toonderly
Active Member
I figure if we knew which candidate he thinks lost votes to the fringe (or discouraged voter turnout), we would be reassured that Holyday's motivation is as wrongheaded as we are used to.
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I figure if we knew which candidate he thinks lost votes to the fringe (or discouraged voter turnout), we would be reassured that Holyday's motivation is as wrongheaded as we are used to.
adma
Superstar
You mean Saunders/Sanders?
Anyway, if there's any way to *discourage* voting, it's to insist upon ranked ballots for a 102-candidate situation.
DSC
Superstar
The Fixer in the Star has another example of poor construction management today https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/th...rsection-safer-instead-its-made-it-worse.html
Could it be a coincidence if, as indicated by the name on the barrels, the contractor is, once again, Sanscon. (Infamous for Military Trail Road, KQR and Wellington?)) (Photo from Star!)
‘It seems very disrespectful to the neighbourhood’: The city was supposed to make this intersection safer. Instead, it’s made it worse
The city says work on the project at Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road resumed on June 27 but there’s no sign of activity at the job site.
Could it be a coincidence if, as indicated by the name on the barrels, the contractor is, once again, Sanscon. (Infamous for Military Trail Road, KQR and Wellington?)) (Photo from Star!)
Northern Light
Superstar
Richard White
Senior Member
This reminds me of the time the city hired Bevcon to do work at Warden Station (Bus entryway). They kept the pilons up for months without any actual work being done.
Whenever I passed by there during the construction there would be one guy standing by his truck drinking coffee smoking. For months all they did was move the pylons back and forth to make it look like they were doing work when they were not.
Northern Light
Superstar
So, the only committee appointments thus far are for the striking committee (who will recommend the other appointments).
The item as amended, carried:
So the committee is
Malik, Bravo, Mc Kelvie, Perks, and Carroll
The item as amended, carried:
So the committee is
Malik, Bravo, Mc Kelvie, Perks, and Carroll
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Richard White
Senior Member
Ausma Malik was a staunch ONDP staffer for years.
It makes sense that she is given a position of relative power
DSC
Superstar
I see a pretty major house-cleaning starting!
Towered
Superstar
Good start - the purge of regressives has begun!
toonderly
Active Member
Ranked ballots do not necessarily require that you rank every single candidate. And the idea that the city of Toronto might do so reminds me of the Saki story "Hermann the Irascible" where they "cleverly" punish suffragists by granting women the vote but also making their (only women's, not men's) votes mandatory for all elections and offices. That showed them!
I have been slightly following the council meeting today. Lots of discussion of the drinking in parks pilot. Councillor Pasternak (not Peruzza) wanted to know if enforcement officers would have breathalyzers.
Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt@mastodon.social)
Councillor James Pasternak asks if the city’s bylaw officers will be issued portable breathalyzers to measure the intoxication of people drinking in parks. Staff say, uh, no, they will not. They’ll just be looking for bad behaviour.
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picard102
Senior Member
Did she just use the "strong mayor" powers to do it?
DSC
Superstar
I think not, AFIK, the Mayor has always appointed the Striking Committee and the Committee chairs, who form the Executive Committee.
picard102
Senior Member
toonderly
Active Member
One in five residents strikes me as a high estimate.
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Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt@mastodon.social)
Councillor Chris Moise says e-scooters are not going away. He estimates one out of every five downtown residents has one. He also points out there’s a ton of commercial use for delivery drivers. He supports looking at regulation, rather than a ban.
DSC
Superstar
It does seem to be in the Strong Mayor amendments but Mayors of Toronto have certainly been able to appoint Committee chairs (who form the Executive Committee) and vice-chairs for many years. See; S 162 of https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06c11/v62#BK176 IThe wording in the Strong Mayor law simply restates former powers.
This is now:
Powers re committees
226.6 Subject to the regulations, if any, the following powers of the City with respect to prescribed committees, or committees within a prescribed class of committees, are assigned to the head of council:1. The power to establish or dissolve committees.
2. The power to appoint the chairs and vice-chairs of committees.
3. The power to assign functions to committees