No Money for Thompson and Centennial!!

Toronto Council decided how to spend our tax dollars on February 12th.

There are thousands of items in the budget from every City Department.

 Each Councillor can make motions to change things around, fund various things.

They found money for all sorts of additional things like:

·         $3 million for more tree planting and boulevard sod repair;

·         an extra $350 thousand for more rec and parks seasonal staff

·         an extra $154 thousand for the swim program

·         and so on.

Our Councillor Glenn DeBaeremaeker tried to get $790 thousand to fund improvements to Thompson Park and Centennial Recreation Centre. The Budget Chief, Councillor Crawford from Ward 36, put the motion forward.  The vote was 21 Councillors in favour and 21 Councillors opposed which means the motion was NOT approved.

In YELLOW on the Ward map and listed below are the Councillors who voted NO [against Glenn’s idea]:

Toronto-East York Councillors voting NO:

Joe Cressy      

Janet Davis

Sarah Ducette

Paula Fletcher

Josh Matlow

Mary Margaret Mahon

Gord Perks

Lucy Troisi

Kristyn Wong-Tam

North York Councillors voting NO:
Jon Burnside

Denzil Minan-Wong

Jaye Robinson

Josh Colle

David Shiner

Shelly Carroll

Etobicoke Councillors voting NO:

John Campbell

Michael Ford

Stephen Holyday

What is totally amazing is that three Scarborough Councillors voted NO:

·        Paul Ainslie

·        Jim Hart

·        Chin Lee

Submitted by: Lorne Ross

No Money for Thompson and Centennial!

Submitted by: Lorne Ross

What’s wrong with these three guys?

·         Are they bitter about something?

      ·         Pressed the wrong button?
      ·         Didn’t win the apple bobbing contest in Thompson on Canada Day
      ·         Not happy about the food at Rib Fest?
      ·         Didn’t get something they wanted for their Wards?
      ·         Can’t bear to spend money

I’d love to hear their reasons for voting against this funding! Maybe they’ve never been there.

Mayor Tory has been to our Centennial-Ice Galaxy. Picture below is Glenn with Mayor Tory and Councillor Crawford [the Budget Chief] and Councillor Pasternak from North York [Chairman of the Recreation Committee]. That’s how you do it: all the key players and they all voted YES for the funding.

Mayor Tory wishes Scarborough Ice Galaxy skater Piper Gillies and Paul Poirier well before they travel to the Olympic Games in Pyeong Chang.

I swear that’s the same paint job as when my ‘little girls’ skated there and they are now Moms with their own little skaters!

Glenn gave the Mayor the whole tour: he knows what Centennial Rec Centre looks like.

Lorne Ross

No Money for Thompson and Centennial!

Submitted by: Lorne Ross

From the Mayor’s Twitter Account:

"Next stop on Ward 38 tour with Deputy Mayor Glenn DeBaeremaeker has us meeting with members of Centennial Recreation Centre. Listened to suggestions of how we can make experience better for parents & children.

Way to go Glenn. Thank you Mayor Tory, and Councillors Crawford and Pasternak for getting a firsthand look at our 50 years old rec centre. Booooo to Councillors Lee, Ainslie and Hart.

If Scarborough’s Councillors do not stick together, work together, figure out what is needed in Scarborough and then work hard to get our fair share of the funding in this city, we really are doomed to come in last every time.

Lorne Ross.