Toronto’s City Employees, TTC and Police Salaries All Continue To Grow Out of Control

March 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Toronto’s city wages increased 19% between 2000 and 2004 alone, while the inflation rate on average was only 2.4%! Annual spending over revenues continues to increase at a rate of 5.21%, which is above the average inflation rate by 1.9%.

Incumbent councillors of 12 to 20 years have failed the people of this city by their mismanagement of continuing to spend more than they takes in and then increase taxes on homeowners, renters and business alike year after year.

These councillors with their NDP ideology have shown by their budgets that they remain opposed to exploring ways to reduce costs. Councillors have left its residents with an accumulated debt today of close to $2 BILLION DOLLARS and now proposed to pass it on to our children over the next 35 years!

Let’s take the recent practices of the Police Board when they said ‘nay’ when asked to disclose the cost of their horses? The people have the legal right to know what services are costing including all services of the Police department.

Their demands of $65. per hour charges to our business and construction work sites is outrageous. A maximum of $40 per hour for such services would be more than adequate and reasonable.

Such costs do affect our economy and people of Toronto through increased prices in the condo housing market and rental markets. These fees of $65. per hour for off duty officers should have been greatly reduced and stopped by incumbent councillors.

Maybe the time has arrived for the Toronto Police Board with its political oversight by council and its operations to be taken completely out of the hands of metro council.

Consideration might even be given to the amalgamation of this force with either the OPP or the RCMP. The OPP already have a presence here in the city at the Provincial legislature and further work with other agencies, including the Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Natural Resources to enforce highway safety and conservation regulations.

Since they are responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas lacking local police forces and soon Toronto will not be in the financial position to pay for a separate police force an amalgamation of the city’s police force into the OPP force might have more positive than negative results

Also this way Toronto could upload these costs to the Province and Federal governments where they belong.

Do we really require a duplication of police forces at today’s costs solely on the homeowners, renters and business only within our city?

CLARKE, as yet an unofficial candidate, appreciates your support in any way in ensuring that on October 25, 2010 North York elects a NEW slate of common sense councillors for our city.

Remember it is Our City, Your Vote and Our Future Together that will lead to your victory on October 25, 2010.

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