By Jonathan Goldsbie
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Why Shelley Carroll Didn’t Run for Mayor
The following is an expanded version of an article that appears in the Winter 2011 issue of Spacing magazine. After Adam Giambrone dropped out of the...
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Rob Ford: Government is for the Wealthy
Two weeks ago, Rob Ford succeeded in his longtime quest to rid City Council meetings of modest, taxpayer-funded refreshments. The following week, however...
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Have Your Say on the City Budget. You! (Not you.)
Photo by HiMY SYeD / photopia. The Budget Committee held a meeting during the lunch break of Thursday’s Council session. It lasted from 12:45–12:50...
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Miller vs. Ford: Who Excluded Whom?
Comparing the geographic representation of Miller’s and Ford’s Executive Committees. Pretend there’s an asterisk in ward 4 (explained in...
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That time Rob Ford voted to create Transit City
Tuesday morning, at a Queen’s Park media scrum, Mayor Rob Ford declared, “As you know, there was never a vote on council for Transit City, and...
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G20: Mayor breeds new generation of cynics
“The Toronto Police Service, with very little lead time, I think did a job that can only be described as extremely professional and to the highest...
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Why the Rob Ford “fat fuck” video was put online
City spokesperson Brad Ross (now with the TTC) pleads with Rob Ford to give up his chase after Globe columnist John Barber. On Tuesday, March 11, 2008...
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Smitherman to Curb Your Bike Lanes, Enthusiasm
At his Transportation Policy Launch / $250-a-plate fundraiser on Friday, George Smitherman delivered a 3251-word speech. (I’m going by his official...
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There is no poll that puts Rob Ford in first place
As though you hadn’t already figured that one out, huh? When even Toronto Life headlines a blog post “Non-existent poll gives Rob Ford...
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What condition Ford’s contrition is in
Yesterday afternoon, Rob Ford apologized to Dieter Doneit-Henderson, an HIV-positive gay man, for his well-documented 2006 remarks about people with...
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Mammoliti the Hypocrite (4/27/10 edition)
“Fascist” is not a word I throw around lightly. But it does tend to be the best one to describe Giorgio Mammoliti’s brand of...
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City Hall set to erect new “KEEP OUT” sign
Dave Meslin leading City Idol contestants on a tour of City Hall’s second floor in May 2006. Photo by HiMY SYeD. An A+ way to sheepishly admit...