TTC G.M. Webster may be fired at special meeting Tuesday
Posted February 17, 2012 4:10 pm.
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The TTC has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday, during which it’s expected that general manager Gary Webster will be fired.
Toronto city councillor Joe Mihevc says the meeting has only one item on the agenda, and that is to vote whether or not to buy out Webster’s contract and dismiss him.
Mihevc said it is expected that Webster will be relieved of his duties after he spoke out against mayor Rob Ford’s subway plan.
“This is unprecedented here at the city of Toronto,” an angry Mihevc told CityNews Friday. “Never has someone been fired as a vendetta for speaking the truth…at a city council meeting, as Gary did last week.
“Gary did that, he did not fall in line on the mayor’s wishes to have him support a subway because the evidence is just not there.
“You either produce the reports that the mayor wants, or you’re gonna be out the door. This is a sad day at the city of Toronto.”
Councillors who signed a petition for the special TTC meeting are Norm Kelly, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Cesar Palacio, Vincent Crisanti and Frank Di Giorgio. All five sit on the TTC Commission Board.
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