CITY COUNCIL
• Ford team takes aim at ‘jobs for life’ [The Star]
• Kelly McParland: Councillors’ salaries should grow with experience [National Post]
• Toronto’s top-ranking green initiatives on cost-cutting Mayor’s radar [Globe & Mail]
• Old City of York a test lab for Toronto’s garbage debate [Globe & Mail]
• Privatization: How much is too much? [Globe & Mail]
• Ford eyes asset sale to close $500M budget gap [National Post]
• Mammoliti, Heaps ordered to give back money [The Sun]
• Pay checked: Levy [The Sun]
• “This is a moment for full-cost accounting not faux-balance-sheet politics” [Now Weekly]
• Rob Ford’s curbside pickup line is garbage [Now Weekly]
TRANSPORTATION
• ‘Screaming’ TTC worker shoved me, man claims [The Star]
• YRT to start using busway this spring [The Star]
• Weekend closures on Spadina subway line [The Star]
• Fixer: Are there no huge potholes out there? [The Star]
• York Region transit workers in talks to avoid possible Monday strike [Globe & Mail]
• Ford called TTC victim [The Sun]
• A picture is worth 1,000 witnesses [Eye Weekly]
CITY VISIONS
• Where the city still dares to dream [The Star]
• Calgary mayor wants all cities to succeed [The Star]
• Joe O’Connor: Calgary Mayor wows Toronto, praises Ford [National Post]
• Some ideas for building a healthy city [OpenFile]
STREETSCAPE
• Art or graffiti? Art experts weigh in [The Star]
• The slippery slope between graffiti and an art mural [BlogTO]
POWER & POLLUTION
• Architect dreams of new uses for old Hearn [The Star]
• ’Burbs bigger emitters than inner city [The Star]
POLICE & CRIME
• Gay Village residents cite harassment [The Star]
• Get convicted cops off the payroll [The Sun]
• Face time with T.O.’s finest [Now Weekly]
STOCK EXCHANGE
• Olive: Toronto, London stock merger a dream for investors [The Star]
• Global stock exchange consolidation may just be starting [Globe & Mail]
• Morning Meeting: Londoners dump on TMX-LSE merger [Globe & Mail]
• Call it what you like, but the LSE-TMX deal is a takeover [Globe & Mail]
• TMX, LSE finalize historic merger [National Post]
• Ottawa to review LSE-TMX deal [National Post]
One comment
The Post has an article about next year’s budget, with some head-slapping quotes from the Fords.
Looks like we’re going to keep selling off assets and using one-time windfalls to mask recurring structural deficits for quite a while.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/02/10/ford-eyes-asset-sale-to-close-500m-budget-gap/
Some conjecture in the Star about Doug Ford hopping off the gravy train to run for the provincial Tories as well.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/936140–will-doug-ford-join-provincial-tories?bn=1