Bloor West Toonin'/Town Cryin' 13

Here's the November cartoon for the Town Crier. I had a lot of fun with this one! And you know what? I'm really having a blast drawing Mayor Miller. I love using the brush to ink his big face and long nose, and of course his darling swishy blond locks. What's there not to love about spoofing this guy?

If you live in the city of Toronto and you have an interest in municipal politics, then you know that on October 22nd, the Toronto City Council voted in those two tax increases. Unfortunately Miller decided to compromise a bit with those taxes, so he won't be pulling in as much money as he originally anticipated, so guess what? We'll be feeling the pain somewhere else, more than likely with raised property taxes, and after that, who knows? He's still behind the eight ball with the budget, and as far as I can remember, this is the first time I've ever read in various newspapers of late about serious talk of declaring bankruptcy for the city.

Miller Man, Miller Man, does whatever a Mayor can...

Comments

[heather (errantdreams)]

Love the cartoon! You do great caricature-work. :D

[Brian]

Nice work, P. We folks who don't live in TO sure get sick of hearing that guy whining about money every time we turn on the news. Makes us happy we don't live there anymore.

[Beth]

Wonderful work. Love how he looks.
The tax situation? Ugh. Increased property taxes? Double ugh.