Pay hike

[salanth]

Seeing an article on the pay "freeze" or "voluntary payback" for the councillors of Toronto made me think of my Roman Empire course. In those days, the local elite would not get paid for doing their magisterial duties, but some would do it anyways for the prestige. Of course, then it was only open to the rich because they could afford to

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[marlew]

I lived in Vaughan for 18 years...it's actually a very big city, if you can believe it. The fighting with the mayor has been going on for a couple years...there was a big recount last election because the former Mayor was upset he lost, demanded a recount (the current mayor's mother ran the city for close to 20 years)...it's actually really dumb.

cheers!

[salanth]

Yeah, I used to live in Richmond Hill. It's all changed a bit in recent years, hasn't it. So much growth...