Friday’s Headlines

MAYORAL RACE
• Smitherman holds off releasing donor list [The Star]
• Hotel workers’ union backs Smitherman [The Star]
• Land transfer tax could stay until 2012, Ford admits [The Star]
• Siddiqui: Ford just doesn’t measure up [The Star]
• Smitherman better pick for mayor, Ford for change: Poll [The Star]
• Trailing Pantalone makes late policy announcement [The Star]
• Hepburn: Pantalone could have been kingmaker [The Star]
• Hébert: Calgary, Toronto votes provide lessons for federal politics [The Star]
• The Globe’s endorsement for Mayor of Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• Smitherman vows to establish green tech district [Globe & Mail]
• Ford reveals list of donors as election draws near [Globe & Mail]
• New poll leaves Toronto mayoral frontrunners no margin for error [Globe & Mail]
• How the candidates are getting supporters to vote [Globe & Mail]
• Donations to Ford surged with each new controversy [National Post]
• Ford backs off land transfer tax repeal promotion [National Post]
• Pantalone hopes to create ‘road peace’ with new bike plan [National Post]
• YWCA rips Ford but doesn’t reveal leader a Smitherman backer [The Sun]
• Parsing the Mayoral platforms: community and social services [Torontoist]
• David Miller defends his city, his record, and his deputy mayor at the Reference Library [Torontoist]

GTA ELECTIONS
• GTA election: Lists of candidates [The Star]
• Editorials: The Star election picks [The Star]
• Star’s choices for Toronto council, Wards 22-24 [The Star]
• The Star’s choices for Toronto public school board [The Star]
• The Star’s choices for Toronto Catholic school board [The Star]
• Star’s choices in York: Bevilacqua for Vaughan mayor [The Star]
• Star’s choices in Durham: For Gray in Oshawa [The Star]
• Star’s choices in Peel mayoral race [The Star]
• Star’s choices in Halton mayoral race [The Star]
• Hume: Thinking outside the ballot box [The Star]
• Candidate survey shows strong support for green initiatives [The Star]
• Visible minority candidates running for Toronto trustee seats [The Star]
• Royson James: Mississauga needs watchdog ‘group of seven’ [The Star]
• Style over substance in Burlington mayor’s race [The Star]
• The Smell Test: Will Mississauga inquiry spark a tax hike? [The Star]
• Will spending sins be forgotten at ballot box? [The Star]

TRANSIT
• Pay and go, or avoid the delay? TTC screens let riders know [The Star]
• TTC constables overstepped authority, police board alleges [The Star]
• TTC unveils new Subway Information Screens [BlogTO]

OTHER NEWS
• Best places to trick-or-treat [The Star]
• Recession over? Not in Toronto area [Globe & Mail]
• Rush is on to welcome Dalai Lama to Toronto [Globe & Mail]