Perks, who was an environmental activist before first being elected to council in 2006, is the de facto leader of council’s progressive wing and one of Mayor John Tory’s most vocal critics, often advocating for increased spending on city services. “It would be nice to have someone who can go in there and has the enthusiasm to bring about change.” “Sixteen years of Gord Perks … it’s simply not working,” said Gholizadeh. Critics of Perks, the area’s four-term incumbent, are hoping to use long-standing concerns about unsafe streets to make the council race a referendum on what they claim is his lack of attention to constituents’ concerns. 24 municipal election, road safety has emerged as a hot button local issue. But Gholizadeh said he had been complaining about the street to local councillor Gord Perks since soon after his family moved to Parkside nearly a decade ago, and “nothing was done until people’s lives were lost.”Īs residents of Parkdale-High Park (Ward 4) prepare to cast their votes in the Oct. The hazards of Parkside attracted citywide attention last October when a couple was killed in a five-vehicle collision on the roadway’s southern stretch. Vote Compass: See which candidate is right for you “Why do we have to cross this mini highway in order to go to the park?” We feel very uneasy using the sidewalk,” said Gholizadeh, co-chair of the Safe Parkside advocacy group. “We feel very uneasy crossing the street. That’s because Gholizadeh, his wife, and two young kids live on Parkside Drive, a fast, straight, and sometimes deadly road on the east side of High Park, where he says speeding drivers hop the curb and risk slamming into pedestrians with alarming regularity. When Faraz Gholizadeh and his family cross the street in front of their house, he makes sure they stand well back from the roadway while they wait for the light to change.
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