Reassess Scarborough subway

Re Stop this boondoggle, Editorial, April 17 Your editorial on the Scarborough subway extension provides some legitimate insight into the ineptitude of our city council and the politically based manoeuvring of Mayor John Tory and buttkissing city staff.

How in the world can staff recommend, and council approve, an obviously inadequate analysis of such a significant capital expenditure? Kudos to the Star’s Jennifer Pagliaro for digging into the meat of what surely will be a financial catastrophe the people of Toronto will be on the hook for for many years to come.

It’s time for this duplicity to end. Staff should be instructed to competently prepare a detailed analysis and comparison of the two (or more) options, and provide a comprehensive summary and recommendation for council review, along with their reasoning. It is council’s job and obligation to meet the financial and social needs of our citizens. Wasteful, politically motivated and self-serving actions are not what we put them in office to do. Steve Craine, Toronto

Yes, let’s stop this one-stop boondoggle. The only problem is: which candidates for mayor or council have the intestinal fortitude to do so? Even our esteemed former planner Jennifer Keesmaat joined the one-stoppers before she left for greener pastures. William Lynn, Toronto