MAYORAL RACE
• Ford, Smitherman now tied with days until election, poll finds [The Star]
• Polarizing candidates bring voters to polls [The Star]
• Smitherman feverishly hunts Pantalone voters [The Star]
• Real Pantalone backers have little choice [The Star]
• Miller endorsement hurt Pantalone, poll finds [The Star]
• The Smell Test: Ford’s grant numbers [The Star]
• New Pantalone endorsements on heels of labour support for Smitherman [Globe & Mail]
• Union backs Smitherman in place of long-time ally Pantalone [Globe & Mail]
• Stand on taxes reveals a deeply divided electorate [Globe & Mail]
• Ford prefers crude slurs over (e)healthy debate [Globe & Mail]
• Pantalone, spoiler or kingmaker [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Mr. Pantalone, it’s time to pick your poison [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Smitherman’s new saviour – Trudeau [National Post]
• Ford team unveils ‘Gravy Train’ t-shirts [National Post]
• Urban Scrawl: It’s about choice – there isn’t one [National Post]
• Ford, Smitherman in virtual heat, Pantalone possible kingmaker: new polls [National Post]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: Picking over the bones on the campaign trail [National Post]
• Fear mongering about Ford: Levy [The Sun]
• Parsing the Mayoral Platforms: Finance and Budget [Torontoist]
GTA ELECTIONS
• Races to watch: Old rivals in a new battle for Ward 8 [The Star]
• John Tory endorses Bussin rival [The Star]
• Election Ephemera: Battle of the network stars [The Star]
• Man charged after 41 campaign signs stolen [The Star]
• Uxbridge is king of the ballot box [The Star]
• Front-runners take heat in Vaughan mayoralty debate [Globe & Mail]
TRANSPORTATION
• BIXI reaches 1,000-member target [The Star]
• The Fixer: Signs point to ‘their way,’ but who are they? [The Star]
• New technology on the way for Presto fare card: Minister [The Sun]
G20 AFTERMATH
• Hamilton man stands up to ‘Officer Bubbles’ over comments [The Star]
• Documents: Statement of claim from ‘Officer Bubbles’ lawsuit [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• Scarborough Town Centre kicks it up a notch [The Star]
2 comments
Re: Parsing the Mayoral Platforms: Finance and Budget
I find it amusing that in a city that scrambles every year to cover a budget shortfall, that Torontoist could endorse a platform that once again fails to address the structural deficit the city faces. 391 million dollars of Smitherman’s plan is explicitly unsustainable. 100 million from selling Enwave, 65 million from selling city land and 76 and 150 million from prior year budget surpluses. That does not include the 100 million in wishful thinking to come from the province to help pay for the TTC. His 2012 budget will start off with a 491 million dollar hole to fill. Change is a coming, ya right.
It is great news that BIXI gets the subscription it needs to get off ground. I remember back in the spring there were a lot people said it did not stand a chance even here. But now it reaches its goal before schedule. I totally agree that the scope of BIXI is too limited in its initial form, to the point its usefulness is questionable, but at least now it has the change to get off the ground, and hopefully, once people see it in reality, people will believe and help it grow into something that really is significant.