[amor de cosmos]

if Ford killed Transit City the city council probably couldn't go wrong by doing the opposite of whatever he wants:

Council approves LRT for Sheppard Avenue
03/22/2012 | Erin Criger and Shawne McKeown, CityNews.ca

The final piece of Toronto’s transit puzzle appeared to fall into place Thursday as council approved light-rail transit for Sheppard Avenue East.

The motion passed 24-19 after two days of often heated discussion.

“This debate, I assure you, is not over, no matter which way the vote goes...this will be a big election issue,” Mayor Rob Ford said as the debate drew to a close.



After voicing his frustration about the business community not being brought into the transit debate, the mayor’s brother, Coun. Doug Ford, lost his temper. After stating that “it’s disgusting the way we’re all acting in here,” he attacked fellow Etobicoke councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby, who supports LRT, and questioned her credibility as someone “who only won with 200 votes and barely scraped by.”

He later called his fellow councillors “monkeys,” and then was asked to apologize.

Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam chastised Mayor Ford for “flippantly” cancelling the fully-funded Transit City after construction had already begun and incurring at least $65 million in fees.

She also suggested it’s irresponsible to suggest a plan that costs more than the LRT and does not cover as much ground — and also to cite the subway extension’s estimated cost within a $1-billion-plus range.

“We cannot continue to follow a man with no plan,” she said.

“The mayor had the ball in his hand and he has fumbled. There is simply too much on the line.”

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityne...heppard-avenue