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Old 11-08-2013, 08:49 AM   #1117
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson View Post
According to wikipedia

He took on the unions
Privatized garbage collection
Increased massive transit to the burbs
Cut over 1000 positions through early buyout ( out of 17000)
Ran a budget surplus of nearly $300 million.

(and made Toronto an international discussion topic)
But he has neglected many things as well.

It's actually really easy to make cuts and save money, or privatize services and give the contracts to buddies. Meanwhile, innercity infrastructure and services are on the decline. At least the peple who live in the burbs, don't need to look at it though.
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