Bet you wish your mayor was this cool.

And this smart too.

"Take care of your people, keep taxes down, make sure there are jobs."

Result? 31 years as mayor, and a debt free city with 700 million in the bank.

Approval rating? 92%.

Impressive is an understatement.

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Not Dingbat Daley that's for fuckin sure.

Wow! Can we borrow her for awhile?

WTF is up with Canadian bowling?

Tell you what Canada... I'll trade our ENTIRE Legislature for this woman. What do ya say? Hell, I'll even throw in some cute kittens. C'mon... help the figurative Sick Man of North America out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEAAAAASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it' a good suburb. She's bound together several little boroughs and over the years forged them into a cohesive city. They've always had a direct transit link to the Toronto subway, which really helped growth over the years.

Does she have a sister? I'm in love.

HAH! That's nothing! OUR mayor had gay buttsex with a 17 year old intern[--and then lied about it. Sort of a gay Bill Clinton]. And Detroit's mayor had a hooker killed. [And of course DC's mayor was literally a crackhead, who was reelected after getting out of prison.]

She even admits that there are problems.

Public transit for one.

But still, all things considering she is one hell of a woman. 88 years old and still as sharp as whip.

Awesome!

What a coincidence, WE had a gay mayor too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._West_(politician)

As far as I know, there is only one mayor here in America even coming close to this level of coolness:

You didn't hear? The Hamburgler blew his stack and decapitated him.

Obviously somebody hasn't explained the politicians code to her, spend more money thank you take in.

Impressive, truly, but the power to shape your community is limited on a mayoral level. I mean, the decisions made in Toronto and Ottawa largely shape the outlook for Mississauga.

I wonder why she never tried to go further, she could've done more good on a bigger stage apparently.

With the exception of Port Credit and the South Mississauga Road area, Mississauga is a giant shithole.

The entire city is a testament to suburban sprawl. Most of the homes are cookie-cutter ugly and the developers rule the land. While crime rates have not increased dramatically, there are a number of groups that have taken hold in Mississauga and it's only a matter of time before their impact is felt.

So yeah... they have low taxes and no debt but I wouldn't live there if someone gave me a house.

What the fuck is wrong with suburban sprawl?

Nothing, that's what.

Just another bitch fit from Prius-driving urban culture snobs who get bitter when their neighbors would rather build six-lane freeways to commute in their Escalades than dump money into "urban renewal" projects in the middle of the gun-fighting ghetto. It's just too goddamned bad that people live in shithole neighborhoods that once had decent architectural character, but people who can afford it are gonna take their money and bail or your fucking 'hood, and their ain't a goddamned thing you can do about it.

Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

And the people in the houses all go to the university
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same
And there's doctors and there's lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out the same
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
And they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same

There's a green one, and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same​

The lovely thing about freedom, garamet, is that you don't need to live in a "ticky tacky little box", or even go near one, if you choose not to. The other lovely thing is that you don't get to fucking restrict my right to do so!

Never said you did. I just get a kick out of arguments *for* the Strip-Malling of America...

If you're comparing me to Prius or Smart-driving fags, you and I are going to have some issues.

How is a profile of a successful long-term mayor of a CANADIAN city equivilent to an argument "*for* the Strip-Malling of America"?!?

Hyperbole, much?

If you'll notice, I was replying to Uncle Albert's post, not to the OP.

Looking for reasons to be outraged much?

Ah well, it was a fun thread while it lasted.

^And there's no reason why it can't continue to be so.

What's wrong with suburban sprawl?

1. It's ugly.

2. It makes car ownership absolutely necessary. (Depending on your point of view, this could be positive or negative.)


I'm not saying that suburban sprawl is evil or anything like that, but it does have it's downside.

The only thing I was arguing for was the right to do what the fuck I want until I hurt you in a more material sense than meaningless bullshit like "aesthetics."

I'll have problems with anyone who gets on my nuts about where I live in what sort of house, or how long I commute in what sort of vehicle.

Too fucking bad. Live with it.

I celebrate the independence of car ownership, so I say again, TOO FUCKING BAD.

So don't live in the suburbs. Just leave everyone who does the fuck alone.

Which makes this interchangeable with every other UA post. You really should work up a template to save yourself some time.

Is someone actually doing that to you or is it just your perception that any commentary on your commentary is an affront to your individuality?

Carpet bomb the suburbs. It's the only way to be sure.