From Toronto Star — Spending for public benefit is no scandal

In so many cases where expenses are legitimately enraging, the trouble lies with whom public money is being spent to benefit. An expensive car to drive a politician around or a first-class trip overseas represent more public money than necessary spent on the comfort of those public servants responsible for spending it. A magnificent piece of infrastructure put in place to last a generation or more is public money is spent to improve the city.  That’s what public money should be spent on, and more often we ought to insist public servants spend the dollars necessary to do the job right. Read more: Spending for public benefit is no scandal: Keenan | Toronto Star