Recent content by edmundoconnor

I have to concur with what others have said: Mihevc is positioning himself as a controllable-progressive. He is okay with being a tabby cat for Tory, just so long as he gets a taste of the cream. The Scarborough subway being turfed next term will rely significantly on Matlow being re-elected...

Christina Liu (sex ed opponent, now running for council in Ward 17) is now touting the endorsement of Mel Lastman on signs (that are way too detailed to be taken in while people are driving by at 40 kph). Even walking by them, you have to squint and realize who that old guy with the candidate...

An added wrinkle is that the school boards now have to play catch-up. As the TDSB is limited to 22 trustees, a ward boundary review is now necessary. Three trustees will be representing 3 wards each now, as the trustee boundaries must align with council's. I suspect that downtown trustees are...

If they do by some miracle pull it off, then the ordering 60 extra vehicles conversation going to come sooner than some anticipated.

I could see someone in the Andrew Cash mould, if not the man himself, making a play for one of the three wards. For a former MP, he has been keeping his name in the news.

Cry me a river.

An "independent" Scarborough would be dependent for a lot of things. Transit, police/fire/EMT, libraries, etc. … In fact, an independent Scarborough would automatically mean the re-establishment of some form of Metro, with the remainder of Toronto holding all the cards over all those files...

I have a very difficult time believing this: it assumes a base level of cynicism on the part of the TTC as to strain credulity. Moreover, such a theory removes the blame from sitting squarely on the shoulders of Bombardier, where it rightly belongs. If Bombardier had actually honoured its...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/12/troubles-at-the-hotel-x.html

With more than 2 years left in the mandate, that's more than a caretaker role of passing along requests to city departments from constituents. Six months, a year, perhaps. Not here.

Lovely-looking station, although almost completely reliant on commuters, since there is no local residential population to speak of. Can't see it being much used after office hours and on weekends.

"Tim and Jan Edler's 'LightSpell' (not yet installed), will allow users to spell out messages for others to see." I can see this getting out of hand pretty quickly. Will said messages be moderated before display? Otherwise, cue said installation being turned off in six months because passengers...

I'm expecting a Starbucks in Mt. Dennis before too long.

By not opposing the task force, Byford can't be labelled obstructionist, and is essentially handing ownership of the cuts to Tory. You want to get rid of the discounted Metropass program? Fine. Mr. Mayor. Here are several thousand emails/phone calls from outraged constituents who will be making...

Aside from being a political non-starter (no politician is ever going to encourage people to use transit less), here's why: The TTC runs service with seats and space for passengers, whether it is used or not. This is a fixed cost. It loses less money if there are more passengers who pay fares...