Major city budgets fail to reflect actual spending, report says; Washington Metro subway buys Presto system; Toronto rejects proposal to tear down Hotel Waverly and Silver Dollar Room for student housing; and more news.

In wake of Wynne rebuff, Rob Ford eyes election-day ‘redemption’  (Globe & Mail)

Major city budgets fail to reflect actual spending, report says  (Globe & Mail)

Pearson airport agency forms panel to probe ground-stop decision  (Globe & Mail)

Text message from Wynne would suffice, Ford says (Toronto Star)

Washington Metro subway buys Presto system (Toronto Star)

Pothole-free roads? Yes, it’s possible with better asphalt, says Queen’s University professor (Toronto Star)

TTC parking woes add to stressful commute (Toronto Star)

Toronto rejects proposal to tear down Hotel Waverly and Silver Dollar Room for student housing (Toronto Star)

Cable car to the Brick Works? Fledgling company raises the idea (Toronto Star)

‘Everyman’ mayor Rob Ford says he has ‘like six’ condos in Florida (National Post)

David Soknacki’s vow to cancel Scarborough subway if elected met with scorn by Rob Ford, Karen Stintz (National Post)

From Eaton’s to Sears to Nordstrom (Torontoist)

Toronto Is Taking Another Look at Food Truck Bylaws (Torontoist)