Giorgio Mammoliti thinks he should be Toronto’s anti-gang czar
Seeing as Giorgio Mammoliti’s curfew suggestion hasn’t gained much traction, the offbeat councillor has offered up a different idea to stem gun violence in Toronto: appoint himself anti-gang czar. Mammoliti told the Toronto Sun that, with four years to work his magic, and the help of the municipal, provincial and federal governments, he would send gang activity plummeting. “If that did not show results over a four-year period then I would resign my seat,” he offered, graciously. Mammo proposed a host of measures, including cutting social benefits for anyone found with an illegal gun in their home or cooperating with gang members; evicting anyone in TCHC buildings harbouring criminals; and cutting money from mentorship programs for older teens and spending the money on kids under age five. He also took this latest opportunity to again lobby for bringing back the death penalty. We don’t imagine council will be handing the crime file over to him anytime soon. [Toronto Sun]
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Seeing as Giorgio Mammoliti’s curfew suggestion hasn’t gained much traction, the offbeat councillor has offered up a different idea to stem gun violence in Toronto: appoint himself anti-gang czar. Mammoliti told the Toronto Sun that, with four years to work his magic, and the help of the municipal, provincial and federal governments, he would send gang activity plummeting. “If that did not show results over a four-year period then I would resign my seat,” he offered, graciously. Mammo proposed a host of measures, including cutting social benefits for anyone found with an illegal gun in their home or cooperating with gang members; evicting anyone in TCHC buildings harbouring criminals; and cutting money from mentorship programs for older teens and spending the money on kids under age five. He also took this latest opportunity to again lobby for bringing back the death penalty. We don’t imagine council will be handing the crime file over to him anytime soon. [Toronto Sun]){kind=link}
A thumbs down.
I wish there were term limits on city council so we could get rid of the dead wood every once in a while..
Finally, a politician who is NOT afraid to tell the truth. Two years ago this city hired 400 policemen to deal with this problem not to mention providing afrocentric schools and basket basket ball courts for these criminals.
Toronto has become a city where the tax payers pay the bill while the black community gets to spend it on welfare, policing and social programs , all the while destroying the city.
People need to wake up and smell the coffee before it is too late. This is a black problem but unfortunately the black leaders consistently tries to deflect the blame to other people.
Where are the Chinese, White and Brown kids? how come they are not shooting up the city. I do not see Bill Blair or the city building them basket ball courts.
@George … so, you’re a rabid afrophobe, hey? What’s that like?
No way not Giorgio, ten thumps down.
Man, these are the worst ideas ever. I don’t think making at-risk youth more desperate by literally and figuratively kicking them to the curb would help stop gun violence. If anything, I think it would increase it.
Giorgio is a Republican populist. This fascination with having the state kill young people to “send a message” is a failed policy south of the border. Changing the anti-terror laws to include street crime targeting the Black community is a racist approach that will terrorize the community. Arbitrarily evicting people and throwing them on the street (and it will end up as arbitrary as the Giorgio’s argue that “they ought to have known”) is no solution either.