By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
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To Milton, with love
The mayoralty in her sights, Councillor Karen Stintz has already begun to lay the foundation for her 2010 platform. With more than three years to go...
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To tax or not to tax, that is the question
Last updated: 12:25AM, Tuesday, October 23. Today Toronto City Council will be debating and voting on a land transfer tax and vehicle registration fee...
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Rallies for a better Toronto
As we get down to crunch time on the tax vote, both sides of the debate are gearing up for one last push. Today Mayor David Miller announced a panel of...
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Levy’s cuts fall short, lack credibility
Sunday afternoon, on 10 minutes’ notice, I had the chance to take on Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy at a Toronto Party-hosted panel discussion...
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Tide turning on taxes
The tide is finally turning in favour of increased municipal taxes. The litmus test came last night at a community meeting in the heart of Etobicoke...
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Challenge: What’s better than a parking lot?
My gut reaction to the question “What’s better than a parking lot?” is naturally, “Anything.” But let’s get a little...
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City Hall: Good, bad and ugly
The Good: The Executive Committee has the capital budget variance report for the first four months of 2007 before it today. The report says that the...
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A Del Grande vision
The Toronto Sun published a rather thoughtful piece by Councillor Mike Del Grande about the need for a new deal for all Ontario cities in today’s...
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McGuinty delivers body blow to municipalities
Within hours of asking whether Dalton McGuinty and John Tory would offer a hand up to Toronto or sucker punch us at this week’s Association of...
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A hand up or sucker punch? Find out Wednesday
Last week, the NDP made the first move on funding for municipalities in the still lukewarm provincial election campaign. This week, we’ll find out...
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City torches services, fireworks ensue
City Manager Shirley Hoy announced a roster of cuts to City services that are needed to balance the City’s 2008 budget. The cuts reduce 2007...
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Out on his Ashton; Heaps gets promoted
Mayor David Miller asked for and received Councillor Brian Ashton’s resignation from City Council’s Executive Committee on Tuesday, as...