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VISION

Mark State, Toronto's New Mayor? leadership & vision
Reply to Eric Mang's "Toronto Mayor must offer vision" in Rabble commentary -



ECONOMY

How Toronto Might Improve Its Economic Prospects During This Downturn...And How It's Being Frustrated From Pursuing A Turnaround undoing the damage of a runaway Toronto economy, creating jobs
REPAIRING TORONTO'S BUDGET restructuring decision-making at city hall


SELLING OFF PUBLIC ASSETS

SCHOOL PROPERTIES SELL-OFFS: A PREVENTATIVE SOLUTION Closing And Selling Off Toronto’s School Properties. what can be done? keep the properties, make the schools work again
SELLING OFF HYDRO & OTHER OF THE CITY’S FIXED AND LIQUID ASSETS selling hydro is a bad idea: commentary in National Post Feb 20 2010 7:34 AM
What Are The Facts About Selling Off Hydro? Hydro Unions Tell you. FYI only



TTC


TTC Fare Smart Card replacing MetroPasses with one smart card and geared-to-expense ridership cost
MULTIPLE SUBWAY EXTENSIONS Response to Globe & Mail Article No longer available.
IS THIS THE LEGACY THAT DAVID MILLER WANTS TO LEAVE TORONTO? critical discussion of the ‘Transit City’ concept
Commentaries in the Torontoist.com two comments in The TTC's Fair Shot At Open Electronic Fares (the second one makes better reading, I think. It's a reply to a commenter named "Solex".)


ADDITIONAL TAXATION

TOLL ROADS response against to Wellington Fund's being in favour of toll roads
The Billboard Tax--Guess Who Pays It? hidden ”third party” taxation schemes: “billboard tax”, “development tax”, …invent your own hidden taxation scheme

WATERFRONT PLAN

Toronto's Current Waterfront Plan how and why our undeveloped waterfront is being populated by condos instead of a waterfront park
Commentary re Waterfront Development Board sent to National Post


FIGHTING CRIME

Crime Prevention a three-pronged approach to ridding the city of its criminal youth problem


ICE TIME

ICE TIME FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUES solving the prevailing lack of ice time for all rink users at minimal cost
Commentary sent to National Post re the problem of ice time,


STRIKES

Visibility In The Public/Union Bargaining Process enabling quick resolutions to short strikes by applying both public and rank-and-file pressure at the bargaining table


BICYCLE ROUTES

The "SHARROW" Rant (For Dave Meslin) solving the bicycle route problem


PANHANDLERS

PANHANDLERS: A Very Positive Solution To The Problem [This article has currently being viewed ten times all over the world]…an innovative idea for ‘making a (pervasive) lemon into lemonade’












ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT Mark State


BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Who is Mark State?

TORONTO LIFE: MAYORALTY CANDIDATES RECAST AS FOOD
What food would Mark State be? Commentary in Toronto Life.


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