[The Mississauga Muse]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

dashingdan wrote:

I would support the amalgamation of Toronto, Peel, York and Durham.

bizorky wrote:

It would be better off as a province.

Oopsie. Sorry, bizorky, a separate province made up of Durham, York, Peel and Toronto (potential name might be Province of Dypt) wouldn't work.

Mississauga wants OUT of Peel.

And besides, we're amalgamating our own continent just as soon as our team of dedicated scientists perfect Mississauga's Mississauga Missile Defense System.

MISSISSAUGAMISSILEDEFENSESYSTEMEXPERIMENT4 (By the way, I taught the researcher on the left everything I know)

We do wish you-all well though.


Signed,
The (klaatu barada nikto) MISSISSAUGA Muse

 

[adma]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

Mississauga wants OUT of Peel.

But...into *what*? You see, a province of DYPT/GTA does not prevent any such opting-out; wanting out of Peel doesn't mean wanting out of the GTA or wanting into the ROO (Rest Of Ontario). Besides, the regions themselves might as well *all* be abolished as collective political entities within a provincialized GTA; so, Mississauga might win anyway...

 

[The Mississauga Muse]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

adma, regarding Mississauga wanting OUT of Peel, you wrote:

But...into *what*? You see, a province of DYPT/GTA does not prevent any such opting-out; wanting out of Peel doesn't mean wanting out of the GTA or wanting into the ROO (Rest Of Ontario).

You raise an intriguing point --this part:

You see, a province of DYPT/GTA does not prevent any such opting-out --or wanting into the ROO (Rest Of Ontario).

Hmmmmm....

I wonder what would happen if a municipality just got so fed up with the Province that it would --well, opt out?

Like a municipal small-town mutiny where the 2006 campaign slogan would be "JUST OPT OUT".... and all 473 residents voted in resolute-agreement.

I bet opting-out wouldn't be allowed --as in there's legislation tucked in a dusty dank file somewhere in the bowels and bureaucratic-triplicate-entrails of Queen's Park for just such an eventuality.


Signed,
The (Ontari-ari-ario) Mississauga Muse

Oops! Sorry, I thought that was a Trillium.

 

[bizorky]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

Opt out to where?

You are aware that municipalities exist at the pleasure of the province. The city administrations just can't exit anything whenever they wish. Municipalities are legal incorporations and must follow the law.

 

[The Mississauga Muse]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

bizorky, you wrote:

You are aware that municipalities exist at the pleasure of the province.

Well, I'm ashamed to admit that I finally figured out municipalities exist at the pleasure of the province a year ago. Meaning that for the other four decades of my adult life, I thought municipalities existed for their citizen-residents!

I'm truly slow-on-the-take.

The city administrations just can't exit anything whenever they wish.

I wasn't talking about "city administrations" in my fantasy small town scenario but real *people* --voters voting out. Voters standing up to The Province and saying, (all in one long tortured breath with no punctuation for relief) "We've had it with your down-loading and your hypocritical strangle-hold on us you can take the $pittance that charades as funding that you sprinkle our way and take your we're-all-in-this-togethers and shove it we've had it we're out!"

(That'd actually fit nicely on a voting card and people would just have to put an X in the box beside, "We've had it with your down-loading and your hypocritical strangle-hold on us you can take the $pittance that charades as funding that you sprinkle our way and take your we're-all-in-this-togethers and shove it we've had it we're out!")

Hmmmm... a town Opting-Out would make a great story-line for a Corner Gas episode... rival town Woolverton (say) wants out of Saskatchewan because Dog River is located there....

Municipalities are legal incorporations and must follow the law.

Oh yes, ABSOLUTELY! And I know just how fastidiously The Province has ensured that mechanisms are in place to guarantee that laws and regulations are followed by their municipalities.

And I also know that it is a fact that all municipalities are responsible and accountable governments.


Signed,
The (Ontario. Is there any place you'd rather be?) Mississauga Muse

 

[bizorky]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

^You can always make your mission.

Good luck with that.

 

[The Mississauga Muse]

Re: Globe: Brace Yourself: Your Bill's on the Rise (GTA Taxe

^You can always make your mission.

Good luck with that.

Thanks very much, bizorky. Your kind thoughts are appreciated. But my car already passed that test just last week and I got the 2006 sticker.

Signed,
The Mississauga Muse