The budget has been passed!
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torontoist.comPosted Jan 18, 2012, 1:07 AM UTC
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torontoist.comCan you hear that whopping, whooshing sound from downtown?
That's spin control in Ford's office, trying to make this look good for him.
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Toronto Sun headline tomorrow will be something about lefties loving gravy
but we all know after this budget Ford will need some comfort food
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It's not perfect by any means, but it could have been a whole lot worse, so I'm pretty thrilled. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the city workers now.
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Despite all the noise being made by both sides (ex: Doug Ford said “I’ve never seen such total disregard for taxpayers money in my life.”) it's important to note that the financial impact of Colle's amendment amounts to 15M, or about 0.16% of the budget.
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Oh, in other news: the High Park Zoo will be closing down :(
I rather enjoyed my many walks through there. It will be missed.
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The councillor's motion was deemed out of order but there is still hope for the zoo.
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Did the counsellor make a rookie mistake when tabling the motion?
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Doug Ford gave a pretty spin-tastic interview on 1010 around 8:15.
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That was fast. I thought it would be a 3 day affair.
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Can anyone procure video of Collie dropping the omnibus motion? The politics nerd in me needs to see the smackdown.
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Here's the video, he's on at almost exactly the 2nd hour mark. Edit: If you want to avoid silverlight, I just opened the asf itself in VLC.
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Just awesome news. Ford is so deluded that only a few people in the city oppose him. He claims this is a victory budget. Wow. Just amazing. Congrats to Cllr Collie for saving services!
Not just Colle, but all the councilors who supported his motion, too!
It's wonderful but we have two more budgets to go. The next two years will be tough.
Way to save under-utilized pools!
A career politician spending money on his constituents? What a uncommonly principled and gutsy move by what can only be described as a political maverick.
Career politician? This is his first term.
Way to always be the biggest moron in every comment!
If I move to his ward, he has my vote.
Why should we cut pools when we have the money to keep them? That's the beauty of living in a civilized place like Toronto - you get to have nice things!