{"id":4148,"date":"2009-04-03T19:58:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T23:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/04\/03\/two-follies-dont-make-a-right-say-north-yorkers\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:36:41","slug":"two-follies-dont-make-a-right-say-north-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/04\/03\/two-follies-dont-make-a-right-say-north-yorkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Two follies don’t make a right, say North Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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North York residents have had more than their fair share of Ontario Municipal Board decisions go against them. It got so bad that last year Willowdale councillor John Filion<\/a> demanded that warnings go out to prospective condo buyers to let them know the hyper-intensified corridor of Yonge St. from Sheppard Ave. to Finch Ave. suffers from perpetual gridlock.<\/p>\n

Then came an OMB decision that allowed for the rezoning of townhouses located beyond the borders of the official North York Centre development area, where large condos and commercial buildings are encouraged.\u00a0 Filion, who is never one to be associated with the antics of some of city council’s most colourful personalities, wasn’t willing to let the OMB’s folly go with the usual words of contempt for the (almost) universally despised provincial appeals body. Instead, Filion joked that he would place a motion at North York Community Council<\/a> seeking to name the new street that would accompany the development OMB Folly. According to the Toronto Star<\/em><\/a>, Filion wasn’t serious about having the motion voted on but his colleagues persisted so he moved the motion and expected sanity to prevail. No such luck. The vote was 7-2 in favour<\/a> [PDF, see page 24] of the name OMB Folly.<\/p>\n

On April 21, almost seven months after the vote proposing the street name, North York Community Council will consider a by-law that would finalize OMB Folly.<\/p>\n

According to local resident Carolyn Kim, she and her neighbours are none too impressed with North York Community Council’s prank on the OMB. They have started a petition to urge community council members to vote against the by-law (not available online).<\/p>\n

In an e-mail to Spacing, Kim said: “We feel that the Council’s decision to name the lane way OMB Folly <\/strong>has a direct and adverse impact on the future families who will reside in the new homes and the community members who see the street name every day. It does not represent the community’s true history and identity and carries with it a negative undertone that burdens the residents.”<\/p>\n

Since the point was clearly made when the October 2008 naming stunt drew substantial media attention, hopefully Kim and her neighbours will help North York Community Council find a more reasoned name for the street.<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was in Councillor Joe Mihevc’s<\/a> office earlier today when the Globe and Mail’s<\/em> Jeff Gray (who made his first comment at Spacing Toronto recently to correct a comment I had posted about the upcoming streetcar purchase) came in looking for Mihevc’s take on the ban on smoking at TTC stops that is being considered<\/a>. Gray wanted to know what Mihevc, who championed the city’s work on smoke-free restaurants and bars, would say to someone who complained this was just another example of the nannystate. Mihevc’s response: “Your right to smoke ends at my nose.” I couldn’t agree<\/a> more.<\/p>\n

Photograph of “Fresh North York Condos” by Kevin Steele<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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