By John Lorinc
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LORINC: The new balancing act
Regardless of who’s in charge, the City’s budget launch is almost always an exercise in political performance art and yesterday’s fringe fest’ was no...
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LORINC: When will reality bite Ford?
At some point in the year to come, reality will jump up and bite Mayor Rob Ford on the nose, forcing him to depart from his tightly-scripted waste ‘n...
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LORINC: Who really stopped the gravy train
When council convenes this week to debate the new regime’s signature moves, I’m guessing Mayor Rob Ford won’t be rising to offer praise to former budget...
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LORINC: What about the TTC operating budget?
When I count the votes on the new council, it seems pretty clear that a Transit City vs. subway vote, due in February according to TTC chair Karen Stintz...
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LORINC: Ford’s waste collector cometh
Is the glass half empty or half full? The election story line that is rapidly crystallizing into received wisdom is that our new garbageman-in-chief Rob...
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LORINC: What wasn’t talked about in this election
There’s little question they talked….a lot. Over a hundred all-candidates debates, countless public events, press conferences, editorial board sessions...
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LORINC: The mayhem scenario of Mayor Ford
George Smitherman, as most of us know by this point, wants the balance of this race to be a two-horse affair between himself and Rob Ford. But from the...
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LORINC: On grinding axes and alternative futures
Here’s an alternative plot line for the fall of our civic discontent. Imagine if Kathleen Wynne was running for mayor instead of George Smitherman. Keep...
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LORINC: The governance debate we’re not having
During Rob Ford’s session with the Globe and Mail’s editorial board last week, I asked him when he’d hold a vote on reducing the size of council from 44...
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LORINC: Can we change the election channel?
After enduring two mayoral debates last week, it struck me that following this election is a lot like watching Seinfeld re-runs endlessly. The same cast...
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LORINC: Toronto election history repeating
In a former Toronto election, a long-shot candidate emerged unexpectedly from a crowded pack in the early fall to mount what would become a formidable...
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LORINC: Metrolinx goes Kumbaya
Isn’t it strange how the worm can turn during an election? Mere months ago, David Miller and his supporters took to the TTC’s PA systems to denounce the...