets through a combination of fare-box revenue and money from local governments (taxes). The TTC apparently has the highest rate of cost recovery from fares of any major public transportation system in North America (65.2% in 2008) except GO Transit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox_recovery_ratio
That is quite an achievement, although the TTC was doing this long before Adam G came along.
i think it is fair to say that TTC is the MOST expensive public transit in the world for a rider(when a round trip TTC costs more than a meal, that's ridiculous)... more expensive that most privatizied transit systems in a lot of countries.. i mean more expensive than cities where the cost of living is higher than toronto..given the rate of increase, I won't be surprised to see a $5 token soon... when you have to think about whether it is cost efficient when you take the ttc(or better off sharing a cab with friends), you realize that's something is wrong.. taking public transit should be a no brainer.. when your daily conversation with co-workers it's about.. "oh well, you know, you can never be really sure you will get there in 30 mins taking the ttc" you really have a problem..
Jack raises 2 very important points about transit: price and reliability.
Reliability can be a bit subjective, but there are 467 million rides a year on the TTC, and I myself rely on it most of the time.
Price for transit is a bit of a paradox: you can only lower fares if user-ship goes way up, but user-ship will not go up until you expand service which costs money. That is why we need a sustained, decades long investment in public transit so that people can rely on the TTC and make it more cost-efficient due to high ridership.
I think the 3 levels of government have to commit more money to the TTC so that riders don't have to pay ever higher fares, even if it means our fare-box revenue is reduced from 63% to 40% or 50% for 10 years.
Though a progressive, I am unimpressed with Giambrone as a constituent. He's not responsive. Moreover, it's pretty clear to me that his priorities lie with the TTC and his career and NOT the people of his riding.
Adam Giambrone can't even run the TTC properly. How do we expect him to run a city? Sir please do something about this new queen streetcar split business. cars are more late that usual (its never on time)
The Queen Streetcar split, to my understanding, is a limited time pilot project to examine the effects. It will end sometime in November, and a report made in January. JOhn, it would be great if you could send your observations directly to the TTC, as the time is ripe.
http://www3.ttc.ca/Contact_Us/Complaints_Compliments_Suggestions/index.jsp
"501 QUEEN / 301 QUEEN
Temporary Monday-Friday routing change - five week trial
Service on the 501 QUEEN and 301 QUEEN all-night will be temporarily changed, as part of a test to determine if shortening the route will improve service reliability. The route will be split into eastern and western portions.
This trial change will be in effect from Monday to Friday only, on the 501 QUEEN and 301 QUEEN routes, from October 19 to November 20, 2009.
On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, there will be no change to service, and streetcars will continue to operate from Neville Park Loop to Humber Loop/Long Branch Loop."
let me tell you something.. I came to toronto in 1990..I lived in various cities in Asia..at that time..toronto was somewhat ahead(but already way behind manhattan, so not going to compare to nyc).. HK was just starting to have subway in late eighties(no train system to airport at that time).. now HK has an airport way away from the downtown, BUT, subway system covers all areas, including an incredible transit system from airport to various downtown centres!
Taipei, no subway systems in 80's, now, incredible subway..and they are all very inexpensive..
even bangkok is going to have subway from airport to downtown
Toronto, last 19 years.. we have extended a few stops on a useless sheppard subway line that takes us nowhere.. our token is more expensive that NYC!.. 19 years! we 've got nothing.. it's a real embarrassment.. out of town friends want to visit markham and scarboro... i told them NO, 'cause I don't want them to experience how terrible our transit is
I don't understand where the tax money goes, esp more condos are being built, more people are paying property tax, more home owners, more people paying property tax.. more immigrants, more people pay property tax.. gas price going up, more tax..
and what did Adam Giambrone do? does anyone have any clue? other that looking pretty in front of the camera when there's a problem..was he not the one approved the dumbest transferrable metro pass idea that led to revenue loss... hello, don't we have U of T ph d's who can do some profit and loss assessment before implementing this??? isn't this basic maths?? this was a lame reason for revenue loss.. coz i am sure there are other reasons they were hiding..
Not sure where you eat Jack, but you can't get a value meal at McDonald's for less than $7. I think you complain too much and should provide some alternative solutions to the problems you are imaging.
That's a lot of complaints, jack, with many that are contradictory (e.g. the transferable pass was a mistake that led to losses - a decision that you attribute to Giambrone - except you also doubt that the pass is actually responsible for those losses?).
In general you are characterizing Toronto as a city that's falling behind in terms of transit, and I agree; however, this observation is of little value without any theory as to why this is the case other than the assumption that the people in charge (since 1990?) are to blame.
He sounds nice.
I'm reserving judgement on his mayoral bid until he releases some sort of platform.
As a resident in Adams ward I have not always agreed with him but the majority of the time I have. I have found his office to be responsive and several initiatives that I car about have happened. It would be a mistake for him to run for mayor as he will loose and then I will loose a councilor who is far superior to our previous councilor.
Having been active in whatever community I live in from day 1 I can say that even if you had the greatest councilor in office there will always be people who complain. Within weeks of the West End Railpath opening I heard a person say at a public meeting that the city never does anything for our hood. At the time I could think of 5 or 6 other area improvements underway by the City. I think because local government is the closest to people, it takes a lot of anger that people have for politics and life in general.
Here is a sure money winner and sure reason why Giambrone is the last man who should be handling City finances. John Lorinc brings up the issue in the Sun today about union only tendering on construction projects and estimates form the City of Hamilton that the costs of this policy inflate prices by 30%. TTC is planning to spend $2.5 Billion on the Spadina line alone in the next 5 years with all the work done by his private sector allies in the Building Trades and that is the way he and his NDP camp like it even if it costs an extra $750 Million. While Miller and Giambrone cry out to other Governments for funding they are wasting 30% on the dollars on construction projects that are done by a private sector monopoly controlled by their supporters. Stay tuned more will come out.
the ttc sucks. as someone who relies on it for getting me around everyday, and i don't have a simple 9-5 job, rather i am out taking ttc at all times during the day and evening for work, i can tell you that the ttc is NEVER on time. i sometimes take public transit up to 10 times a day, so i think i have a good feel for our transit system. though because of ridiculously long wait times, i end up taking cabs more than anything now. it's just not worth it to wait 45 minutes for a bus or streetcar, and then the trip takes FOREVER because there are so many people boarding at each stop, you are packed like sardines, everyone is pissed off, drivers are angry, the entire experience is awful. i have to leave an hour early to get somewhere by ttc that only takes me 10 minutes to get to by cab. now, i haven't lived in other cities where the transit is actually supposedly good, but it seems to me that our transit system sucks. really badly.
here is my solution.. privatize mass transit or introduce competition... how about not paying ticket booth workers $100k a year.. or having ttc bus drivers that are paid more than your family doctors
re: meal under $7
here you go.. go to T & T.. their steamed chicken with rice is $3.50.. add veggie for another 50 cents...tea is free... that's healthier than your frigging Big Mac meal deal.. or go with their 2 items, with shit loads of meat and veggie, still under $6
re: complaint too much
well, isn't that lovely... oh I get it.. that's because Canadians just accept and don't complain...
"provide some alternative solutions to the problems you are imaging."
so I suppose you are very happy with the TTC and all the problems i mentioned was out of my imagination, lol.. well, then good for you
Oh, let's introduce competition so we can have a private corporation skimming off the profits from a public service? That's the kind of common-sense approach to transportation that saw the Tories sell the 407 for about $10-billion less than it was worth and now a private company from Spain has an iron-clad ownership contract on something we all paid for. What a great idea Jack! Perhaps if the Tories under Mike Harris hadn't killed the massive expansion of the transit system, we would have a stronger TTC today. And if they hadn't downloaded all the costs for the transit problem onto City taxpayers, we would have a properly funded system that isn't chronically short of funds. Your rant is little more than the usual Tory bashing of unions and endless demands tax cuts.
Johan, obviously, you have never been outside of Canada.. the subway system in HK is private.. and there is always transit competition to go from one place to another..you have the option of subways, buses, 14 passenger vans, and cabs.. these are systems that are owned by different companies and mostly private or private but regulated by the government..even from hk airport to downtown.. in addition to subway, you have two lines of buses: one express, the other with stops.. and that's on top of buses offered by the hotels, and cabs, which is again not monopolized like here in toronto..so there you have it, just to name a few..don't even get me started on the octupus card..
" private corporation skimming off the profits from a public service".. honestly if a private corporation can provide a better service and more efficient.. we should let them skim off the profits(if there is any to be had to begin with.. according to ttc, there is any)
Jacj, not sure how you think you can compare a transit system in Hong Kong to Toronto, Hong Kong has four or five times the population of Toronto and the density ratio is even higher.
The problems with the TTC are soley financial. The Tories cut provincial funding and the Liberals have not restored it, they have simply offered stop-gap money to cover shortfalls. In all the transit system that I have been on around the world including those in Asia, the systems are properly funded by the government. And for your ridiculous claim that we should privatize the TTC and let corporations skim the profits, before the TTC all transit in this city was privately run. Those companies proved wholely inadequate and constantly failed which is why we have the TTC.
So judging from this comment thread Giambrone and the TTC are attached at the hip. Probably a bad move to be so closely associated with that albatross. Time to branch out, Adam!
Privatization of core services like the TTC would be a mistake. But what about turning it into a Crown corporation? It would remove some of the political meddling and running it like a private firm (while retaining public ownership) might force it to be more efficient.
I don't mean to imply that those operating it now are free-spending dimwits, but you can do a lot of ugly but necessary things (cuts, curtailed service) when you aren't constrained by the political spotlight.
please do your research before arguing with me... by 2011, the GTA population will be 6 million.. hk current population is 7 million.. when the subway system was fully developed over 10 years ago.. it was around 5 to 6 million in hk.. so let's see if 2011, we will have a comparable system in toronto... as for funding, hk definitely is not taxing their citizens like we do.. the highest bracket is only 17%.. so how on earth that they can build one and we can't in toronto? esp it was during the time where British government was still milking HK as its colony
for your information..the hk government had only 23% share of the subway system until June 2000, that 23% was sold to private investors and the subway corporation is traded and listed on the stock exchange, our equivalent of TSE!
It's population density that's at issue here, jack. Hong Kong's about 7 million people in 1000 square km, Toronto's got like 5 million in 8000 square km.
Yu need to check your facts Jack. The population of the City of Toronto is 2.48 million people. Hong Kong has a significantly larger population and a much greater population density. When you have those kind of numbers, few other transport options, and automobilies priced out of range for average people then public transit can be feasible. That's not the case in Toronto. The problem , which no private arrangement can fix, is funding. The TTC is underfunded and it serves a sprawling metropolitan area. Taxpayers in the City of Toronto are subsidizing riders from outside the City everytime they ride the TTC. Your neo-con rhetoric and incorrect facts just don't add up to a workable public transit system. Public transit in Toronto should not be solely funded by riders and municipal taxes. Fix the funding and you'll have a much better transit system.
???? HK is 7 million people in an area of 426 sq miles; Toronto (graciously, if we include Missisauga, Oakville, Brampton, etc) is 4.7 million, covering 675 sq miles.
I wish people would get a reality grip when talking about Toronto and it's 'problems.' Our problems are self-induced, plain and simple. New York, Paris, London, HK, Taipei - these cities should not even be used in the same paragraph as Toronto!
We simply do not have the density or the money, not with our governments spending it like drunken sailors on furlow. I've lived in and around Toronto for 40+ years and the decline is palpable. I'm not a huge fan of Gambrione, but the TTC's decline is not entirely his fault.
The city and province used to spend a lot of money on infrastructure, but now it all goes to debt servicing, touchy-feely programs and STUDIES. Study this, study that - but don't actually do anything! Then, with the NIMBY clowns, lo and behold - nothing gets done.
This city used to work. It's politicians used to have respect. Things got done. Now it's all about 'feelings' and 'empowerment.' Let's shuffle it off to a committe or commission because Gawd Forbid we make a decision!
No infrastructure has been built in this city since the early '80s, except the Sheppard subway (dont' get me started on that!!). Highways, subways, rapid transit - they should all have been expanded 20 years ago. With nearly 30 cents on the dollar going to the debt, don't hold your breath - and now the Province is in trouble so that cash cow has been beaten to death.
Jack you don't know what you're talking about. The TTC is no where near the most expensive transit system in the world. Have you been anywhere besides Canada? Try taking transit in London England - a short trip there costs as much as a day pass here.
first of all... I was referring to the GTA... second, although based on research we are not as densely populated.. yes, but the reality is a lot of people are commuting from outside of Toronto to the downtown core to work daily, which the stats are not caputuring by simply dividing the size of land by the city population..that makes the downtown very densely populated during weekday.... the difference in hk is that not everyone works in the Central..so long long commuting(driving) is not common..
even if you take an area similar to the size of hk, are you saying the TTC is offering great service? don't think so.. try going from Yonge and Eglinton to the CNE using TTC, and you will see how painful it is... or just travelling dt that is not serviced by the subway...
lastly, the fact that we have a TV show(at least one) dedicated to giving people update on TTC(and GO train, plus other public transits) every morning is already a joke.. public transit should be hassle free, ease to use..
judging by these comments, seems like alot of people are VERY happy with the TTC(or they work for the TTC).. then you know what.. don't change,and keep it this way guys.. happy TTC ride.. as I have already given up taking TTC to work and moved only 2 blocks away from my office..it really doesn't matter to me..as I drive
oh, you know what's funny... on one hand, we know it is a density issue, on the other hand, the city is rejecting high density condo being built..or make certain areas more dense.. so go figure
It's not fair to say that it's the highest in the world... cause well golly it just isn't.
BC Transit is fully privatized and it'll cost you more than a meal to take a round trip from zone 1 to zone 3
Try taking the transit in some of these cities you talk about. It's easy to point out the strengths while ignoring the weaknesses and failing to take serious infastructure differences into account.
Take NYC for example. People always like to point out that they run their subway 24 hours and that the TTC should be able to do the same. Even ignoring the population density differences, New York is able to do this because their subways were originally built with more than two tracks parallel to one another allowing maintenance to be done on one track without shutting down the others.
Other cities mentioned have problems with over crowding and others have ancient construction with inadequate upgrades (I've heard some platforms in London referred to as the seventh layer of hell due to the poor ventilation and extreme heat. Others have almost non-existant support for people with disabilities.
My point is that every city has its own needs and challenges and trying to compare one city's solution to another is like comparing apples and oranges. Picking the best aspects from several other cities then complaining that Toronto doesn't have all of them is just asinine.
Nobody has a perfect subway system, let alone any city with the funding and density of a city like Toronto.
And as for Giambrone's ability as councilor: I had an issue some time ago and emailed my constituant, the consituant in the adjacent area where the issue arose and Giambrone, because it was related to the TTC.
I never received any response back from the Councilor in the region where the problem occurred. It took my own local Councilor's office a month to respond back with an unhelpful non answer. But Giambrone's office responded back within 2 or 3 days and had the issue addressed after one follow up email. They took the concern seriously and responded in a very timely manner and instructed me to contact them again if any further issues arose.
Again, BC Transit is fully privatized but still is unionized. Workers are paid the same if not more.
So how would privatizing help that?
keven - what do you mean by "fully privatized"? BC Transit is a Crown corporation.
didn't know we need a solution now since everyone is so happy and forgiving.. let's just leave the TTC as is..i mean without TTC delays, breakfast tv on city tv would have nothing to talk about every morning...and those reporters would be out of work, that's not a good thing
lol thanks for that. It's Monday what can I say?
I meant to say: Translink. Which is essentially BC's transit service.
Anyhow, even with a private/public split AND a better funded (governmental) transit system, it's still more expensive than the TCC and isn't more or less efficient as far as I could tell when I visit there 2 or 3 times a year.
As long as the "inner circle" of David Miller is around this city is going nowhere fast!! The city is almost broke. They penalize you for basically living in the city and for some reason its an honour to be part of the NDP which has managed to do nothing right at all levels of government. Can somebody get this guy a personality!! No Thanks!!
That sucked. This interview didn't quite do it for me. Adam's "one place to visit" and "three words that describe this city" were pretty weak. I expected better from a young guy. I want a progressive and somewhat passionate person in the Mayor role. Who is BlogTO interviewing next?
Danno, the City was broke under Mel Lastman as well. The Tories cut funding for welfare and City taxpayers must carry the burden alone along with the TTC. It is the fault of the Tories (they called it downloading) and it started long before David Miller arrived in the Mayor's office.
Fair enough Johan, but someone with an 'NDP perspective' is going to be less likely to make the deep cuts necessary to right our fiscal position. We live beyond our means and we have to face up to that.
Miller, as decent as he was, refused to make those cuts and made no apologies about that in his farewell speech (and I appreciated his candor). I don't know that Giambrone would be any more willing to start slashing service or raising user fees.
Cocoa, the news is filled with stories about how the City is getting ready to slash all department budgets by five per cent immediately and institute a hiring freeze. Unless there has been a coup, I believe that is happening under the left-leaning council lead by Mayor Miller.
Next you are going to tell us that old cunard that the Tories are the most fiscally responsible party. We aren't living beyond our means, we are simply being forced as City taxpayers to carry too much of the burden. We generate more tax revenues than any region in the province or the country, but pay out more than we get back.
I don't want this to veer into a Miller debate, but I wanted to quickly address some of your statements:
1. The current push to slash the budget was prompted by the city manager, a bureaucrat, in light of the law against running a deficit. It isn't an initiative by Miller or any other political actor. In Miller's time in office he has expanded services and increased spending despite the reality that the money just isn't there. To quote the Globe article linked in today's Daily Papers post, Miller even ramped up spending in the depths of the recession:
"The proposed retrenchment is in stark contrast to 2009, when the city hired more than 1,000 new employees to deliver significantly expanded transit and other city services."
That makes little fiscal sense and it's an example of Miller's primary failing as Mayor: he didn't address the city's terrible balance sheet and it's to our long-term detriment.
2. I do think it's a canard to say that any political party is inherently good at managing the economy. I think Harris cut costs but did it in a reckless and irresponsible way. Bob Rae, as an NDP premier, tried to responsibly cut costs but was abandoned by his base for even thinking about fiscal sanity. Liberals have a mixed record. I'm judging Giambrone for his close association with Miller's poor financial direction, which I ascribe to an ideological view that places financial prudence low on its list of priorities.
3. As for Toronto's position, that's a much larger debate and one that no one's going to win or resolve any time soon. Every level of government is facing a deep deficit right now, they aren't going to upload responsibility for service any time soon, so we need to play with the hand we were dealt and cut our spending.
Danno, you are right. We don't need another David Miller the 2nd. Adam, has no clue or experience on how to run a City of this size, this is not been the class president. But one thing for sure he did pick up a few bad habits from Miller, not been honest and transparent, Miller not discusing the 200 Mil, during the garbage strike. Look what Adam done to the good folks of Lansdowne and most recently taking away the parking on dundas st west. I have never meet this Adam person before, but I don't trust him. Plus we don't need another left wing, there would be nothing but strikes in the City and helping out his union buds.
plain and simple: TTC is a mess, how could he run/fix a bigger mess that is Toronto?
TTC just declared that they had significant increase in ridership but still having deficits. translate that to a city, more people paying taxes but the city is still broke! there's a lot of red tape going on. I came from a country where corruption is at its worse. I'm seeing a mirror image of it here already. eHealth scam its just the tip of the iceberg. it starts with stealthy acts and it will end up to the down right obvious. mark my words!
to everyone that said they got a quick response to their questions: did they (TTC) actually DO something about it? or they just sent you an email that SAID they're gonna do something about it?
so what if you got a reply within 2-3 days, but when nothing has been done then it's the same thing as a non-response.
Welcome to Canada, where not only do we have corruption, we then throw millions out the window 'investigating' said corruption. (Of course, nothing is ever done.) The MPF scandal, eHealth, the billions spent on the useless gun registry, the Portlands flip flop years ahead of the leasese being expired... oh, I could go on. The $200million farce over last summer's strike is just the tip of the iceberg.
If Toronto is going to avoid bankruptcy, we are going to need a tough Mayor who can tackle the unions, because most of the money in this city goes to payroll. Then we have to stop wishing for projects we can't afford and stick to what we already have. But there's no glamor in that, is there?
I have been preaching this for a few years now, but no one has been listening. The workers, the committees - the city just throws money into a big bucket like it is water. Where are the hundreds of millions in development fees going? With more than 50 condo projects alone darkening our skies - where has this money gone? The extra $60 million in license fees? Gone. All gone, yet we are still $300 million behind in road repairs - and how will the TTC pay for the extra costs of heading into Vaughan?
Good luck to Gambrione or any other person foolish enough to take the Mayor's chair. Why do you think Miller is getting out? He's nobody's fool.....
Boo hoo, all you TTC complainers! I take it to and from work everyday and yeah it sucks. . . but seriously having an young ambitious individual like Adam G as our Major would give this city a breathe of fresh air!
Zoe, You got to be kidding, wake up and smell the coffee. I don't know the guy and have never meet him before ,but he doesn't have a clue or experience or the know how, on how to run or manage a city like Toronto. The only people who would appreciate or benefit from him winning is his union buddies. I also know people in ward 18 and there are many who don't like him and are ready to see him go.I remember when the TTC decided to go on strike at midnight leaving women, seniors and many young people stranded, he didn't even have the balls to say something. That was very disrespectful and not fair on the TTC part. We need a change and Adam is not what I consider a change. He can go back diggin in the middle east.
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