Hissy Fit?

David Miller, in response to council deciding to delay his proposed massive tax hikes, has apparently decided to throw a hissy fit and propose absurd consequences including massive TTC cuts, a new casino and raising your property taxes to ensure nobody ever wants to live in Toronto. I have two questions:

1) How did it get so desperate? If these massive actions are necessary, wouldn't a responsible person have been phasing them in over the past 5 years? Or at least included them in their election platform?

2) What about the less headline catching solutions, such as looking at council's expense habits and the size of the city government? What has been the cost of the fun street lights that countdown your wait?(A favorite of Bay Street Type A folks)

I vote for a responsible audit of city spending and potential savings from an outside auditor that the public can review and then judge. Similar to a publicly held company. Wouldn't that be an odd practice in accountability?