By John Lorinc
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LORINC: Federal budget off the rails on public transit
How many times, since Mayor Rob Ford took office, did we hear how his patrons in Ottawa would make subway dollars appear, both as a reward to the good...
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LORINC: So you say you want a referendum?
Rob Ford’s truculent behaviour in the wake of last week’s council decision raises a question that is surely setting Dalton McGuinty’s teeth on edge: How...
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LORINC: Mayor Ford fumbles for third time on transit
The Great Subway Battle of 2012™ was Mayor Rob Ford’s to lose, and he lost it with such single-mindedness and determination that this episode may well go...
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LORINC: Is Ford ‘conflict of interest’ a crime or misdemeanor?
It’s time for everyone on the left to exhale. No judge is going to strip Mayor Rob Ford of his seat over his mystifying decision to speak during the Feb...
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LORINC: Et tu, Doug Ford?
Toronto progressives owe Doug Ford a huge debt of gratitude because he and that perpetual motion machine beneath his nose did as much to save Transit City...
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LORINC: Council opposition needs to keep eye on prize
When 24 councillors, representing the entire political spectrum, voted on February 8 to support Karen Stintz’s motion to block Mayor Rob Ford’s bid to set...
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LORINC: Fords’ opponents must sell their transit story
In the universe where I live, politicians seeking to deliver on a campaign promise sell their plan to the public and their colleagues during a process...
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LORINC: Rob Ford’s minority government at City Hall
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ford, It has come to our attention that Rob and Doug are having some challenges with their course work, and specifically two classes...
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LORINC: An endless loop of playing politics with transit
The strangest moment in last week’s epic transit showdown – besides when The Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy mysteriously began making fun of my wardrobe on...
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LORINC: The death knell for Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner?
When council this week turns its frayed attention to integrity commissioner Janet Leiper’s follow-up report about Rob Ford’s practice of asking lobbyists...
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LORINC: Who’s going to be the grown-up on the Eglinton Crosstown?
Every fiscal conservative in this city should thank TTC chair Karen Stintz for daring last week to speak truth to power about the Eglinton Crosstown...
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LORINC: How Los Angeles found religion on transit: A lesson for Toronto?
This just in: thanks to the fiscal disciplinarians in the Ford administration, the TTC will be able to sock away $135 million for transit vehicles. Can we...