CITY HALL
• Zero tax increase in 2012 unlikely [The Sun]
• The budget versus the badge [Globe & Mail]
• Decision to cut police officers rests with board: Blair [National Post]
• Vital Signs 2011 report: ten issues Torontonians should know [National Post]
• Police board’s G20 review to wrap up in March 2012 [The Star]
• Mammoliti floats province of Toronto idea [The Sun]
PROVINCIAL ELECTION
• Provincial election primer [Torontoist]
• Provincial Tories vow to protect Richmond Hill observatory if elected [National Post]
MISSISSAUGA NEWS
• Hume: until McCallion goes Mississauga won’t grow up [The Star]
• O’Brien mum on criticism from Mississauga inquiry [The Star]
• Hazel’s ‘fixer’ in the middle of development scandal, inquiry finds [Globe & Mail]
• We the Tweeple: hurricane Hazel strikes again [The Grid]
TRAFFIC & TRANSIT
• TTC breaks single day ridership record [The Star]
• Traffic chaos looms over running events [The Star]
• Driver says Rob Ford caught talking while driving again [The Star]
• Toronto mayor Ford accused again of using cellphone while driving [Globe & Mail]
• Renaming York region’s boulevard of dreams [The Star]
• TTC driver comes to the rescue of ailing senior [The Star]
• New strike deadline looms for GO transit [The Star]
• Pottery road still closed: the war on the car is not over [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• Highrises? We’re tops on the continent [The Star]
• Food bank donations up, Sally Ann finds [The Star]
• New tower gets greenlight near Yonge but at six storeys shorter than asked for [National Post]
• Fiorito: here’s what bugs me [The Star]