Lost In The Suburbs: A Political Travelogue

This exciting look at Ontario's political playground is a book like no other. It's a book for political junkies, the media and voters. It's the story of California and Ontario, explaining Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution. Ronald Reagan and Mike Harris both unfolded plans to pit the suburbs against their urban neighbours and Stephen Dale predicts where Harris' plan will lead in Lost in the Suburbs.

Ottawa-based journalist began interviewing politicians, activists, volunteers, and residents in suburban Ontario and Orange County, California in the middle 1990s. He finds that Ontario is taking up policies favoring bedroom communities at the same time Californians are deciding they are not such a good idea. He worries what will happen to Canadian communities that continue to embrace politicians who see government spending as a burden on honest people, urban dwellers as welfare cheats, and civil servants as an overpaid elite. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)