I'll tell you how it worked. I blocked myself out of it both times to make sure I could talk here today. I had a hope and a dream that you would some day have a standing committee, that democracy would prevail—not to use that as a cliché—and that somebody would get it here.
It was the worst feeling as a city councillor, because you're in a conflict of interest. You can't sign the NDA, to be in mediation, in case it ever needs to go public. Again, recently, there was another NDA.
I can tell you, based on my conversations with Mr. Bettencourt, the liaison who offered me the opportunity to participate with the CTA, that he had a lot of.... It was a very roses and sunshine kind of conversation—you know, we can pretty much move mountains—but I just didn't believe it. I wasn't willing to sacrifice my voice to be able to do that.
I found it really troubling, Tuesday evening, to hear that the CTA has this much power to act upon complaints, yet we've had two mediation sessions. They shunt through the night like it's a regular business day, which is not allowed. The length of cars is not allowed. There are constant infractions.
I sat for 32 minutes at a rail crossing. I called CN police, who respectfully said they were sorry, and it shouldn't be happening, but they had no jurisdiction and couldn't do anything. That was 32 minutes.