Lies or Promises that Torontos Out Going Mayor and Incumbent Councillors Will Not Be Around To See

April 16, 2010 - PRLog -- With councils first crack at this year’s 2010 operating budget the outgoing Mayor now states that "Toronto resident will never face a 12% tax hike."

Really, he and hopefully the majority of his left leaning fellow incumbent councillors will not be around to prepare the 2011 budgets, which will have to be based on the outrageous spending that they continue to accumulate for 2010. So what an outrageous statement for him to make.

Now that the city’s top bureaucrats have finally come clean and admitted Toronto has a serious financial crisis thanks to the last seven years of chronic spending, borrowing and taxing, even their top bureaucrat Mr. Cam Weldon is not that arrogant as the outgoing Mayor and his incumbent councillors.

He very carefully says to the outgoing mayor and councillors "I can't give you a prediction, councillor."

Let’s not forget that in 2003 and again in 2006 when this outgoing Mayor and his incumbent councillors were seeking your votes, they promised that their spending and our taxes would NOT be increased above the annual rate of inflation. This sure as heck did not materialize these past 7 years.

Another promise unkept or an outright political lie? You decide.

Also while one considers these facts, think about what moral, ethical or even legal authority this outgoing Mayor and incumbent councillors had in passing a 10 year Capital Budget in an attempt to burden a the new incoming council with over $ 23.3 BILLION dollars for capital spending over 8 years past their current term of office? I will talk about this unprecedented procedure and questionable financial maneuver in another article.

The City’s 2010 Capital Budget and 10-year (2010-2019) capital plan was passed at Toronto City Council and paves the way for implementation of hundreds of major capital infrastructure projects.

Finally an outgoing mayor along with hopefully the majority of his fellow incumbent councillors are not in any position to state or promise the people of Toronto anything as their term comes to an end October 26, 2010 thank goodness.

I Peter CLARKE strongly believe that TORONTO is OUR CITY, YOUR VOTE, OUR FUTURE TOGETHER. So VOTE, Do It on October 25, 2010, You Will Like It.

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CLARKE an INDEPENDENT NOT a CAREER Politician or supporter of any political party, special interest group or lobbyists. PETER is your average citizen candidate and answerable only to the people NOT a political party, special interest group or lobbyist