“Taxpayers and citizens get really frustrated that nobody takes responsibility, and these kinds of things take two years,” said Tory. After he saw our column, Tory said he decided to “just go and fix that because the bureaucracy wasn’t able to do so, and that’s a source of frustration for me. Since the beds are within the city road allowance, he said to try calling transportation services. “So with a few bucks and the hard work of my mayor’s office team, we’ve just come and fixed it. Tory showed he’s a do-it-yourself guy by rolling up his sleeves and putting flowers and hostas into long-neglected planter beds on Alexander St. that we wrote about in our Wednesday column.

Source: thestar May 26, 2016 18:18 UTC