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Mayoral Hopeful Brad Bradford Robs Beach Residents of Parking on Pine Crescent
Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Pine Crescent, between Balsam Avenue and Glen Manor Road East
Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Pine Glen Road, between Glen Manor Drive East and Pine Crescent
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Mayoral Hopeful Brad Bradford Robs Beach Residents of Parking
By Melissa Peters
On a beautiful summer day, in comfortable shoes with nothing to carry, walking six blocks or more might not seem like a big deal. Renters in the Toronto Beaches might even enjoy the opportunity to explore the area and check out the unique gardens, Little Free Libraries, and, of course, the stunning beaches themselves.
A few months later, though, coming home from Costco with two little kids in an ice storm, finding overnight parking, or any parking at all for that matter, starts to look like one of the most important things in the world.
It all started back in 2019, when between two and four premium Beaches parking spots vanished from the waterfront at Hammersmith and Hubbard. That was around the same time that the resident parking instead became paid parking for shoppers and tourists close to Queen Street East in the popular Beaches neighbourhood.
Fast forward to 2023. It’s been quiet in the Beaches lately. Covid shut down the Beaches Jazz Festival for a couple of years. People were afraid to leave their homes out of fear of contracting COVID-19. Was parking in abundance, or were people too worried about more important things to notice? Maybe it’s just that they weren’t notified about the plethora of parking spots being stolen from their neighborhoods?
It looks like we might just be out of the woods, and tourists are venturing back down to the sparkling water as the weather gets better. Problem is, this leaves absolutely nowhere for the renters and residents to park. It was always a challenge in the Beaches, but something else has changed. The dawn of yet a New horizon of vanishing overnight parking spots. The count has begun.. One of nine streets. .Pine Crescent 80 spots.
25 Over night permit parking spots lost on Long Crescent Beaches Toronto
Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Pine Crescent, between Balsam Avenue and Glen Manor Road East.
Authorize the removal of the overnight on-street permit parking program on Glen Ames, between Southwood Drive and Lee Avenue.
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Enjoy Parking Overnights in the Beaches While You Can. Brad to Remove 100+ Spots.
My mother got approved for a beaches parking pad right under the wire, right before they stopped approving them all together. I was pregnant with my daughter at the time and I will be attending her high school graduation the week of the election. If nobody can get parking pads and nobody can get beaches parking permits, we’re on earth, or in the beaches east end of the Earth are people expected to park? Even beaches homeowners without overnight parking are being forced to walk six blocks, but not all homeowners. It appears There are a select few lucky enough to have on-site parking, a place to park overnight. What a novel concept. And some of those select few don’t think that they should have to look at some pesky vehicle within 30 ft or three blocks of their driveways.
Do renters and fellow homers deserve to be late for work? Do they not deserve overnight parking? Does it not occur to you that this might actually affect property values when even people who own homes can’t find parking because this bill over is affecting the streets beside you? What about tourism? When the world finds out that select Beach homeowners want entire blogs to themselves and feel that they are so entitled that nobody else deserves to park including their own neighbors. There are a lot of people in the beach who have lived here their entire lives, including elderly people disabled people and people who might have cancer or might be pregnant. What about them? How are they supposed to get to their cars? Are they supposed to call the cab to get to their cars when they might be having a baby in 6 or 7 hours? Does this occur to these homeowners?
Vote Brad Bradford if you want to take a cab to your own car!
The count has begun. Long Avenue. 25 spots.
Leroy has crossed the line in his latest issue, of Ward 32 News
Leroy has crossed the line in his latest issue, of Ward 32 News, but what can Paul do about it? It’s not a police matter, and you can’t sue someone with no money or assets. All I can do is write the truth. I have known Paul Murton for over fifteen years. I have done everything from silly little jobs, to customer service, to helping print CD’s, to writing front page stories for his online and web-based publications. Included in the “silly little jobs” category was accompanying Paul to a Miss Toronto modelling tryout/photo-shoot, where the organizer, was running late. It is mandatory for Paul to have a second person at any of his photo-shoot/modelling events, preferably female for a few reasons. Paul is a good photographer/videographer in his own right, but he isn’t the ideal person to direct a shoot- make the model(s) feel comfortable, suggest poses, etc. He simply doesn’t feel comfortable telling a pretty girl to look sexy- he would feel creepy doing so, which is why he has never organized any sort of one-on-one modelling project. As stunning and photogenic as some women may be, shyness or lack of confidence get in the way, making it impossible for them to connect with the camera and allow their true beauty to shine through. I am not all that shy though, so I had no problem joking around with the women who arrived, trying to help them loosen up. When Karen finally arrived with the reigning Miss Toronto Alana Kindree, I couldn’t help noticing that our city’s beauty queen was almost as tense as the poor girls who had faced their first photo-shoot. I remember Paul asking me to tag along for similar projects over the years, but until I developed my shameful obsession with ‘America’s/Canada’s Next Top Model”, it was of no interest to me.
Paul has been hired to take pictures of aspiring models by the Miss Toronto Pageant, and is happy to continue putting tasteful and clothed shots/videos of hopeful young ladies in print and on the web at their request. Modelling careers come out of exposure of potential, and physical appearance is a large part of that potential. There are links to all of these aspiring models on most of Paul’s websites, and many of them have short clips on Youtube. There is nothing fishy, creepy or weird about it, and Paul has nothing to hide. He is simply using his web presence to give aspiring models exposure. Nobody is naked, or under age, and nobody is being manipulated.
From a co-worker of Paul Murton, and her daughter, there is nothing creepy about this man. He is simply a nice person who is happy to help his friends, and a businessman trying to pay the rent.