Two city councillors have an idea to increase city revenues and—oh, wait, forget it. Councillors Josh Matlow and Doug Holyday both made calls for the city to consider adding tolls to Toronto roads. The Toronto Sun reports that Matlow said his idea could be an answer to the mayor’s repeated call for someone—anyone—to propose something other than service cuts as a way to balance the city’s books. But Rob Ford said that tolls hurt the economy and cause congestion (surprise, surprise). Both motions were defeated. Read the entire story [Toronto Sun] »
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Was His Worship’s opinion based on thoughtful analysis of economic and traffic studies from comparable metropolises? Or that he may have to pay more for his Big Mac?
September 28, 2011 at 10:04 pm | by G.