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Nov 12,2006 - Nov 19,2006 |
Still angry along St.Clair
Group remains upset about right-of-way streetcar lanes, pledges to deliver thousands of votes to mayoral candidate Pitfield
By Niccolò Marras
The presentation of a photo exhibition at Tricolore Bar, on Corso Italia, displaying Krystyna Henke's pictures about the SOS- Save Our St. Clair committee became an occasion for issuing a battle cry against incumbent mayor David Miller and more. At the event, two elements appeared clear.
First, committee supporters that opposed the TTC Right-of-Way have chosen which candidate to support in the mayoral race. Among David Miller, Stephen LeDrew and Jane Pitfield, it is the last one who will get their votes; the committee hopes to bring her at least 10,000 votes, i.e. as many as the signatures collected under the petition against the ROW on St. Clair Avenue.
Second, the committee expressed its displeasure with the other challenger, Stephen LeDrew, because "he never did anything for the community and particularly for Italians, and he's always been very distant from our needs." In particular, they found his October 25 presentation at the Piccininni Centre quite unconvincing.
Among Jane Pitfield's staunchest supporters there are several women.
"We are deeply disappointed by men's management of City Hall. We are particularly disappointed by David Miller's attitude and policies," declared SOS officials Ida Vivacqua and Connie Lamanna.
Jane Pitfield convinces them as "she's a smart and courageous woman," said Vivacqua, "and she sees clearly what to do for Toronto's future and which are the real problems to address."
What is most convincing to them, though, is her past and present participation to the life of St. Clair Avenue. "She listens to us, her door is always open, unlike Miller, who shut us out and reneged his electoral promises." "She's got every quality of a good leader," added Vivacqua, "and we appreciate her vision for the development of Toronto: as a nice place to live, in harmony and respect."
Miller's attitude towards the Italian-Canadian community - with reference to the St. Clair ROW - still smarts. The mayor did not listen to the objections raised against the project, supporting instead the 'done deal', as city councillor and TTC chair Howard Moscoe once famously called the project.
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