A letter from Geri Doherty re: CommunityAIR's recent press release on the TPA's tax arrears.

 I commend you on your persistence, your thoroughness and your dedication. You have tracked all the delays, inconsistencies and outright evasion of the long-standing Porter debt. I am puzzled by three aspects of this.

 Why does Mayor Ford not actively pursue this legitimate 45 million dollar, five-year debt instead of trying to balance his budget with cuts to children's programs, snow and garbage removal and cuts to long-term care? 

 Why haven't Torontonians  demanded that the airport property tax bill be paid long ago? Would any of them be allowed to ignore payment especially when they were planning to spend money on renovations? Yet as  featured in the January 11,2012 Toronto Star, Porter apparently has money to start construction on a tunnel to the airport in a matter of weeks. The four-minute ferry boat ride paid for with our property tax debt money needs replacing with a tunnel described as a "spectacular piece of superstructure".

 The third puzzling aspect is the lack of pressure from the press.  We are still hearing in the press about the fake Muskoka G20 Lake and Huntsville's G8 legacy largesse, and this week's Maclean's magazine features 99 ways that the government has misspent our money, but there is no mention of Porter Airport's delinquent taxes. 

 I would encourage everyone to read Brian Iler's Press Release and the documented data supporting it. I'm sending this letter to as many people as I feel might have some ideas as to what should be done and who might be inclined to act on them including Mayor Ford and his councillors and our MPP for Trinity- Spadina: Rosario Marchese -  rmarchese-co@ndp.on.ca, as well as our MP for Trinity -Spadina: Olivia Chow - chowo1c@parl.gc.ca.

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