I see that David Miller let his NDP membership lapse at the end of 2006. He did it, he said, so that he can have more traction when he negotiates with the province and federal government for fiscal help. This is encouraging.

Whether or not he’s still an NDPer at heart, he has matured enough to understand that party politics has no place in the Mayor’s Chair — and in Council for that matter — and that his overt ideology and NDP membership has caused the city to suffer as senior governments are quite partisan. Now, I wouldn’t say it’s the sole reason — there’s the whole Canada hates Toronto and woe to the politician who shows they like it issue — Toronto has been falling into a pit and getting zippo assistance to climb out from Queen’s Park and the Commons, but it doesn’t help us any when the city asks the province to take back its responsibilities or asks the Feds for 1 cent of the gas tax.

I see this as a hopeful sign, a sign that Miller is willing to grow and thus to start serving Toronto’s needs as opposed to the party line.

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