CITY HALL & THE EXECUTIVE MEETING
• Is the tide turning against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? [Globe & Mail]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: The Fords come unravelled [National Post]
• Planning committee leaves the cuts to the executive [The Sun]
• Council girds for marathon as the people speak on budget cuts [Globe & Mail]
• Executive committee meeting could go more than 20 hours [The Star]
• Marathon executive meeting expected for budget cuts debate [The Sun]
• Every $1 saved in arts funding will cost the city $17: Cultural advisor says [The Star]
• City Alliance urges investment in environment, immigrant services [The Star]
• Margaret Atwood’s inspiring defence of Toronto’s libraries [Globe & Mail]
• Ford ally, Stintz, won’t support library closures [The Star]
• What’s going on with Toronto Libraries? [National Post]
• Closing libraries not simple story [The Sun]
• Rob Ford avoids ticket for talking on cellphone and driving [The Star]
• Margaret Atwood is ‘a great writer,’ says Doug Ford [National Post]
DEVELOPMENT
• MLSE seeks injunction over Ryerson plan for Maple Leaf Gardens [Globe & Mail]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: The clocks have finally caught up to the trains [National Post]
• EdgeWalk gives you a thrill and a great view of Toronto [The Sun]
• Steve Murray: My Spidey sense above Toronto [National Post]
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Listen to this NPR radio story on how Doug Ford’s favourite town, Chicago, is tackling its budget issues, which are eerily similar to what Toronto is dealing with. Outsourcing, unions, city payrolls, etc. But as you listen to the story, you can’t help but feel utterly, hopelessly depressed because Toronto is led by the none-too-bright bullies Rob and Doug rather than the intelligent, erudite Rahm Emmanuel. Tears flow from my eyes:
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/28/138758326/in-chicago-a-test-of-wills-over-a-budget-deficit
The starting points are similar, but I fear the results in these two sister cities will be widely divergent and half of Toronto’s populace will be burned in some manner along the way.