Miller was a complete doofus but he was tall, not obese and had a good head of distinguished hair and that was enough for people to think he was a good mayor.
Some of my favourite Miller doofisms:
Was obsessed with waste collection. First he had these really shiny stainless steel garbage stations with 3 compartments installed all over the city. They were well made and did not look cheap. Must've cost hundreds of thousands if not over a million to buy and install all these stations. But was he happy with them? No. During his second term he spent more money and replaced them with the high tech plastic stations because they have the foot pedal that operates the compartment doors. So he tossed away perfectly good stainless stations and replaced them with even more expensive stations with moving parts that require maintenance and repair.
Wanted to reduce gun crimes so he banned all private gun ranges and the yearly Sportsman Show in Metro Toronto.
Tried to ban yellow Support Our Troops ribbon decals on city vehicles because in his opinion, glorified war. He backpedaled immediately after the outrage from city workers and the public.
Proposed a Toronto sales tax on goods and services within the city.
Secured the Pan Am games for Toronto, an event no one wanted or gives a crap about.
Wanted to widen Jarvis St. sidewalks but wasn't allowed to so he removed one lane to make bike lanes as a consolation, bike lanes that not even the cyclists were petitioning for.
Tucked tail between legs and ran away from G20 and garbage strike.
And everyone's favourite, $60 vehicle registration tax.
There were plenty of others but these were the ones that stood out for me.
