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We need 3 Rob Ford. {Dzlfi‘ourte ionss Inbrecell‘lt years There has recently been consid- For the person startinga tition 5 1 fl“ er ram, W ere e “1185 erable correspondence in the local to stop the LRT, a group goon» aboutlrvmglnaboxcar. newspapers about the City of cemed citizens worked on this idea When my father migrated from Waterloo eliminating nine employ~ several years ago and took 200000 Oklahoma to California during the ees but the KPMG report indicates signatures to the provincial govem- Great Depression. he bought this » that while the layoffs will take place, ment (Liberal). piece Of land where there was an Old there will be a net increase of staff We asked for a free vote to be abandoned boxcar altd converted 4» l 0by one (0 improve efficiency. NO‘ held during the municipal election. "1um family home._ Haggard told 7 to WWW- this Will be funded by an They ignored this petition on the me. I remember how " would shake . 9"?! increase i“ user fees. If is “0' clear if advice of local politicians, who our “me when we” b'g trams - this includes the additional 15 posi- knew the m would be defealed. loaded Mill crude Oil WOUld be com- tions that were approved in the last i have a solution. I will work for mg. it felt like“! earthquake.“ budget deliberations. Haggard told me he would often . put pennies on the railroad track, and . hop the open freight cars when the trains passed by. _ . “Though it was pretty scary. it was Time to ask wh about bud et something i was overpowered to do for some reason." he said n a week or so, the Liberal government of Kath. those two items become. 80 it's better from a political with a laugh. “If our parents knew, they would have killed us. I leen Wynne win have it's budget up for a vote in point of View to leave them alone. list let them web but 1 had to get out there and ride a freight train like lirnmy the provincial legislature. ble along in the belief the bureaucracy will continue Rodgers did and experience it first hand. I rode a freight car v Conservative leader Tim Hudak says his party will to NH llself- Don't 35k why one time through a snowstorm and got inside the ice com- vote against it He says people have had enough ofthe Like every organization, private or public, the partment, back before they had refrigeration. l froze my ass Uberal party and the budget doesn't go Ontario government spends the vast majority of it’s off.’ nearly far enough to address the financial money on wages and benefits Again, if i told Haggard that some of my earliest childhood memo- concems of the provinaa. you're intmed in trimming costs this is ries include the mesmerizing sights and sounds of my father's NDP larder Andrea Horwath says she a target model railroad, which spanned the width of my bedroom. I wants to know what the people of g..’ . . i . f. 5 But there are only two ways to reduce was transfixed by all the lights. switches. model scenery and Ontario think. Part of that is taking place those muses You either pay people less figures, hand-built houses and that distinct smell of smoke in the world of social media, where if you Or you pay less people. Neither one of fluid pulling from the engines. can‘t say it in 140 characters, it's not- .,,__ those is particularly palatable to political “l've gota great train collection too.” Haggard said. worth saying at all. ‘ V parties 50 it's best to leave them alone. ‘But l haven't had a train set up in years. I once had an 0- Public consultation is good. Sadly. the Don’t 33k Why. gage. lld-inch scale that was 750 feet and ran around the cir- public really doesn‘t have much of a clue This has been going on for decades. cumference of the house We still got the trains and a few of about the budget â€"â€" and from what We . The numbers have grown ever larger. but them are sitting around in our house here. but there’s not an seen there‘s at least a generation out ; the basics remain the same. (Someone active model railroad in my life right now. l wish there was” there that has dimculty making change i; will tell me I've oversimplified this OK. The American Flyer little red caboose on my father's S-gage let alone understanding the impact of . ‘ g: feel free to tell me where l'm mistaken.) train set was my favourite car. I told Haggard. “I always loved multi~billion dollar spendingplans h, mil) k And consider this riddle â€" for years, the Super Chief passenger line because my dad worked for So here is a short primer on the we have been told we need to pay top Santa Fe.” he replied. “So I guess the Santa Fe was my finances of the province of Ontario. BRIAN dollar for our politicians and our bureau favourite line. Marshall.” Ontario spends far more money than BOURKE crats sowemnget the best people for the And though the model railroad bug never hit me, I fully it brings in each year. Billions. That's job. Yet. the same problems exist and no appreciate the love and pride model railroaders like my late calledadeficit. You can‘tdo that. but they one steps up to say. “You know. just father, and country music outlaws like Merle Haggard. have can. Dom askwhy. maybe what we‘re doing isn't working, perhaps we for their tiny trains. ' Ontario spends most of it‘s money on education ShOUId look ill this" and healthcare, two very important items Obviously, Now is a good time to ask why. And you should too. m if u s nd most of ur men on those items. it “‘ . . g , . myzld [flake sense toy3im titer? in an effort to get Brian Bourke. a member of the 105.3 KOOL PM ”Will“; m on Visual (Villain-71.1 "migrant? . your finances under control. But that's not possible. "muting mm can be reached bye-mail at f” or ’ QW‘Z’; h $121. fits; "9 a The closer one fits to an election. the more sacred WMMWM ma” Jul" ' '