All Entries Tagged With: "Executive Committee"
Mayoral Politics Played Out As Committee Discusses Budget
As the Executive Committee met to debate and approve the 2010 City Budget, committee member and mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti use the opportunity to promote his platform:
“Mammoliti gave notice that he won’t support the budget next week unless Toronto seniors are made exempt from having to pay the $60 vehicle registration tax. And [...]
Levy: Why Howard Moscoe’s A Target
The Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy gives her reasoning why Councillor Howard Moscoe successfully presented a motion to establish an Office of Independent Counsel to represent the legal interests of councillors:
“Moscoe’s manipulations had absolutely nothing to do with the fact councillors are at legal or financial risk simply for doing their jobs.
His move has everything [...]
Proposal For Civilian Oversight Of TTC Rejected
Toronto’s Executive Committee rejected a motion to add non-politicians to the TTC Board, an idea supported by at leat two mayoral candidates, Rocco Rossi and George Smitherman:
“Councillor Paul Ainslie asked the executive committee to consider a change that would see the nine seats filled with three members of the public with a business [...]
James: Mixing Up TTC Board Is Better Way
Royson James of the Toronto Star offers his thoughts on Toronto’s Executive Committee decision to refuse to look at adding non-politicians to the TTC Board:
“When did you, the voter, ever hold a transit commissioner accountable for raising transit fares, cutting service and running the system into the ground? Never. How would you? You [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: City Council’s Self-Protection Policies
Writing for the National Post, Peter Kuitenbrouwer reports from a meeting of the City’s Executive Committee, as it reviews a staff report entitled: ‘Protocol for Member Involvement in Other Wards’:
“They in particular objected to these words in her policy: “The outside member is entitled to seek the assistance of city staff (including site visits and [...]
