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CITY HALL
• Why can’t voters fire Toronto mayor Rob Ford? [The Star]
• Ford’s toadies [NOW]
• TTC chief Gary Webster’s firing puts a chill on staff, says Toronto ombudsman [The Star]
• By firing Gary Webster, Team Ford turned the head of a backwards transit system in a martyr [National Post]
• Time for council to take control of the transit file, or watch it blow up in their faces [NOW]
• Toronto’s 311 service will no longer accept emails [The Star]
• Mammoliti appeals forensic audit of his election expenses [Globe & Mail]
• Ford brothers to co-host NewsTalk 1010 radio show [National Post]
• Library union brought to book [The Sun]
• TCH sell-off stalled [The Sun]

TRANSIT
• TTC light rail plans are full speed ahead, regardless of politics [The Star]
• Q&A: how bumpy is the road ahead for Toronto’s transit plan? [The Star]
• Mayor’s opponents building coalition to derail subways [Globe & Mail]
• New TTC head vows to transcend politics and express his views [Globe & Mail]
• Rob Ford: A better way to retool Toronto’s ailling TTC [Globe & Mail]
• Q&A: TTC’s Andy Byford says it’s too soon to pick sides in subways, light rail debate [National Post]
• Andy Byford’s memo to TTC employees after the termination of Gary Webster [National Post]
• A closer look at the TTC’s decision to fire Gary Webster [National Post]
• Hefty severance for ex-TTC honcho [The Sun]
• “Absolute integrity” [NOW]
• “Fired without just cause” [NOW]

OTHER NEWS
• KPMB architects blame City of Vaughan for $15M cost overrun on city hall [The Star]
• Builder still on track for Distillery District condo/hotel development [The Star]
• More off-road bike trails are in the pipeline [Torontoist]
• Bollywood in the ‘burbs [The Grid]
• Coffee-shoponomics [The Grid]