PRAY YOU DON’T GET FINED
Re “Tie up a T.O. intersection? That could soon cost you $450” (Jane Stevenson, Sept. 17): I haven’t driven around Toronto in a while now, so am unfamiliar with intersections and the so-called box. Now, I fully agree with the police and others, especially the walking commuters who, in addition to the elements, have to brave vehicles that go way too fast for their own good. The City of Toronto will from now on charge/fine any car or truck that block an intersection $450. But if I and a couple hundred others decide to bring our prayer rugs to any major crossroad downtown, I will be allowed to finish my protest unhindered and still have money in my pocket.
Dennis Marten Stoney Creek
(More stupidity from the city)
NO RIGHT ON RED
Regarding traffic blocking Toronto intersections, outlawing right turns on red lights might help with the problem.
Dave Hollinshead Bowmanville
(How about not replacing lanes of traffic with bike lanes that don’t make sense?)
ROGERS PREFERS PROFITS OVER RESULTS
The insatiable appetite of Edward Rogers to control the sports scene in Toronto has taken another step. Rogers’ domination of the sports market in the city is evident with his recent purchase of Bell’s investment in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $4.7 billion. Bell is out, Rogers is in. MLSE owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Rogers Centre and Sportsnet, the Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC. That just leaves MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum, with his 20%, and 5% owned by OMERS, a Canadian pension fund. It’s only time before these Toronto sports teams are neglected the way the Blue Jays have been. It’s all about Rogers’ bottom line and no more. You only have to look at Rogers failure to devote interest in the Jays. It will be mirrored in Rogers other sports organizations. What this city lacks is a sports-minded organization, not a profit-obsessed corporation that doesn’t know a hockey puck from a catcher’s mitt, and could care less.
Gary Megaffin Kitchener
(It is surprising there isn’t a more robust desire for sports team ownership in Canada. Hard to blame Rogers if the opportunity presents itself to not act)