CITY COUNCIL
• Ford moves to rein in agencies [The Star]
• City manager gives staff advice on uncertainty of cuts [The Star]
• James: Toronto’s about to go on a fiscal diet [The Star]
• Councillor wants new restrictions on kite fighting [The Star]
• City manager’s memo cites possible job cuts [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto ordered to pay 2008 performance bonuses cancelled by council [Globe & Mail]
• Chris Selley: Outside consultants should be least of left’s worries [National Post]
• City Hall workers go under the microscope [The Sun]
• City committee kills loan to TRCA [The Sun]
TRANSPORTATION
• The Fixer: Shredding trucks cause ticker-tape parade of snarled traffic [The Star]
• Howard Moscoe fights for ‘fair’ parking tickets [National Post]
• A perfect year for potholes [The Sun]
TRANSIT
• TTC imports London customer service expert [The Star]
• TTC hires expert to ease friction with riders [Globe & Mail]
• Q&A: Who is the TTC’s new customer service officer Chris Upfold? [National Post]
STREETSCAPE & NEIGHBOURHOODS
• Frat parties remain a nuisance [The Star]
• 400,000 rely on food banks each month in Ontario [The Star]
• Some visual perspective on the Toronto graffiti blitz [BlogTO]
ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Isadore Sharp marks 50 years of Four Seasons [National Post]
• Markham and Toronto and the OMB, Oh My! [Torontoist]
OTHER NEWS
• Toronto #2 on list of green Canadian cities [The Star]
• Aboriginal man subjected to racial profiling by Toronto cops [The Star]
• Let’s stop pretending escorts are few and far between [The Sun]
• A history of the Yonge Street music scene [BlogTO]
• TTC, Rob Ford inspire Toronto’s first complaints choir [BlogTO]
• Markham and Toronto and the OMB, Oh My! [Torontoist]
• What’s the worst that could happen? [OpenFile]