Yes. We know. Quite the title.
Revisiting the September 2004 document, "Portraits of Peel:Neighbourhood Environmental Scan 1996 to 2001" we review this quote:
"However, in the shadow of the above rosy picture of Peel, there lurks a dark and sad reality which needs to be addressed immediately and with compassion. Alongside the thriving middle-class in Peel is a large group of vulnerable people who are struggling to make ends meet, to have equal access to opportunities in society, to live in safety, to live with dignity:" -- The Social Planning Council of Peel
We actually got to see some compassion for Mississauga/Peel's Poor at The Big Yellow at one Council Meeting in February --and we're celebrating.
Mississauga Watch presents "Just Another Day in Paradise" --video of the Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Mississauga City Council debate regarding their "pilot project" of "Pay-and-Display Parking" at the Four Mississauga Waterfront Parks.
This video is dedicated to Mississauga Councillor Pat Mullin (Ward 2) who initiated concerns regarding Pay-and-Display parking. Thank you, Councillor Mullin. Thanks also to Carolyn Parrish (Ward 6) and Maja Prentice (Ward 3) for supporting Councillor Mullin --and for putting some precious "City" into The Corporation.
(You may need to click twice on the arrow to view this Google video)
Not only did this Waterfront Parks Pay-for-Parking initiative hit the poorest Mississauga citizenry the most --it potentially nailed the poorest throughout Peel Region. After all, if residents of Brampton wanted leisure at Lake Ontario, their most direct access is through "Mississauga's" waterfront.
And get this. The "large group of vulnerable people who are struggling to make ends meet" in Peel also can't afford Cable TV services --and thus aren't privileged to Rogers Mississauga City Council "gavel to gavel" telecasts of issues affecting them the most!
Yes, we know. Peel's Poor are unlikely to see even this online-video...(computers and Internet access cost $$$ too) --but that's the topic of another Mississauga Watch entry.
QUOTES OF THE DAY
"..we're going in the wrong direction in terms of the Waterfront. There are many-many people that go there because they don't have the pools and amenities..." --Councillor Pat Mullin (February 14, 2007)
"I don't think we should be metering parks at all --especially like VULTURES saying we're doing it in high use times when people who have three little kids barely exist, pile in their used car we're going to nail them for parking now." --Councillor Carolyn Parrish (February 14, 2007)
"I believe we should allow them at least the Waterfront without charging them for parking." --Councillor Maja Prentice (February 14, 2007)
Signed,
The Mississauga Muse
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Comments (3)
Okay guys, if we can only guess what the Ladies Of The Council are up too now, how does this sound for our Big Yellow Taxes
We pave paradise and put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
Then take all the trees put 'em in a tree museum
then charged people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got, till it's gone
Posted by Guitar Man | March 21, 2007 10:06 PM
Posted on March 21, 2007 22:06
Yeh !! it almost sounds very Joni Mitchellish because some old man just drove off in Big Yellow regional utilities vehicle before slipping another 3.6% of Workfare increases back onto the Mississauga property taxes.
If it don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got, till it's gone___
we’ve still got the 2 pizza slices and coffee at the Compass Outreach Centre before we pay $1.50 user fees to sit under trees before saving the province an additional $47 million in missing T-4 slips and addresses.
Posted by Abbe | March 22, 2007 4:43 PM
Posted on March 22, 2007 16:43
Welcome Guitar Man, cool lyrics there, dude.
Got a response for you.
"All the sainted sinners
They pay handsomely
M S C A E they make the weapons
And they run the prisons
And they sell the justice
'Cause being guilty is just good business
Well we're standing out on the borderline
Ain’t no one here gonna stop it now
Murrow’s turnin’ over in his grave (Murrow’s turnin’ over in his grave)
Ed Murrow had a child the damn thing went wild
Murrow’s turnin’ over in his grave (Murrow’s turnin’ over in his grave)....
That Edward R. Murrow?
Hero of mine.
Signed,
The (Good Night and Good Luck) Mississauga Muse
Posted by The Mississauga Muse | March 22, 2007 8:47 PM
Posted on March 22, 2007 20:47