By John Lorinc
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LORINC: Should he stay or should he go?
I can’t quite decide whether I’m appalled that Rob Ford blew off the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Halifax or relieved that we were...
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LORINC: What R.C. Harris Says to Rob Ford’s Toronto
One of the most famous stories about Roland Caldwell Harris, the longest-serving Toronto works commissioner, is that when he approved the design of the...
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LORINC: Rob Ford’s Not-so-Excellent Week
Did Mayor Rob Ford move the pigskin towards his end zone last week? An average – which is to say marginally informed – voter might say the answer is an...
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LORINC: No time for scapegoats
Late last week, word went ricocheting around progressive circles that Mayor Rob Ford’s office had leaned heavily on city clerk Ulli Watkiss not to appeal...
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LORINC: following Ford’s campaign money trail
The three members of council’s compliance audit committee will convene Friday morning to consider item EA2.2, a.k.a. Ted Ho’s application to review Mayor...
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LORINC: Let’s Play Ball with the Waterfront (Again)!
The brothers Ford launched a big boulder in the direction of Waterfront Toronto last week, first denigrating the agency’s efforts as a “boondoggle” and a...
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LORINC: There’s a New Acronym in Town
If you haven’t already done so, best begin memorizing the sequence “T-T-I-L,” because those four little letters are going to start taking up a whole lot...
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LORINC: Rob Ford’s house of glass and gravy
Anyone who’s followed Rob Ford’s political career know he’s got a quick trigger finger when it comes to hurling allegations of corruption at his council...
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LORINC: Nada, zilch, bupkis from Ford on federal budget
Here’s a shocker: Save and except a two-line statement, the Mayor of Toronto had nothing whatsoever to say about the Conservative government’s Titanic...
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LORINC: The gang of six swing votes
For anyone interested in the tectonics of the 2010-2014 council, last week’s tortured evening session – dedicated to the bloody business of rooting out...
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LORINC: The Toronto Community Housing Conundrum
Lost amidst all the bleating about chocolates and pedicures and heads bouncing across Nathan Philips Square is a question I hope Jeff Griffiths, the...
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LORINC: The Brothers Ford and their Trojan Horse
In the final innings of last week’s budget debate, there was a brief, and predictable, skirmish over a $3 million outlay for “consultants” who will be...