{"id":855,"date":"2006-06-07T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=855"},"modified":"2006-06-08T13:31:16","modified_gmt":"2006-06-08T17:31:16","slug":"is-it-time-for-moscoe-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/07\/is-it-time-for-moscoe-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time for Moscoe to step down, too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/moscoe-vs-ducharme.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: The TTC Commission promptly asked Rick Ducharme to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1149674665210&#038;call_pageid=968332188492&#038;col=968793972154&#038;t=TS_Home\">clean his desk out today<\/a>, not on Nov. 30th as the former-GM had suggested in his resignation letter. <strike>Tim<\/strike> Kevin McGran writes, &#8220;But there were acrimonious parting shots fired between Ducharme and Moscoe, threats of lawsuits, more allegations of Moscoe&#8217;s meddling coming to light, city councillors wondering how things went so bad so quickly while others demanded Moscoe&#8217;s resignation. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though the situation is no laughing matter, I&#8217;m slightly amused by the disorganization of the right-of-centre councillors to even cobble together a coherent stance. Mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield said back on May 30th that she thought Mayor Miller should have done more to stop the wildcat strike. Meanwhile, the hapless Karen Stintz (and Pitfield supporter) said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s appropriate for the chair of the TTC to have backroom dealings with the union on the weekend because of another threat of an illegal job action,&#8221; while calling for an investigation into Ducharme&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt there are problems at TTC HQ, but this seems more to do with personalities clashing, and some new blood needed on all three sides. But I have problems watching the same dough-headed councillors yell about how they are outraged at how political the situation has become, while at the same time fan the flames of the crisis to enhance their own political gains.<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Rick Ducharme confirmed that Howard Moscoe is the reason he is quitting his post as GM of the TTC. In the Scarborough Mirror (of all places) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1149674665210&#038;call_pageid=968332188492&#038;col=968793972154&#038;t=TS_Home\">Ducharme writes<\/a>, &#8220;Dave Gunn left because of Mr. Moscoe. (Former chief general manager) Al Leach also had issues with Mr. Moscoe. I am the third victim.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Transit advocate Steve Munro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevemunro.ca\/?p=168\">throws his two cents<\/a> into the mix.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1149630613141&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1149630613141&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">Royson James<\/a> wonders why the GMs of the TTC fall but the politicians, who are supossed to be held accountable by the electorate, never seem to find their heads on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20060607.BARBER07\/TPStory\/National\/HYOntario\">John Barber<\/a> writes: <em>The best evidence that the hard-headed engineer temporarily abandoned his normally impeccable good sense is the fact that, while resigning in anger over what he called &#8220;political interference,&#8221; he attempted to dictate a distant retirement date &#8212; Nov. 30. The cruel fact is that if he does show up at today&#8217;s emergency TTC meeting called to find a successor, he won&#8217;t be asked to hang around. &#8220;I think in the circumstances that&#8217;s not possible,&#8221; Mayor David Miller said yesterday&#8230;. But the player who tips the board does not surrender everything. He gets to make other losers, among whom the mayor is the one who will suffer longest from this fiasco. But the biggest loser also makes the biggest winner. By surrendering so dramatically, Mr. Ducharme has congratulated Bob Kinnear, president, Local 113 Amalgamated Transit Union, for the ultimate triumph of last week&#8217;s illegal strike.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is also an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1149630613126&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">overview<\/a> of Ducharme&#8217;s resignation in the Star with comments from Mayor Miller. There is a special meeting of the TTC that just started (2pm EST) &#8212; it will be interesting to see how the commissioners deal with this sticky situation (it looks like Ducharme will be gone by the end of the month, much sooner than his suggested Nov. 30 departure).<\/p>\n<p><em>photo montage from NOW and Toronto Star <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The TTC Commission promptly asked Rick Ducharme to clean his desk out today, not on Nov. 30th as the former-GM had suggested in his resignation letter. 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