Mayor John Tory has to go

Four years ago, I and many other Torontonians elected John Tory as mayor of our great city. I supported him because I wanted someone who wasn't divisive, like late former mayor Rob Ford was. John Tory seemed to fit the bill. But over the years, he has gone from simply wanting to reach a consensus with other city politicians to basically giving them everything they want. For example, he's let the city's would-be social engineers run wild, installing bicycle lanes where they shouldn't be and making it harder and harder for anyone who dares to drive an automobile in this city to get from point A to point B. The social engineers wanted bike lanes on Bloor. He let it happen. They wanted bike lanes on Woodbine. He let it happen. They wanted a streetcar right-of-way on King St. between Bathurst and Jarvis. He let it happen. And what are the results of these social engineering projects? More traffic chaos and a significant hit to the bottom lines of many businesses.

Tory has also spent much of his time and effort trying to appease the folks on the militant left. Groups like Black Lives Matter, which to me is nothing but a hate group. The police have had their hands tied by the mayor and the rest of the stooges of political correctness. As a result, gun crime has soared, the latest incidence of which was yesterday's shooting near Danforth and Logan in Greektown that killed two people and injured fourteen others. Drug dealers and other criminals are taking over the city's downtown core, while the mayor and the rest of the incompetents on Council refuse to clean up the mess left by users of the safe-injection sites and homeless shelters that the city has set up. As a result, folks who live near these homeless shelters and safe-injection sites have to deal with things like dirty needles, human feces and the fear of being accosted by some of the people using these services.

Clearly, Mayor John Tory lacks a backbone. He doesn't have the courage to stand up to the city's social engineers and militant, cop-hating groups like Black Lives Matter. Hence, I can no longer support him. I want someone who's going to clean up this city and stand up to the folks who are making it worse. What I would really like is a Torontonian version of Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, who made that vast metropolis livable again. He got rid of much of the city's criminal elements, despite the overwhelming opposition he faced for his methods. We need someone like him in Toronto. Someone who will put fear into criminals and give power back to our police force. Someone who will get this city moving, instead of making war on the car and making it harder for the vast majority of this city's residents to get from place to place. If such a person exists, would that person please stand up and run for Toronto's mayoralty this fall? I and many other Torontonians would really appreciate it.