By Jonathan Goldsbie
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Miller vs. Ford: Who Excluded Whom?
Comparing the geographic representation of Miller’s and Ford’s Executive Committees. Pretend there’s an asterisk in... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More