I'm not going to bother…

I'm not going to bother sending another email that gets into the debate of whether bike lanes are "bad" or "good." I am going to speak as a Toronto taxpayer.

Regulate new bike lanes as you see fit. But the proposal to "rip out" cycling infrastructure that has already been built and paid for is an egregiously irresponsible use of taxpayer money in a city and province where much more urgent problems exist. It will not be assuaged by a $200 tax rebate cheque.

If the provincial government is so adamant about throwing good tens of millions of dollars after bad, then the provincial government can transfer responsibility for Bloor, Yonge and University to the province, as was done with the Gardiner Expressway. Then they can explain to constituents in the rest of the province why their tax dollars are being used to rebuild roads in Toronto that the city just finished rebuilding.

Or Doug Ford can heed the advice he's given to the likes of Justin Trudeau, Bonnie Lysyk, and Taylor Swift: Stay in your lane.