By John Lorinc
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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...
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LORINC: Labour vs. the City
Monday morning pop quiz: Is the labour relations ball in the city’s court, or CUPE’s? The latest volley from the bargaining front took place Friday...
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LORINC: Expect Drummond’s report to muddle Ford’s transit plans
Every finance minister with even a dram of savvy knows that a critically-important part of the job description involves finding new and innovative ways of...
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LORINC: Ford, Miller and the crime file
Did anyone hear Mayor Rob Ford so much as grunt a word of thanks, on behalf of all Torontonians, to his predecessor for backing a slate of policies that...
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LORINC: Acceleration and Other Myths About Life in the Fast Lane
Listening to the first post-kumbaya consultation by Waterfront Toronto, at the Toronto Reference Library a week ago, I was struck (again) by the sense...
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LORINC: The spin cycle of City’s budget talks
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT: By the end of last Tuesday’s news cycle, Mayor Rob Ford had steered his gravy choo-choo train to a politically intriguing...
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LORINC: Handcuffs or straightjackets on the waterfront?
If Unbuilt Toronto chronicler Mark Osbaldeston gets around to penning a third installment of our city’s missed opportunities, Michael van Valkenburgh’s...