- Thu, 12:18: TorStar finds someone to say what we said on twitter last month: "Every $1 saved in arts funding will cost the city $17" http://t.co/UCkyK2s
- Thu, 12:34: Can you call a problem over a decade old news? RT @CBCPolitics First Nations housing not keeping up with demand http://t.co/VsgInBd #cdnpoli
- Thu, 12:35: "Ottawa is not keeping up w housing support & [reserve] conditions are actually getting worse." http://t.co/VsgInBd #cdnpoli #firstnations
- Thu, 12:41: CDN Press story fails to rpt that Harper Govt cut $127 million in funding for FN housing in 2011: http://t.co/YL1jFCP #cdnpoli
- Thu, 12:44: So the Grits & Harper both failed to address First Nations housing crisis but Harper has guaranteed it will get worse not better. #cdnpoli
- Thu, 12:47: A sufficiently gross metaphor for the problem: MT @grist Plastic bags are the genital warts of litter - http://t.co/W3TGTiH
- Thu, 12:47: RT @sol_chrom: City Hall tweetstream shows that #TeamFord isn't just targeting services. It's debasing the whole idea of civic life. #TOpoli
- Thu, 12:53: For @kaelsu: RT @EW EW exclusive! Peek at Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, & Jennifer Lawrence http://t.co/0zF3Pvn #HungerGames
- Thu, 12:53: RT @RandomHouseCA: Attn Friends: Travel to your nearest Indigo today and show your library card and you'll get 30% off @MargaretAtwood t ...
- Thu, 12:54: RT @mbrechtel: I'm ruined. RT @superblue Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Batman: The Dark Knight Rises poster looks like a Unicorn ...
- Thu, 13:07: RT @moryan: .@BBCAmerica has ordered 1st scripted drama, Copper, 10ep series from TomFontana/BarryLevinson. Set in 1860s NY, follows imm ...
- Thu, 13:20: Via CityTV, watch Adam Vaughan question KPMG about the privatization of Melbourne's transit: http://t.co/WIyh1pT
- Thu, 13:21: RT @thekeenanwire: I thought he cancelled the food thing. RT @marcusbgee 'The taxpayers put food on my table,' says Mayor Ford.
- Thu, 13:21: RT @CP24: To watch a live video stream of Mayor Rob Ford's news conference, click here: http://www.cp24.com/live.
- Thu, 13:22: RT @shawnmicallef I wish there was a penalty for lying in public. Like, something more than just being immoral.
- Thu, 13:24: Is there anything more irritating than telemarketers calling you on your work line? #fieryrobotdeath
- Thu, 13:25: RT @torontoist: Batra trying to interrupt journo's question to shunt to another. Reply "my colleague was trying to ask a question"
- Thu, 13:25: "Probably a lot of them are union folks but I listen, sure..." Our mayor's charming approach to civic engagement. #TOpoli
- Thu, 13:29: Near as I can tell, the only folks being paid to attend the #TOservicereview are #TOcouncil and KPMG... #TOpoli
- Thu, 13:30: Well, and the municipal press gallery (minus the freelancers who are there on spec)...
- Thu, 13:31: RT @pliving: This whole Ford vs. the city drama is going to end up becoming a plot line of Veronica Mars caliber. Or a game of Clue.
- Thu, 13:33: Ironically, none of the union members I know can afford to take two or three days off a month to depute to #TOcouncil. #creepingmammoliti
- Thu, 13:54: Turns out @elizabethmay's anti-WiFi expert (http://t.co/jSJho8A) is also a leading anti-Wind Power nutr: http://t.co/nY0lNhu #ohnoLizno
- Thu, 13:56: Deeply ironic given Green platform on renewable energy: "MPs will... accelerate the rapid deployment of wind turbines" http://t.co/ofBtXdC
- Thu, 13:59: RT @PopeShakey: @kady it remains to be seen if @ezralevant will come out against this secretive tribunal. #cdnpoli
- Thu, 14:02: RT @monicarooney: Likely his ass. RT @nowtoronto: Cllr Mammoliti keeps raising spectre of 30% tax increase. Unclear where he got that nu ...
- Thu, 16:27: RT @TDotOpenLetter: Dear Toronto, it has been determined by Fire Services that the alarm at City Hall was caused by Doug Ford's pants be ...
- Thu, 16:27: RT @dgardner: Elizabeth May is a descendant of the people who were sure electricity caused neurasthenia and steam engines made the Irish ...
- Thu, 16:29: RT @HULKMAYOR: HULKMAYOR PULL FIRE ALARM! TEST FOR POLICE FIRE AND AMBULANCE! LAST ONE THERE GET BUDGET CUT! #TOpoli
- Thu, 16:30: RT @DoucetteWard13: Fire alarm going off but don't worry alarm is on 1st floor Mayor says we can stay as we are on 2nd. I thought flames ...
- Thu, 16:31: @dreahouston Metaphor?
- Thu, 16:37: You know, I'd put the tax revenue from latte-sipping, local-food buying, cyclist... tolerating, TPL-loving #Ward32 up against #Ward7, Mammo.
- Thu, 16:39: Yet another day of glory for the TPS, confiscating empty buckets, library books and signs while barking at journos: http://t.co/Hae5NLD
- Thu, 16:49: Toronto's own caped avenger: RT @nowtoronto "I AM HERE TO REMOVE YOU FROM OFFICE!" Clarke shouts as he is led from City Hall #TOpoli
- Thu, 17:14: Mary Trapani Hynes, you're awesome. Thanks. RT @StarGTANews Sarcasm the big winner in marathon session http://t.co/ZGQdDUu
- Thu, 17:16: RT @torontolibrary: Don't have a TPL card? Find out how you can get one & about the books, videos, eBooks & more you can enjoy with it. ...
- Thu, 17:25: If only my boss to make a similar threat - I'd have so much more free time: MT @nowtoronto Ford threatens to remove any cllrs who heckle...
- Thu, 17:25: RT @HiMYSYeD: NOW it's past 5 p.m. #FordNation no doubt will come to support their candidate, the one who guaranteed no tax increases no ...
- Thu, 17:31: RT @justinsb: Most of the city is trying. RT @cllrainslie: My colleague @shelleycarroll trying to ignore Councillor Mammoliti http://twi ...
- Thu, 17:39: Stupid man, human beings aren't hardwired for vengeance, they're hardwired for *catharsis*: http://t.co/bVujs7P
- Thu, 17:42: I did. It's called voting Liberal, Piers: RT @nowtoronto Cllr Mammoliti asks why public hasn't gone to the province to ask for money #TOpoli
- Thu, 17:46: RT @meslin: @PeterMilczyn @goldsbie We've lost 5 LRT lines, 3 bike lanes, a bridge, a library & a revenue source. Not unreasonable to wo ...
- Thu, 18:42: Oh, I do enjoy catering to ppl who don't read the instructions first but are OUTRAGED when it all goes terribly wrong. #fieryrobotdeath
- Thu, 18:46: Dude, it's VicPark. It always smells like that.... MT @TTCnotices Trains are bypassing Victoria Park Stn due to report of strong odour...
- Thu, 19:10: Don't Make Dan Savage Angry http://t.co/hmSZCxw via @dailydish
- Thu, 19:49: RT @paisleyrae: W/o ttc blue line I wouldn't have been able to get to & from a night-shift job in etobicoke years ago. Made difference b ...
- Thu, 19:52: RT @shawnmicallef: Nuts RT @MikePMoffatt: been informed by @kevinmilligan that like @ElizabethMay & Tim Hudak, Bill Vander Zalm will be ...
- Thu, 20:03: I've reached that point where it feels like too much work to leave the office. Need sleeping bag. #fieryrobotdeath
- Thu, 22:05: RT @goldsbie: Janet has walked over to bitch out the clerk, who frankly failed in her professional duty to be objective and impartial.
- Thu, 22:06: Anyone got the link for the #TOservicereview livestream or has it gone off the air?
- Thu, 22:09: Nevermind, I think I found it on CP24: http://t.co/6fgLKc3
- Thu, 22:10: Kate Hoffman, business owner, homeowner, car owner & citizen "These services are the minimum that the city should offer." #TOservicereview
- Thu, 22:12: Kate Hoffman: the economic impact of late night TTC service cannot be easily quantified. #TOservicereview
- Thu, 22:16: This. RT @nowtoronto "Toll the DVP and the Gardiner, roads that I use every single week" says deputant Kate Hoffman #TOpoli
- Thu, 22:16: RT @dreahouston: "Abused women.." STOP! TIME'S UP! @matthewkupfer: Farrah Khan of Barbara Scheiner Clinic, took 2290 calls frm women in ...
- Thu, 22:18: Carol Graham: "The Baby Boomers are going to demand more services than we're getting." True dat. #TOservicereview
- Thu, 22:22: I want to point out that Carol Graham, senior citizen, MealsonWheels client, taxpayer & homeowner is deputant no. 86. Way to hang on, Carol.
- Thu, 22:23: Given what I thought Bob Kinnear might extend to the Mayor on "behalf of transit workers", "disappointment" is fairly innocuous. #TOpoli
- Thu, 22:29: Kinnear: subsidy rates for private carriers providing transit service in York Region is Four Times the subsidy to the TTC. #TOservicereview
- Thu, 22:32: KPMG *left out* the cost of privatization in York Region? So basically the we paid for an auditor to parrot Rob Ford talking points? Nice.
- Thu, 22:33: Holyday tells Kinnear to reduce absenteeism at the TTC. Kinnear points out that's a mgmt responsibility & mgmt won't meet with him about it.
- Thu, 22:36: This is true: mgmt is supposed to supervise workers: RT @ddale8 Holyday: So it's management's fault the workers are absent? Kinnear: Yes.
- Thu, 22:41: RT @ddemchuk: @lifeonqueen @ddale8 This is true in our organization as well; managers are accountable for absenteeism, not union.
- Thu, 22:44: Where can I read a copy of this Capitol Gains Rpt Sara Diamond (I think) is referring to? #TOservicereview
- Thu, 22:51: SCORE! via @ddemchuk "Creative Captial Gains: An Action Plan for Toronto" http://t.co/mqYl0gf #TOpoli #TOarts
- Thu, 22:51: RT @kyee: Absolutely nuts ; Apple's liquid $76 Billion in cash is more than the US govt has (US$73.768-billion.) Apple has more cash tha ...
- Thu, 22:56: The current deputant sounds like a maritimer...
- Thu, 22:58: "If you're really having a core service review, c'mon be fair - let's look at how much the cars are costing us." Hamish Wilson, Deputant 98
- Thu, 22:59: I haven't been paying attn but did Speaker Boehner just get fucked by his own caucus?
- Thu, 23:00: Marilyn Wilcoxen, D. 99 - I love you, lady - "I'm not employed by a city agency & I did take the day off work to be here." #TOservicereview
- Thu, 23:02: Marilyn harkens back to the cuts under Mike Harris under which "the city is still suffering" #TOservicereview
- Thu, 23:07: Marilyn just dropped her tax increase on the table. The lady's got style. This is high political theatre performed by citizens & pols alike.
- Thu, 23:11: @shaunshep Great speech to #TOcouncil. Proud to see the UofT SU standing up for the city & university's vulnerable.
- Thu, 23:12: "This is not gravy. This is the meat the city needs to provide for its most needy" ~ Gilary Massa Machado D. 103
- Thu, 23:13: Gilary brushing back Holyday's statement that the mayor had been in the room all day: "So have I."
- Thu, 23:18: RT @paisleyrae: "Programs that improve the lives of the least privileged improve the lives of all of us." #citizenfilibuster #topoli #to ...
- Thu, 23:19: A common problem: MT @paisleyrae Deputant: I haven't finished reading rpt I keep coming across things so appalling I have to take a break.
- Thu, 23:22: Ok, that's not my Grade 13 English teacher deputing but OMG she talks with EXACTLY the same intonation. I think RoFo's gonna get detention.
- Thu, 23:26: I'm learning so much about the City of Toronto and the citizen volunteers who make it work tonight. Inspiring.
- Thu, 23:28: Madeleine McDowell points out that adminstrative support is essential for volunteer institutions. That's were govt funding comes in.
- Thu, 23:35: RT @paisleyrae: Crossing guards make minimum wage. What are we saving that's worth cutting that pay? #topoli #tocouncil
- Thu, 23:38: Salmond: "I wish my traffic sergeant would give me an RPG. That way they'd definitely stop running my crossing." Awesome. #Toservicereview
- Thu, 23:46: RT @GraphicMatt: Holyday calls on Mammoliti for questions. Audience collectively groans. This is better than scripted television. #TOCouncil
- Thu, 23:47: It's been over an hour. That's some phone call the Mayor's taking... maybe he ran out of gas.
- Thu, 23:59: I love you, Toronto. Those of you at the #TOservicereview stay strong, stay hydrated and I think the Timmie's at Spadina/Dundas is 24hrs.
- Fri, 00:01: Priceless: RT @goldsbie It's Margaret Atwood. RT @sbaranski Seriously - anyone know why Wong-Tam is wearing a Sir John A. button?
- Fri, 00:03: If Jason Adam Robins is not in politics, he could be in about 5 minutes from now. #Toservicereview
- Fri, 11:53: Yeah, we noticed: RT @JProskowGlobal Mammoliti told reporters meeting all night long without breaks was "a tactic to get the job done."
- Fri, 12:04: Remember Rob Ford campaigned on cutting taxes without cutting services - foolish or not, ppl weren't voting for cuts when they voted Ford.
- Fri, 12:10: Queen's Park Watch: Dwight Duncan Versus the Media http://t.co/ks9cSjg via @torontoist
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