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Toronto  will provide  $6 million to Arts and Culture. The money will come from billboard revenue
not taxes.
Toronto has a population of 2 .479 million  It means slightly more than two dollars per capita for Arts and Culture.None of it from taxes.
In Aurora , we  have committed $570,000 dollars on  Arts and Culture, We have a population of about fifty-five thousand population. That's in excess of ten dollars per  capita. All of it from taxes.
Last time I checked, Toronto's taxes  were substantially less than Aurora's .
I thought taxpayers might be interested in that comparator.
The other  thing about  the new agreement for the Church Street School . It's supposed to provide museum space. But he majority of Council including  the Mayor and Councillor Pirri have voted with
Gallo ,Gaertner and Ballard not to act on the recommendation  on the collection until the Master Culture Plan is complete.
The study is not near beginning. We  expect the Art  aficionados to do what they can to exclude the museum from its rightful home. We can only conclude the Mayor and Councillor Pirri  have the same
objective.
It's weird having  to watch for clues  to discover the reason for a decision to  reveal itself.
Another e-mail has been received urging Concil to continue to protect the peace and tranquility
of the streets  at he core of the community.
We are hearing a lot about it being a special neighbourhood. Not like the modern cookie-cutter
subdivisions.  One writer is sure people come from the city to enjoy the beauty of their neighbourhood.
Inconvenience to  residents outside the neighborhood is dismissed as a factor.
If the  diverters (obstructions) are removed ,some of the families will have to look for a safer neighborhood to live.
I can recommend my neighborhood. We don't have much traffic. Kids play on the street. People walk and ride bicycles when the weather  is fine.
The difference is the lack of amenities within walking distance. Except for school. everything is a drive. Nothing is convenient.
It's the price most expect to pay.
We don't expect to pay millions for construction  and maintenance of streets in a  "special" neighborhood  as well as blockades and barricades to force us not to use the streets.
We find ourselves  told ,without embarrassment,we have no right to use of  the streets we paid for.
We , the  lesser ones, are  good only for paying the  tab, can't be allowed to disturb the peace and tranquillity of  the special neighborhood, dontcha know?
Toronto is going to spend  a hundred and  fifty million dollars
on roads and infrastructure this year.
I haven't heard mention of obstructions for special neighborhoods to prohibit  invasion from
outside.