My tweets

[lifeonqueen]

• Tue, 14:18: Wolf-dog crosses - a bad idea: http://t.co/J750KBGI via @electricland (still - you're 50x more likely to be killed by a dog than a wolf)
• Tue, 14:23: Oh, goody. Back from coffee w/Dad in time for Adam Vaughan's speaking time. Political theatre is the best theatre. #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:24: TO 1842: "Men are weighed by their dollars... [valued] by their dollars." ~ Charles Dickens via Adam Vaughan. How little life has changed.
• Tue, 14:26: Vaughan now quoting all #EXcomm members' opposition to individual cuts - collectively condemning all proposed cuts in Core Service Review.
• Tue, 14:28: "When the Mayor says 'raise taxes' that's a conversation we should have and we should have it today," Adam Vaughan, the petard of #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:28: RT @nowtoronto: Cllr Vaughan lists all the cuts Ford's allies have opposed. "It's not us who have blinked. It's the mayor's executive" # ...
• Tue, 14:30: "The wild and rabid Toryism of Toronto is appalling." Charles Dickens via Adam Vaughan, #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:33: I seem to recall the Province of Ontario offering to pay for something to move ppl in TO... I think they called it #TransitCity? #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:35: Cllr Shiner, if #TOcouncil's spending is out of control, perhaps Rob Ford's first act shouldn't have been to spend $100 on cutting taxes.
• Tue, 14:36: Also, anyone know but isn't the $13 billion figure Shiner's quoting include the capital budget? #TOcouncil

• Tue, 14:38: Uh, Cllr Shiner, "The 2011 Budget Committee Recommended Gross Operating Budget is $9.381 billion" http://t.co/7ozFeg6f #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:40: Cllr Del Grande doesn't appear to understand the difference btwn "sacrificing for your children" and "sacrificing your children". #TOcouncil
• Tue, 14:44: Cllr Del Grande is now telling #TOcouncil that we need to accept the $774M figure from city staff that city staff now disputes.
• Tue, 14:44: RT @cityslikr: So what happens to these diehards when the $774 million turns out, well, not to be $774 million? Ooops? #TOpoli
• Tue, 14:45: Oh, c'mon Cllr Del Grande, your mayor believes "smaller govt" is a good in and off itself. That might be why he wants to lay off staff.
• Tue, 14:46: RT @neville_park: "I'm gonna put my head down and work." You wanna do that for minimum wage, del Grande? #TOpoli
• Tue, 14:52: Oh, oh. Josh Matlow's now labelled "left wing". He'll be devastated: MT @nowtoronto Left wing cllrs want to vote on amendments separately...
• Tue, 14:55: RT @jm_mcgrath: Wow. Pretty stunning to see Nunziata lose three rulings in a row in one day. Don't think I ever saw Bussin have a simila ...
• Tue, 15:01: RT @torontoist: FAILS: 17-28. Requirement that City-run zoos and farms remain free or move to pwyc if operated by 3rd parties. #TOcounci ...
• Tue, 15:05: #ExComm recommendation 13 has been deleted. I arrived late - what was recommendation 13? #TOcouncil

• Tue, 15:06: RT @GraphicMatt: CORRECTION: Lee's motion to *not* give extra authority to the City manager passes huge. Fords on the losing side. Huh. ...
• Tue, 15:07: RT @reporterdonpeat: #TOCouncil votes 25 to 20 to leave staff support in place for the Toronto Youth Cabinet
• Tue, 15:08: Vote to keep Environment Days passes 24-21. #TOpoli
• Tue, 15:10: I can't even tell you what's being voted on now but the motion is very long, multiply-indented & impossible to read on my screen.
• Tue, 15:12: Dear #TOcouncil, those of us playing along at home request you to move concise motions so we can read them on our laptops!
• Tue, 15:15: This will come back to haunt ppl: RT @torontoist FAILS: 20-24 Motion that would exempt library from all cuts. #TOcouncil #TOpoli
• Tue, 15:18: Has the Ford-Mammoliti treble-headed, uni-thumbed monster won a significant vote (other than libraries, which will prove Pyrrhic) today?
• Tue, 15:18: RT @torontoist: FAILS: 20-25. Motion to exempt long term care facilities from budget cuts. #TOcouncil #TOpoli
• Tue, 15:21: RT @larrylarry: GETTING COAL FOR CHRISTMAS (1/2): Ainslie, Berardinetti, Colle, Crisanti, Del Grande, Di Girogio, DoFo, RoFo, Grimes, Ho ...
• Tue, 15:21: RT @larrylarry: GETTING COAL FOR XMAS (2/2): Mammo, Milzcyn, M-W, Moeser, Nunz, Palacio, Parker, Pasternak, Perruzza, Robinson, Shiner, ...

• Tue, 15:22: RT @DavidHains The Toronto Sun will be very confused tomorrow. Headline 'Yay, Rob Ford!' or 'War on Christmas!'?
• Tue, 15:25: RT @SusanDelacourt: Did I hear that #tocouncil cancelled Christmas? Is it because, like Pride, it has a parade? #cdnpoli
• Tue, 15:25: RT @ddale8: Council, 40-5, approves Robinson motion to explore having Heritage Toronto run museums as non-profit rather than closing them.
• Tue, 15:29: Motion to have City Mgr rpt on revenue options as part of Budget launch carries. #TOcouncil (Fords, Mammo opposed)
• Tue, 15:30: Motion to have City Mgr rpt to budget comm on current 5% cut vs proposed 10% cut passes. (Fords, Mammo opposed). #TOcouncil
• Tue, 15:31: Revenue sources good. Asset fire sales bad: RT @torontoist PASSES: 25-20 Motion to exempt Toronto Parking Authority from sale. #TOcouncil
• Tue, 15:33: Part one fails 19-26 RT @GraphicMatt Here we go: Matlow's motion on tolls. This will be an illustrative vote.
• Tue, 15:37: Cllr Davis' motion to have City Mgr rpt to #TOcouncil on what the city's paying efficiency experts fails 22-23.
• Tue, 15:50: Wow... that moment when the audio kicks back into the livestream and I jump three feet as Speaker Nunziata starts scolding council... #jeez
• Tue, 15:55: Nunziata "He's probably being interviewed." Laughter. "Some cllrs rly live for that." RT @cityslikr Where's Cllr Matlow? #TOpoli #TOcouncil

• Tue, 15:59: Nunziata: "Uli, just take the vote." City Clerk: "We can't do this *inaudible*" Nunziata "Uli, just take the vote." Audio dies... #TOcouncil
• Tue, 16:01: Josh Matlow has entered the clamshell to the j/cheers of his peers. #TOcouncil
• Tue, 16:02: RT @elcostello: Pretty sure @ward18anabailao & @councillorMB's votes today against libraries will come back to haunt them next election. ...
• Tue, 16:06: Is anyone buying, of course, is a separate question: RT @torontoist PASSES: 24-21. Sale of three City-run theatres. #TOcouncil #TOpoli
• Tue, 16:06: RT @GraphicMatt: Just in time for the release of the hit Hollywood movie "We Bought a Zoo," Council votes 29-16 to look at selling our zoo.
• Tue, 16:08: If I recall my youthful games of Sim City, selling the zoo is not how you keep the ppl happy...
• Tue, 16:17: What the Hardship Fund does: help working poor & snrs pay medical costs not covered by OHIP: http://t.co/f9hGB79e #TOcouncil just binned it.
• Tue, 16:20: Zing. RT @GraphicMatt I wonder if I can get a tax receipt if I donate to the city.
• Tue, 16:21: RT @neville_park: Any minute, a giant monster! RT @lifeonqueen If I recall my youthful games of Sim City, selling the zoo is not how you ...
• Tue, 16:23: RT @DavidHains: Cancelling the Hardship Fund after arguing against property taxes because of its impact on seniors...

• Tue, 16:25: RT @torontoist: PASSES: 43-2. Motion to skip, for now, cuts to snow and grass services, community grants, blue night TTC service, wheel ...
• Tue, 16:29: RT @joshuahind: At least one of those city-run theatres will likely not sell. Also, the Sony Centre is probably going to sue the shit ou ...
• Tue, 16:31: RT @TabathaSouthey: Why not raise property taxes but defer increases if seniors ate in need? Oh, we already do : http://t.co/yoTU5IsI
• Tue, 16:43: The Harper Govt: investigating the CBC, good. Investigating the NDP, better. Investigating Tony Clement? Quoi? http://t.co/nckjyWOC #cdnpoli
• Tue, 16:45: Which is not to say that the #CBC shouldn't submit to ATI rules but this is clearly partisan bullshit: http://t.co/Vvb5K0sY #cdnpoli
• Tue, 16:59: RT @AmandaFactorOMG: Whoa. Now THIS is how you use social media. http://t.co/E1oh6lt8 (via @crabbykate)
• Tue, 17:02: #TOcouncil #TOpoli #Fordomammothumbocracy RT @goldsbie Part two of today's cheat sheet: http://t.co/dtU14gpL
• Tue, 17:16: RT @Carolyn_Bennett: Got an email describing T-shirt in #stpauls "Building prisons to fight crime is like bldg cemetaries to fight cance ...
• Tue, 17:23: Dear @VoteCompass, telling me I think NDP but should vote Lib is not helpful. OTOH, maybe now Mum will stop calling me Attila the Daughter.
• Tue, 17:37: Push poll commissioned by Del Mastro absolutely, positively not intended to help PC candidate in Peterborough: http://t.co/CsyYmxvG #voteON

• Tue, 17:45: Make that 'Absolutely positively not intended to help fmr staff' MT @impolitical PC Alan Wilson fmr aide to Del Mastro http://t.co/CsyYmxvG
• Tue, 17:52: RT @votecompass: @lifeonqueen Vote Compass tells you neither how you think nor how you should vote. Simply shows you how your views comp ...
• Tue, 17:57: Stars, "The Seance EP" - strongly recommended.
• Tue, 18:06: RT @AndreDarmanin: Geez.RT @chicagotribune: Congestion cost the average Chicago-area driver $1,568 in lost time, wasted fuel last year h ...
• Tue, 18:09: Fleeing the Intertubz before #ONdb8.
• Tue, 18:09: RT @ellouis: RT @MikeDrucker: Rich people hate class warfare because it's the only kind of warfare they can't get poor people to fight f ...
• Tue, 23:49: RT @InfoAlerteBot: ONE THING'S FOR SURE: EXTREMIST ACADEMICS LIKE NED FRANKS WON'T BE INVITED TO COMMITTEES ANYMORE: http://t.co/91Cw4o5 ...
• Tue, 23:49: RT @postshaggy: "You want another target? A suburban target? Tell us you're voting against Jarvis!" #StarWarsCouncil
• Tue, 23:53: I find your lack of faith in my Portlands plan disturbing. #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:06: RT @reneeswilliams: The force is with you, young Matlow, but you are not a leftist yet. #starwarscouncil

• Wed, 00:11: Balancing Toronto's budget ain't like making labels, Rob! #StarWarsCouncil #ShelleyCarrollforHanSolo
• Wed, 00:14: The more you tighten your grip, Mayor, the more motions will slip through your fingers. #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:19: Shut down all trash collectors on the public sector level! Shut down all trash collectors on the public sector level! #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:21: RT @sol_chrom: I assure you, my young friend ... we are quite safe from your pitiful deputations here. #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:26: It is a week of #TOcouncil. Rebel cllrs striking from the clamshell have won their first victory against the Ford Nation... #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:27: RT @reneeswilliams: I do not want the Mayor's prize damaged. We will test it on Councillor Wong-Tam. #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:29: You stuck up, scruffy-looking union member! #StarWarsCouncil
• Wed, 00:30: RT @sol_chrom: I must face Mel Lastman ... alone. #StarWarsCouncil