We liberals like to repeat the mantra of a “big gaping hole” in the Ontario PCs provincial budget because it’s true. The Hudakites, if that’s even a word, do in fact promise to make plenty of cuts to public services but aren’t clear o…
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Things Are Good: Good Bikes on the Streets of Toronto
The Good Bike project is bringing colour to the streets of Toronto. Bright neon bicycles are celebrating aspects of Toronto, they really are eye-catching.
Over the past few weeks, more than 30 brightly painted bicycles, a few featuring baskets of potted plants, have popped up all over the city—orange at Queen and Dovercourt, blue at Dundas […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Toronto and Ottawa
From Church St. looking northish. View from our hotel room. We paid a little extra over the Hotwire price to get this room, but it was worth it. Security blanket Harper I can’t have this photo, it’s a library. Saskatchewan in Parliament Harper in photos in Parliament Elizabeth May’s seat in Parliament. It’s number 309. […]
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto – Shouldn’t the mayor be held to account?
Ford should have known he’d break promises on service cuts and layoffs – The Globe and MailAnd so should the people of Toronto during the election campaign.Excerpt:Mr. Ford ran for office claiming to be something different than the usual smooth-talki…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: If you mishandle this situation, you will not be sitting here four years from now
Toronto Spoke: “You’ve been very arbitrary with your choices,” says Jason Adam Robins « Ford For TorontoClick the link to watch the video.Here is the transcription of the video. Jason Adam Robins was one of the deputants to speak at Toronto City…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford is asking for solutions
Toronto News: Take buyout or be laid off, Ford warns workers – thestar.com… but, we know (from the past 8 months as an example) that he won’t listen.Rob Ford: “If someone else can come up with a solution, let me know.”I have a solution for him (regar…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s bad math and lies continue to dog his steps
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs – thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train – he found there was no gravy train.Rob Ford promised to not cut services – he is working hard to cut s…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Torontonians and Ontarians are smarter…
… than to vote for three buffoons in a row.
They’ll be more sensible in the Fall….
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Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto G20: The only organized agression was perpetrated by police
Toronto News: Aggression during G20 rally ‘perpetrated by police,’ judge rules – thestar.comAlthough we now have a judge’s statements that the police were unjustified aggressors on the weekend of the G20 protests in Toronto (June 2010), the stateme…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Where does he live – in a hole somewhere? Norman Jewison on Doug Ford
Toronto News: Norman Jewison wades into Ford-Atwood spat – thestar.comExcerpt:Acclaimed Canadian director Norman Jewison says he was “shocked” by Doug Ford’s dismissive comments on Margaret Atwood, accusing the city councillor of betraying the au…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NY university names David Miller a city-building fellow
CTV Toronto – NY university names Miller a city-building fellow – CTV NewsFrom One Toronto:Rob Ford, a Mayor without VisionToronto residents should be proud to have our former mayor, David Miller, recognized as a city builder. From Transit City, to cle…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario – Cyclists are here to stay – get with the program
Toronto News: Hume: What goes around in Quebec comes around in Ontario – thestar.comExcerpts:This isn’t a matter of right or left, but of right and wrong. Due to circumstances well beyond the city’s control, this is the direction we are headed. For…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ahem, Ford Nation. It didn’t have to be this way
City Budget: This isn’t about austerity & four other notes « Ford For TorontoHere is a great look into the current numbers game at Toronto City Hall. (read the link for the details)Excerpt:It’s been noted again and again, but a simple combinat…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford Nation planning to fill city boards with unqualified conservative cronies
Toronto News: Ford accused of stacking public appointments – thestar.comEarly this year, we saw Case Ootes appointed to completely replace the TCHC board, and then Gordon Chong (part of Rob Ford’s transition team) was appointed to to a job for $100,000…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Sun: let’s make Toronto worse
How Rob Ford could improve T.O. | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunThe Toronto Sun suggests outlawing panhandling, scrapping the bag fee and licensing bicycles are ways to improve Toronto. Let’s look at these:Outlawing PanhandlingThere is already …
Continue readingbastard.logic: Um, To Be Brainwashed, I Believe One First Has To Have A BRAIN.
by matttbastard If Toronto City Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti wasn’t real, some enterprising young sketch comedian would have to invent him (and subsequently cash in on the character with a marginally enjoyable initial feature length smash, followed by a lackluster sequel): … Continue reading →
Those Emergency Blues: You Want a Side of Plavix with That?
Now arriving at the Canadian National Exhibition — wait for it — the doughnut cheeseburger*: The Doughnut Burger made its debut at the Calgary Stampede, where brave revellers downed the sweet and salty snack, despite its high calorie count. Now the hefty bacon cheeseburger with two maple-glazed doughnuts for buns will be featured at the […]
Impolitical: Libraries and the governments that love them
Don’t tell the Ford clan but some governments get libraries and why they are important: “The Burnhamthorpe Library plays an important role in the Mississauga community,” said Stella Ambler, Member of Parliament for Mississauga South, on behalf of t…
Continue readingPicture from Total Recall 2012, the remake
Forgot I had this! While biking across the water front a few weeks back, I happened by a film shoot for the Total Recall remake. I was allowed to take a picture of this cool car from the movie.They were getting ready to film a chase scene or something …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: How to stop Ford Nation
How do we stop the cuts to core services and the wasteful spending by Rob Ford and his supporters on city council?Talk to the councillors.Now, we know that there are basically 3 groups of councillors politically:1 – Right Wing – Ford Nation – these cou…
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