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FROM CITY GARDENING, JULY 2001: PAGE 2 |
| CITY GARDENING A Monthly Newsletter for Toronto Gardeners Published by Wes Porter, Horticultural Consultant. Distributed free to those enrolled in gardening courses and seminars. Correspondence to: 714-255 Main St., Toronto, Ontano M4C 4X2 |
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Like its namesake, the Pink Flamingo Award has not been so prominent in recent months. When it does return from migration though, it is with a vengeance. Step forward to the podium please, Toronto City Councilor Sandra Bussin and receive your pink flamingo that goes so well with the brand of politics you practice. Liberal Member of Parliament Tom Wapple can land himself in well-publicized hot water for refusing to help a constituent because the man voted for his opponent in the last elections. Like- wise did John and Mary Triantafillou hang signs for Ms. Bussin's opponent on their Danforth Ave. property during the last municipal election. Worse still, they called Ms. Bussin to have her signs taken off their fence, hung their by a new neighbor who has been aggressively attempting, to have them remove a large maple well-loved by the neighborhood that grows in their courtyard. Last year, the tree received protection from the city .Indeed, earlier a city forester had declared the tree to be in good health. Strangely, with a Bussin supporter taking umbrage to it, the tree is suddenly declared by the city to be dying, according to the Trantafillous. This couple have been over three decades on the Danforth and are well-known there for their quiet and effective community support, as well as raising a wonderful and hard working family. Last year, they gained 2,500 signatures on a petition to save their tree. Now they are starting allover again. As we go to press, they have almost 4,000 signatures, and a pile of over a thousand letters to Councilor Bussin. Three professional foresters and a botany professor from the University of Toronto say the tree is not dying. The community is enraged. And Ms. Bussin's response? According to John Triantafillou, she has called him a "troublemaker" when she visited his tree-hating neighbor. She has not responded to invitations to meet or done anything to represent both sides. Wapple got his backside walloped for such action. Not so the left-leaning Bussin who, one would suppose from her political shade, would support trees. She may be reached at fax 416-392-7444, or write her at Toronto City Hall, Suite 20, Toronto, M5H 2N2 |
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