There's only one certainty on that list and it's:
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Originally Posted by SteelTown
Reverend Brother Michael Baldasaro
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As for Mayor Fred's performance, this goes back to the
strong mayor, weak mayor debate we had earlier in the year.
Fred Eisenberger certainly hasn't been as effective as Larry Di Ianni was at achieving his policy objectives, but Di Ianni's successes had a lot to do with convincing a majority of councillors to support the status quo policies they already supported.
Eisenberger, by contrast, has been trying to move council out of their policy comfort zone with such 'radical' ideas as pedestrianizing Gore Park, approving a light rail transit network, intensifying the built area and limiting greenfield development, banning pesticides, cutting down garbage collection, reducing the size of the "airport employment growth district" development (to meet Provincial guidelines, no less), and so on. It's not surprising he's running into sharper opposition on many of these issues.
Relative to his agenda, he has achieved less; but absolutely in terms of driving change, he has achieved more.