City Hall Is Out Of Control: THE VOTER
If such an intervention ever happens, I will be fascinated to see what the issue could possibly be that tips the balance for Ontario Premier Doug Ford. His supposed commitment to rooting out wrongdoing at the municipal level doesn’t seem to extend as far as Ottawa.
He might want to distance himself a bit from his good buddy, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, who doesn’t seem to be in control down there at city hall. According to Ford, Sutcliffe’s doing a great job.
Not so much, Dougie. Not so much.
The Voter is a respected community activist and long-time Bulldog commenter who prefers to keep her identity private.
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Madame Voter, it doesn’t happen often but this latest hidden but since discovered oopsy leaves me speechless.
While I’m not a fan of our current mayor, I honestly think he’s trying to fill the role to the best of his ability. Unfortunately Ottawa voters chose to elect a rookie with no previous experience in politics to to sit in the most important seat in municipal government. We’re now seeing the impact this folly has had on our city.
What is really sad is the large opportunity cost. The funds could have been used to benefit from the research done world-wide through the World Bank’s major initiative on road safety. Instead it took largely an advocacy approach with one or two staff working outside the Transportation Department. While they meet with other players they fall short of data based partnerships. Best practice includes mutual accountability with partners to address root causes of deaths and serious injury including reduction of the time first responders get the to victims thence to hospitals, improved trauma care, work with organizations who specialize in safe driving courses to maximize coverage to new drivers, police use of information on what accidents happen where and what is the cause of fatalities (driving under the influence, seat belt use, need for car inspections, cyclist behavior) so police can hone their resources for get the most er least bang for the buck! They could have invested in replacing lights and intersections with traffic circles (people pay more attention in traffic circles and if there are crashes they have less force). Improvements could have been made of more “hot spots” where accidents are common. Our neighborhood intersection being an agreed hot spot with mulitple care bike accidents but “resources are tight” The city has chosen to be an advocate for safer mobility. It came at the cost of leadership with provincial and other city partners supported by professionals in improving traffic safety.
The social costs are high: more hospitalization, more rehab, loss of income for families, loss of tax revenue, higher insurances costs.