It’s been an interesting week. Our demonstration last Monday wildly exceeded our expectations – twenty turning out would have been fine. To get closer to a hundred was huge.

This was the first time we’ve gone public with our frustration with Mayor Miller – it’s been brewing for a long time, as we meet and talk, and write letters – but with no action, it was time.

While Enzo di Matteo of NOW Magazine initially called it incomprehensible, we’ve had some discussions with him, and he now understands. Watch for a letter to the Editor this week. Carol Goar, unprompted, raised David’s lack of action on the airport as a serious concern  in The Star. We’ve had other good discussions with the media this week, as well.

We’ve recognized that nothing is known – by the media, by politicians, or the public, about the effect airport expansion is having on waterfront residents, and the waterfront’s til-now deserved reputation as Toronto’s best place to visit. We know that the absence of that awareness gives the Mayor very little room to move – that’s why the demonstration last week was so important. And it sparked the now-renewed efforts by waterfront residents to make their concerns known, starting with their press conference this week to talk personal experiences.