Mayor John Tory's Toronto

[the lemur]

Remind me, please: what was Miller's Pan Am fiasco? Was he against it and it got agreed to anyway, or was it that you were against the idea and he was for it?

Genuinely don't remember it being a fiasco for Miller.

It wasn't really Miller's idea ... http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/pan...ntos-pitch-to-win-the-pan-am-games-began.html

Then came Ford, who was for it, then against it.

 

[sixrings]

I believe he made a rash deal with the garbage union in order for the city to look decent to impress the pan am committee. (rash in the sense that the union was about to give in and take a lesser deal while the city had become use to dealing with the garbage themselves)

 

[Riverdale Rink Rat]

I believe he made a rash deal with the garbage union in order for the city to look decent to impress the pan am committee. (rash in the sense that the union was about to give in and take a lesser deal while the city had become use to dealing with the garbage themselves)

So, you're talking about the garbage strike, then. OK, thx.

 

[sixrings]

So, you're talking about the garbage strike, then. OK, thx.

The two things were interconnected. Thx

 

[JWBF]

I have read several things about this "tool" and it is quite interesting:

Toronto flirts with participatory budgeting

http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/09/28/toronto-flirts-participatory-budgeting/

 

[salsa]

Dismissing staff advice and capitulating to the car lobby constitutes "great work".

 

[WislaHD]

I'm really glad that Robinson wants to be a two-term councilor.

 

[Videodrome]

Go figure, councillors don't like ranked ballots or term limits. Several of them who could be at risk were speaking out against it.

 

[salsa]

What a shameful performance by city council today. Half of these people need to be sent home next election.

- Voted not to have a debate on whether to oppose Hydro One selloff.
- Voted against motion to ask province for recall provisions for a "dysfunctional mayor or city council".
- Voted not to ask province to make campaign donor rebate only for Toronto residents.
- Voted not to ask province for term limits.
- Voted to ask province to increase campaign spending limits. Yay for more money in politics.
- Voted against ranked ballots.

 

[WislaHD]

https://twitter.com/GraphicMatt/status/649733890828075008

Yes - against ranked ballots
No - for ranked ballots

The following councillors had endorsed ranked ballots yet voted against them today: Mary Fragedakis, Michelle Berardinetti, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Cesar Palacio, Gary Crawford

For shame.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Thankfully this isn't Council's decision to make. Hopefully the province ignores them.

 

[Videodrome]

What I didn't get is that after the Ford nonsense, they voted against having a way to remove the mayor or a councillor if they behave badly.

 

[animatronic]

Thankfully this isn't Council's decision to make. Hopefully the province ignores them.

It is council's decision. The provincial law only makes ranked ballots an option for those municipalities that want it.

 

[nrb]

Council hits a new low.

 

[animatronic]

Council hits a new low.

From http://www.robfordfacts.ca/2015/10/yesterday-vote-against-ranked-ballots.html

Note that John Tory had the lowest vote share of anyone on the pro-ranked ballots side. So he's sticking to his principles at some risk.