BUDGET CUTBACKS
• A look inside marathon budge battle: round 2 [National Post]
• City hall edges to deciding what’s cut [National Post]
• Executive committee debates budget cuts [Torontoist]
• Toronto takes tough service cuts off the table after all night meeting [Globe & Mail]
• Mayor-a-thon – Part II [The Sun]
• ‘Silent majority’ urge city not to increase taxes [The Sun]
• Ford: some cuts ain’t coming [The Sun]
• Ford backs down on library closures [The Star]
• Porter: business plan pitched to save Riverdale farm [The Star]
• Fire, EMS, can all just get along [National Post]
• City hall mum on attendance at museums [The Star]
CITY HALL
• James: Ford poised to lose waterfront vote [The Star]
• Fiorito: for it is time to bell the mayor’s cat [The Star]
• Editorial: Ford distractions are making Toronto’s spending cuts more difficult [Globe & Mail]
TRANSIT & TTC
• TTC unveils layoffs, buyout plan [The Star]
• One TTC worker made $66,000+ in overtime last year, documents reveal [National Post]
• Rituals: the morning commute [The Grid]
MISSISSAUGA BY-ELECTION
• Crombie edges out Parrish for Mississauga council seat [Globe & Mail]
• Former Liberal MP and McCallion ally Bonnie Crombie wins Mississauga byelection [National Post]
• Crombie defeats Parrish in Mississauga [The Sun]
OTHER NEWS
• Condo fraud allegations shock family [The Star]
• First look: SPiN Toronto, the city’s new ping pong club [The Grid]
• A river runs through it [Torontoist]
One comment
“‘Silent majority’ urge city not to increase taxes [The Sun]”
Oh Toronto Sun, that’s not what the silent majority said to me. They totally want an ice cream sundae, no almonds, and are willing to pay more in taxes to get it. It’s so much fun to make things up and pretend you’re speaking for people!