RE “Facebook suicide,” Cover Story, Dec. 17: I just wanted to comment on what a great article this was. I too have seen the negative effects of Facebook. I first joined Facebook to re-establish lost friendships, but was disappointed, just like Hal Niedzviecki, to find it did just the opposite. We need to search within ourselves how to re-establish the human connection, which is the only thing that matters on this earth. Money, material possessions and success mean little if we don’t have anyone to share it with. Great article. Thanks once again. » DIONE MASON

Like Chandler Levack, I recently quit Facebook. When do I get my cover story detailing the effect it has had on my life? My name is Nicholas Rolle, and I too am a Facebook whore. Facebook suicide was a very difficult decision for me, involving a great deal of Twittering, texting, talking (begrudgingly), and, yes, even Facebooking to reach a resolution and finally “pull the trigger.” You’re not alone, sister! I am most relieved that fellow Twit @Clevack will still allow her 1,223 friends to follow her on Twitter. Now I will be able to ignore The Real World and all its meaningful issues “IRL” for a bit longer. » NICHOLAS ROLLE

SCARBOROUGH FARE
Re “Toronto’s Eastern Skyline,” Psychogeography, Dec. 10: Much of the hope for Toronto still comes out of Scarborough’s success. Scarborough has led all of the city’s new waste-diversion initiatives, from the original blue boxes to the new garbage bins. We have the highest rate of waste diversion in the city. The urban planners that drew up Scarborough left more parkland per capita for residents, including many forested areas, than anywhere else in Toronto. Library-book circulation per capita is highest in Scarborough as well.

Amalgamation has changed Scarborough, but the memories and pride of what was once a city unto itself live on in the hearts and memories of many residents. The promise of Scarborough is alive in the hearts of her passionate residents who are ready to do their part to make our city the best part of Toronto. » JOHN LAFORET

THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT MILLER
David Miller’s legacy, according to Chris Bilton’s “2009: The year in Municipal Affairs” (Dec. 17) is that of inspiring grassroots participation and citizen activism — something that activists have done for the past two decades, only to fall on the government’s deaf ears.

Miller has successfully articulated the environmentalists’ ideas and words, thus showing he supports them. But activists do not have the power to implement changes, governments do. That is the reason they are elected: to put ideas into action, not to copy them and deceive and influence the public into thinking that something has been done, when the same situation exists for over two decades.

Elected officials are not supposed to be activist clones, but assertive and visionary Leaders. Miller is still touting the Green City of Toronto in Copenhagen, when our smog, traffic congestion, health effects from air pollutants and alternative-transportation infrastructures are getting worse. Mayor Miller has consistently demonstrated his lack of leadership, courage and assertion to put his beautiful words into action.

No, I am not a member of the PC party. I am independent, and I see good and bad strategies and ineptitudes in all the parties, and I wish journalists would not wear rose-coloured glasses. » LELA GRAY

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