The TTC's been taking a lot of hits lately; from the fare hikes to the sleeping employee's and again with the TTC chairman Adam Giambrone, and his infidelity scandal. Perhaps the city of Toronto's citizens have come to forget how the TTC and it's workers have come to affect our daily lives. Personally, I think the people of Toronto are too quick with their criticism and complaints. Many Torontonians depend regularly on the TTC for transportation and efficiency. The TTC is also a vital part of Toronto, and adds spirit and familiarity to our lives.
Though I understand how people could be angered by the TTC fare hike, especially during these tough economic times, the hype created by the media surrounding the hike was pure sensationalism feeding off of the publics anger. This was the same situation with the TTC worker that was sleeping on the job, people may criticize the man for sleeping on the job but did his behavior change the way TTC serviced the city? Sure, due to the fare hike you would expect better service from the TTC but reasonably, the man in the booth represents but a small few of the TTC workers who slack off during their job (including the driver that likes to take long coffee breaks) but beside those small few the TTC servicemen and women have been quite consistent through their hard work and service to the city.
Adam Giambrone. The name seems to speak for itself in Toronto these days, Adam's scandalous affair with multiple partners has been making headlines for days. Adam Giambrone; the ambitious young chairman for the TTC, running for mayoral candidacy pulled out of the running after his quite scandalous but funny text messages were revealed by one of his partners. Quite frankly I am disappointed, not only did I think that he was qualified for the job of mayor of Toronto but I was quite excited by the prospect of someone under the age of 50 being in office. To think that this guys career was ruined over a few bad choices and suggestive text messages. (The Torontonians criticizing him for his suggestive messaging should take a look at their teenagers phones and read some of their text messages before they start pressuring him out of office altogether *cough cough* Smitherman) Anyways, this whole issue regarding him being a cheater only blew out of proportion, causing him to drop out of running, because he was running for mayor. In all honesty I don't blame him for his infidelity, not to be superficial but the last seven years with his former official girlfriend didn't look too promising, not that his cheating partners looked any better. These three topics all gave the TTC a start up bang in 2010, and have rendered many members of the City Council clueless about how to respond.
