Audit Committe- Anthony on the News - Video Clip

See an article below:The TTC's technology problemPosted: April 22, 2008, 4:14 PM by Rob Roberts... The best speech, though, came from Councillor Anthony Perruzza, the rumpled, motorcycle-riding everyman who represents York West, and also sits on the TTC.“We all just simply become addicted to technology,” Mr. Perruzza said, “an addiction we’re getting into to the tune of hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. And before you can say lickety-split, it’s out of date. I noticed there’s a new screen at the back of the room,” he added, pointing to a flat screen by the entrance. I’m sure it tells us important information we need to know.” (The screen tells viewers where a committee is on its agenda. City Hall has somehow lived without it until now.)Mr. Perruzza continued, “There was a time when you went to a wheel maker and he did the whole thing: the hub, the spokes, the rim,” he said. “Now, the guy designing the spokes tells you the guy doing the hub and the rim are all wrong. One day we will be standing at a bus stop and there will be a screen telling you when the next bus is coming. And then before you know it, that screen will be out of date, because you’ll get that information on your cell phone. We need to resist technology as much as possible.” ...http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/04/22/the-ttc-s-technology-problem.aspx