Just in time for my 30th birthday, I’m getting the best present ever: a City Council meeting! This month’s agenda is jam-packed with important items, so fix yourself a drink while you read this. Up for discussion: funding the Scarborough subway, diversity on the TTC board, a new City Manager, the social housing waitlist, (not) fixing basement flooding, and more. Continue reading The Cheat Sheet: May 5 City Council
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The Year In Me
This year I started learning how to use my Wacom! These are a few illustrations that didn’t make it onto the blog.
After the jump, a look back at all the stuff I wrote. Continue reading The Year In Me
The Cheat Sheet: August 25 City Council
Well, here we are at the last City Council meeting this term. I feel…sad? Sure, it’s been a fucked-up, dysfunctional four years, but it was never boring.
After the jump: the Ombudsman is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore; mid-rise invasion; transit recommendations of varying utility; and more. You can find the full agenda here. Let me know in the comments if there’s anything I missed! Continue reading The Cheat Sheet: August 25 City Council
Mean Councillors
Context:
This is going to be your guide to City Council. Where you sit at Council is crucial, because you’ve got everybody there. Continue reading Mean Councillors
A Very Special Cheat Sheet: #TObudget 2014
- A Note: Operating Vs. Capital
- First, Some Context
- Operating Budget
- Capital Budget
- The Most Disingenuous Game
I don’t usually do Cheat Sheets for special meetings, but this one is for the 2014 budget! I love the budget!!! The entire exciting process, which started all the way back in November, is culminating this upcoming Wednesday in a meeting sure to be full of delightful surprises, dramatic reversals, procedural confusion, and petty, childish infighting. Continue reading A Very Special Cheat Sheet: #TObudget 2014
The Cheat Sheet: June 11 City Council
or, I Read the City Council Agenda So You Don’t Have To
Now, I make no claim as to what the big-ticket items will be; but here’s my roundup of items of interest coming to City Council tomorrow. Continue reading The Cheat Sheet: June 11 City Council