Dear Santa, I want a new Mayor for Christmas
Dear Santa, I’d like you to bring us a mayor who can finish delivering on the promise Rob Ford made 4 years ago. Much of […]
City Council
I declare… is it an emergency or an Emergency?
This is a long entry that discusses a number of questions. Feel free to skip ahead. Five days after a major ice storm hobbled North […]
To avoid crisis, Council must rally behind Deputy Mayor to continue Ford’s mandate
While Mayor Rob Ford remains in his office, On Monday, Toronto City Council completed its three-part act of “cashiering” Mayor Rob Ford. Like the ancient […]
Deconstructing the Rob Ford accountability motion
Toronto city council will gather Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 to consider a number of matters of routine public business as well as two motions aimed […]
Call in the Mounties or OPP for Rob Ford investigation
Originally published in The Toronto Star 3 Sep 2013 How much democracy is too much? Toronto City Council has an answer. Last Monday, it decided […]
Seven thoughts for seven days
This week in Toronto politics, 1. Bring out the folding chairs and ladders. We’ve got ourselves a Grudge Match. The Coalition of the Professionally Enraged […]
Integrity at risk, time to grow up & get to work
As I write this, There have been calls to get the Integrity Commissioner involved. My take on this issue is simple. It was crass and […]
Pull up a very expensive chair, it’s going to be a fun ride
Friday’s hot news item at Toronto City Hall was a
Rob Ford can’t lose
Originally published in The Toronto Star 3 Sep 2013 How much democracy is too much? Toronto City Council has an answer. Last Monday, it decided […]
Without a by-election, democracy is a sham
Originally published in the Democracy Is a Sham” href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mark-towhey-/toronto-by-election_b_3813233.html” target=”_blank”>Huffington Post, 25 Aug 2013 On Monday, August 26, 2013, Toronto city council will decide how to […]