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Change Isn't Always Worse Than The Alternative4 comments

cityslikr wrote 6 days ago: You know what the scariest word in English just might be? No, not anesthetist. That’s the hardest wo … more →

Tags: City Building, Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Hall, Councillor Doug Ford, Councillor Gloria Lindsay-Luby, Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, Etobicoke

Re-Imagining Toronto III2 comments

cityslikr wrote 2 months ago: [On Thursday, March 7th, Idil Burale and I will be hosting a discussion forum at the Academy of the … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Politics, Toronto

Re-Imagining Toronto II5 comments

cityslikr wrote 2 months ago: [On Thursday, March 7th, Idil Burale and I will be hosting a discussion forum at the Academy of the … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, Politics, Toronto, mayor, mel lastman, David Miller

Suck It Up, Losers4 comments

cityslikr wrote 2 months ago: During Wednesday’s city council debate over the Striking Committee’s appointment recommendations to … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, City Council, City Building, Politics, Toronto, mayor, mel lastman, David Miller

Payback's Rarely Pretty2 comments

cityslikr wrote 3 months ago: Say what you will about Toronto lacking things like an adequate transit system or good governance, w … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, CBC, City Building, Toronto Star, Politics, Toronto

A Term Limit On Dumb Ideas1 comment

cityslikr wrote 3 months ago: You want to know how meritless the idea is of term limits on politicians? Both Mayor Rob Ford and I … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, Better Ballots, Budget, City Building, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun

Libel? Nah. Just Democratic Hijinks.2 comments

cityslikr wrote 6 months ago: I am a bit flummoxed at Royson James’ notion of democracy. Early on in the 2010 campaign, the Toront … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Building, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Politics, Toronto

It's Not Paranoia If Everybody's Out To Get You6 comments

cityslikr wrote 6 months ago: There’s a culture of corruption down there and we’re going to put an end to it. That’s then not coun … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, Law, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, Politics

Suck And Blow1 comment

cityslikr wrote 6 months ago: Tuesday’s hours’ long debate on the Toronto Community Housing Corp.’s report – Putting People First … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Press coverage, City Council, TTC, CBC, Budget, City Building, Politics, Toronto

Is This A David Simon Project?3 comments

cityslikr wrote 7 months ago: The Rob Ford Story was starting to play out like a classic Hollywood narrative. Underdog outsider, d … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, Bike lanes, The Toronto Sun, Politics, Toronto

Swimming With Sharks1 comment

cityslikr wrote 10 months ago: Is there a term or phrase that refers to the period of time after somebody jumps the shark? That vas … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, Budget, City Building, Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun

Ford-V-Vaughan4 comments

cityslikr wrote 10 months ago: Nothing it seems is capable of stirring the somnolent, summer-dazed state of the Ford Administration … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, The Toronto Sun, Politics, Toronto

TTC Capo3 comments

cityslikr wrote 10 months ago: I often imagine what it was like behind the scenes back in the heady days of the fall of `10, just a … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, TTC, Provincial Politics, City Building, Toronto Star

The Fault, Dear Brutus3 comments

cityslikr wrote 11 months ago: Let’s get this straight right off the bat. Toronto’s city council is not out of control. It has mere … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, City Hall

The Truth Is Easier

cityslikr wrote 11 months ago: (This is an earlier version of a post first seen at Torontoist this week. It was recently discovered … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, City Council, Budget, City Building, Toronto Star, Budget Chief Michael Del Grande, City Hall

Keep Your Seatbelts Fastened1 comment

cityslikr wrote 11 months ago: Politics in Toronto right now is how I imagine it feels to be on an airplane when the engines shut d … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, City Building, Politics, Toronto, mayor

Crisis? What Crisis?3 comments

cityslikr wrote 1 year ago: It was surprisingly calm, Joe Pennachetti’s talk yesterday afternoon at the Institute on Municipal F … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, City Council, TTC, Provincial Politics, Budget, City Building, Province of Toronto, Politics

Room To Grow3 comments

cityslikr wrote 1 year ago: One of the advantages of this thing I do to while away the hours between when its socially acceptabl … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, City Council, Budget, City Building, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Sun, Politics

The S Word3 comments

cityslikr wrote 1 year ago: “Now, there’s two answers. It’s either there’s corruption down at City Hall or there’s major incompe … more →

Tags: Municipal politics, Race 4 Mayor, Press coverage, City Council, CBC, Budget, City Building, Politics, Toronto


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