{"id":1925,"date":"2007-05-25T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T21:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:55:07","slug":"city-hall-surprise-surprise-street-furniture-deal-gets-go-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/05\/25\/city-hall-surprise-surprise-street-furniture-deal-gets-go-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"City Hall: Surprise, surprise &#8212; street furniture deal gets go ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/185\/437904748_4c0896979e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cross-posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/daily\/?p=411\"><em>Eye Daily <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At approximately 5:15pm, City Council voted to sign a 20-year contract with the ad company Astral Media Outdoor to supply our bus shelters, benches, garbage bins and bike racks (among other things) for the next 20 years. Adam Vaughan, Cliff Jenkins, Janet Davis, and Rob Ford were the only ones to vote against the deal, an odd motley crew of discontents. Thanks to street furniture enthusiast Jonathan Goldsbie for the update (what will he do with his time now that the debate is over?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/daily\/?p=411\"><strong>Click here to leave a comment. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-posted from Eye Daily At approximately 5:15pm, City Council voted to sign a 20-year contract with the ad company Astral Media Outdoor to supply our bus shelters, benches, garbage bins and bike racks (among other things) for the next 20 years. 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