My Letter Regarding Scarborough’s Place in Toronto Published by Eye Weekly
Whenever downtown heavy publications write about Scarborough I have to say I often read anticipating unfair commentary based on outdated, generalizations about Scarborough. When Eye Weekly published a piece ‘Toronto’s Eastern Skyline’ they were surprisingly kind, but being as proud to be from Scarborough as I am, I felt the need to write a letter to the editor to share why Scarborough is still the great hope of Toronto, which they published on the 22nd of December.
SCARBOROUGH FARE
Re “Toronto’s Eastern Skyline,” Psychogeography, Dec. 10: Much of the hope for Toronto still comes out of Scarborough’s success. Scarborough has led all of the city’s new waste-diversion initiatives, from the original blue boxes to the new garbage bins. We have the highest rate of waste diversion in the city. The urban planners that drew up Scarborough left more parkland per capita for residents, including many forested areas, than anywhere else in Toronto. Library-book circulation per capita is highest in Scarborough as well.
Amalgamation has changed Scarborough, but the memories and pride of what was once a city unto itself live on in the hearts and memories of many residents. The promise of Scarborough is alive in the hearts of her passionate residents who are ready to do their part to make our city the best part of Toronto. »
JOHN LAFORET
Tags: Eye Weekly, Letter to the Editor - John Laforet, Scarborough, Toronto's Eastern Skyline
December 26th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Eye Weekly? Not sure if I agree with your choice of publication, since that’s the same rag that contains a bunch of ads for escort services and “comfort women”. You sure are moving up in the world.
December 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Hey – Eye Weekly wrote the piece on Scarborough. So I replied.
At least I don’t hide behind a moniker making anonymous blog comments.
December 26th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
DTMB – Have you ever looked at the Toronto Sun??
December 27th, 2009 at 1:07 am
It should be noted that DTMB – like the ‘comfort women’ they speak about and appear to denigrate with their comment have far more in common with eachother than I do.
For one – each hides their identity when carrying out activities in public. One for reasons of personal safety and the other for reasons of cowardice.
I’m fine with folks making anonymous comments to an extent, but to try and suggest that a letter written to an editor on a feature story a publication did somehow ties the individual writing the letter to the classified section of the paper is ridiculous.
To suggest that this is somehow a step up in the world, even as a sarcastic comment is bizarre, considering interational radio, and the Canadian Press got my message out re: wind power just last week.
I’ll continue doing what I’m doing and wonder how DTMB must feel doing nothing of any consequence and merely being a side line, shadow hidden commentator whose commentary rarely focuses on the issue at hand and almost never has any substance to rely on.