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NOW and Xtra! will have their own guides, but the official one is being published by IN magazine. I haven't seen any yet -- all the IN boxes around the village were empty when I looked. You can often find copies of the guide at places like Woody's and Pegasus, but I can't confirm. I'm sure...

Brock Sandwich - which is great - just opened up last week, a couple doors west of the Nuthouse. Supposedly a vegan bakery (gentrification!) is going in where the Free Gallery used to be (which was a hardware store when I moved to the neighborhood). On the other side of Dufferin, a new queer...

Mel Lastman did not have a spending freeze -- he dug deep into City reserves to cover the shortfall from his tax policy. Guess what? Running a city worth living in requires spending. Cutting spending to the point where you are no longer providing good services is not good governance or...

People saw an "exponential" increase in their taxes under Miller because tax rates had been irresponsibly frozen under Mel Lastman. Unfortunately, people say they want fiscal responsibility but they don't like what that looks like on their tax bills. Miller's team absolutely was poor on the...

The Star definitely missed the mark in Ward 18 though. Ana Bailao received an unreal amount of campaign funding from developers last time she ran. I have no doubt they are backing her again. Plus, her old boss, former councillor Mario Silva - now MP for the riding - and MPP Tony Ruprecht are...

I think Ford is going to fizzle over the next few weeks. For good or bad, the media has tremendous power to shape public perception. I don't think even people like Sue-Ann Levy or Christie Blatchford honestly want Ford as Mayor -- they've just enjoyed demonstrating their power. They had their...

Glad to hear that Zotero is nice. I will have to check it out sometime. I am a little worried about their chances for success as their location seems kind of isolated to me, but the neighbourhood is in need of a nice, bistro-style restaurant so hopefully they can capitalize on the demand.

The Burmese restaurant (at Bloor / Pauline) is now open. It's called Motherhome; apparently they used to have a place in a food court on Front Street. Anyway, it's not fancy - just steam table selections - but it is very tasty and incredibly inexpensive. A full plate or takeaway box of food...

I don't really care how you vote. My point was that the Tories - and people like Rob Ford - are assigned a kind of shorthand credibility on fiscal issues, despite the fact that reality doesn't back up this framing. In contrast, the NDP and "the left" will forever be branded as "fiscally...

Oh, well, as long as you're assuring us I guess we have to take your word for it. Of course, if you want to go beyond soundbites and accepted 'wisdom', a little research would quickly demonstrate that the Tories are much more irresponsible with the public purse than the NDP has ever been...

The story of Rob Ford as successful businessman is largely a fiction. His father built that business and made it a success, and the family suggested Rob go into politics so that he wouldn't be around to run it into the ground. Any gay man who would vote for Rob Ford is profoundly disturbed...