the ford brothers vs libraries, next installment: reason for hope
By now you've probably heard that the City of Toronto public budget hearings continued through the night and into the morning, making this the longest City Council meeting in the…
toronto and mississauga
imp strump: the library as public oasis
Impudent Strumpet:If home is too crowded or noisy or uncomfortable or abusive or non-existent, having somewhere else to go - a perfectly respectable place to go and to be (compare…
torontoist: will the anger against ford be a tipping point? ten things to know
Excellent analysis from Torontoist:It is far too soon to tell whether the long, dense sequence of anger-inspiring comments, falsehoods, and dubious policy decisions Rob and Doug Ford have been responsible…
the ford brothers vs. libraries, continued
Doug Ford: Why do we need another little library in the middle of nowhere that no one uses?"Library users: We want our votes back.The Star is devoting some serious real…
toronto, your mayor wants to hear from you. tell him you value your public library.
When Toronto City Council’s executive committee meets on Thursday to start making decisions about the future of the Toronto Public Library, you can help defend Toronto Public Library. And if…
mississauga has arrived: sexy suburban buildings make real estate splash
These sexy buildings are right down the street from us. Allan and I both like them a lot, and have watched their progress in the Mississauga skyline with interest. Apparently…
toronto’s ford brothers: does a true word ever leave their mouths?
James posted this in comments yesterday, but it deserves its own thread: Top Five Ford Lies. If you haven't seen it yet, please go read.Of course, politicians with a privatization…
toronto has more donut shops than libraries. fight to keep the libraries open.
Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford thinks his city has more libraries than donut shops. In fact:When the Urban Affairs branch closes, Toronto will have 3.9 libraries per 100,000 people, which…
help protect tpl from ford’s privatization rampage
Mayor Rob Ford is out to privatize the living daylights out of Toronto. Privatization is a great deal for the corporations that pick up lucrative contracts, and a very bad…
rally for postal workers, rally for all workers, rally for public services
This morning in Toronto, locked-out postal workers and their supporters will rally at the legal offices of Canada Post, to protest the collusion of Canada Post and the Conservative Government…
racist bus ad in mississauga, part two: we win!
Remember this? I wrote about this here. Thanks to the tireless efforts of my comrade Peter, we were able to organize the requisite five complaints needed to trigger a City…