By John Lorinc
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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...
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LORINC: Subways in the suburbs, a contrarian view
Between 1954 and 1980, Toronto built two subway lines with 62 stations and 55 km of track. Between 1980 and 2018, by which time the Spadina extension to...
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LORINC: One Question for Adrienne Batra, Mayor Rob Ford’s press secretary
Dear Adrienne, I’m sorry to hear about the mayor’s health problems, and I hope he’s making a swift recovery. I thought you might like to know what’s been...
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LORINC: Shilling for subways
According to the mayor’s, um, outgoing chief of staff Nick Kouvalis, the Rob Ford Uptown Express to Scarborough is expected to pull into the station any...
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LORINC: Pucks, periods, and penalties: Triple Ps for new arenas?
When Giorgio Mammolitti mused last week that council should turn to public-private partnerships to develop new arenas, he was, I’m guessing, thinking...
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LORINC: Questioning the ritual
Why are police funerals so off-putting? Before I try to answer the question, let me say that, like thousands of other Torontonians, I felt deeply saddened...
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LORINC: Even the right will raid the reserves
An eagle-eyed Spacing reader wrote this week to point out that Mayor Rob Ford and his chief bean counter Mike Del Grande are relying on a $25 million draw...