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I was trying to report trees on the city boulevard blocking sidewalks, but there wasn't an option for that so I had to just pick something else and hope they looked at the additional info to figure it out. Luckily they did. However I filled out a report for a blocked drain, covered in a foot of debris, using the specific form for that, and they came by and trimmed the plants growing out of the debris. Drain is still blocked.
 
I recently had to report a hornet's nest that was on a tree in a neighbour's property but dangling over the sidewalk. It was surprisingly simple and easy, and the city sent someone out within three days to fix it. Guess the threat of getting sued if someone gets stung and has an allergic reaction is enough to motivate them.
 
Many parts of City website are 'off limits".

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Many parts of City website are 'off limits".

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I ran into the same thing, probed a bit........it IS an expired security certificate.

I will never understand why IT doesn't have reminders set up..............sigh.
 
Northern Light said:
I will never understand why IT doesn't have reminders set up..............sigh.
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As someone who has some direct experience with this, the answer is usually that reminders *were* set up at one point, but they are configured to go to the wrong person (who may not even be an employee anymore), or they were once set up to go to a distribution list that has since been renamed, or there are reminders going out but they're being caught by overzealous spam filtering, etc...

None of which is to excuse sloppy practices, but I've seen much more sophisticated engineering operations than the City of Toronto miss a certificate renewal.
 
Toronto Star has an update on the Don Valley West by-election. As I had expected, it appears to be a race between Anthony Furey and local TDSB trustee Rachel Chernos Lin.

The article mentions concerns from Chernos Lin's camp, which includes Kathleen Wynne and her spouse, that there could be vote splitting on the left, which would allow Furey to win.

I would be stunned if Chernos Lin was able to claim John Tory's endorsement. The only time he's endorsed a left-of-centre politician (to my knowledge) was Joe Mihevc in 2018, which was more of a strategic/petty move to try and defeat his council antagonist Josh Matlow.

www.thestar.com

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: The behind-the-scenes attempts to unite against the right in a Toronto byelection

Kathleen Wynne and John Tory are two of the big names involved in the attempts to head off vote splitting among three progressive candidates.
www.thestar.com www.thestar.com
 
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How is John Tory one of "two of the big names involved" when the extent of his involvement is being asked whether he's involved and responding that he's not? What a stupid thing to write. No wonder nobody respects journalists any more.

And Ben Spurr is normally one of the good ones! I imagine he wasn't the person who wrote that sentence under the headline.
 
christiesplits said:
Toronto Star has an update on the Don Valley West by-election. As I had expected, it appears to be a race between Anthony Furey and local TDSB trustee Rachel Chernos Lin.

The article mentions concerns from Chernos Lin's camp, which includes Kathleen Wynne and her spouse, that there could be vote splitting on the left, which would allow Furey to win.

I would be stunned if Chernos Lin was able to claim John Tory's endorsement. The only time he's endorsed a left-of-centre politician (to my knowledge) was Joe Mihevc in 2018, which was more of a strategic/petty move to try and defeat his council antagonist Josh Matlow.

www.thestar.com

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: The behind-the-scenes attempts to unite against the right in a Toronto byelection

Kathleen Wynne and John Tory are two of the big names involved in the attempts to head off vote splitting among three progressive candidates.
www.thestar.com www.thestar.com
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Don Valley West by-election update:

Sam Robinson, son of Jaye Robinson, is running for his mother's former seat.

In a tight byelection, having name recognition could be the difference maker. I assume Robinson also has access to his mother's supporter lists, sign locations, donors, etc., which is a benefit. I must admit that announcing your candidacy from your mother's Twitter account is a bit odd.

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Via Twitter
 
Northern Light said:
I'll go a bit further and say 'in poor taste'.
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Though it *could* alleviate some of the fears of a split "left vote" electing Anthony Furey (at least among those for whom Jaye was a "right vote"--or presumably as a viable option for JayeCons not completely on-board w/Furey)
 
I'd be down for the school system providing lunches. One of the frustrating things about parenting is agonizing daily over what to pack for a child's lunch, followed by the physical prep, only to see 85% of it come back un-eaten and having to be binned. Such a waste of perfectly good food and money!
 
Towered said:
I'd be down for the school system providing lunches. One of the frustrating things about parenting is agonizing daily over what to pack for a child's lunch, followed by the physical prep, only to see 85% of it come back un-eaten and having to be binned. Such a waste of perfectly good food and money!
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I like how some countries handle school lunches, like Japan.

If it is going to be the US approach of providing hyperpalatable, ultraprocessed foods like pizza, tater tots, etc. I think we'd be better off with parents providing lunches as at least some kids would get healthy food.
 
From when I was in high school in Durham region, we did pay for lunches. it was like 3$ in 2010 dollars for a Jamaican patty. It would have been awesome to have free lunches. not like i went hungry, but basic sandwiches and pre-made lunches werent the healthiest. Elementary school didnt have anything, it was always bring your own food.
 
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