Adam Vaughan
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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...
By John Lorinc -
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...
By John Lorinc -
Tuesday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • City signs off on extra $47M for Pan Am Games [National Post] • Toronto through the eyes of Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam [BlogTO] • But What...
By Eric Mutrie -
Thursday’s Headlines
CITY COUNCIL • An end to the war on pets? [The Star] • Super Mayor’s Marvel comic version of budget exploits is missing a few panels [Globe & Mail] â€...
By Eric Mutrie -
Who’s that sitting on my standing committee?
A lot of attention has been paid to how Rob Ford has filled City Council’s executive committees (see Jonathan Goldsbie’s piece yesterday). But...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Jonathan Goldsbie -
Rebel Mayor, social media & the Toronto municipal election
The following is a reprint of my Eye Weekly Psychogeography column looking back on the Rebel Mayor twitter character and some thoughts on how social was...
By Shawn Micallef -
ELECTION: Some election number-crunching
There’s been quite a bit of number-crunching of the results of Toronto’s municipal election in both the paper media (see Headlines below) and...
By Dylan Reid -
Thursday’s Headlines
MAYOR-ELECT ROB FORD lead stories… • Ford confirms streetcar scrapping in doubt [The Star] • Residents test Ford’s callback promise [The Star...
By Eric Mutrie -
ELECTION: Council Turnover – Ward 18
It’s not often that candidates for City Council are given the opportunity to run without an incumbent in the ward. This year there are nine wards with...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Thursday’s Headlines
Mayoral Race • ‘Rob Ford’s not leading, David Miller is’ outgoing mayor says [ Toronto Star ] • Pantalone the ‘one choice’...
By Nicole McIsaac -
SPACING RADIO G20 SPECIAL: Toronto the colony
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST All this week, Spacing Radio is taking a closer look at the impact of the G20 Summit on our public spaces...
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