Blog Posts

I’ve contributed two blog posts to my good friend Joseph U. blog recently. Joseph periodically asks for guest posts to his blog. Here are two of my recent posts:

1)  “Chris Drew: People, Plenary, and Places: 2012 LPC Biennial Convention”

Excerpt:

The 2012 Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) Biennial meeting was the fifth Biennial meeting I’ve attended as Liberal delegate from Toronto Centre. As with previous Biennial meetings, it was a great experience and offered some unique moments as these meetings always do.  I’ve compiled a few observations on some of the hard-working people I noticed, the excitement of the constitutional plenary session and the place where 3,000 Liberals from across the country gathered, Ottawa.

2)  “The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator”

Excerpt:

I didn’t support her nor did I vote for her. I was so busy with other things in life that I barely knew who she was when she was elected my Councillor for Ward 27. What a difference a year makes! Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has been in office for a little over a year and I have been impressed with her work. She stood up for the Jarvis Street bike lanes and the principal of consultation and working with neighbourhoods.

Tax Cuts vs. Spending Cuts in Rob Ford’s Toronto

This graph says it all:


(h/t Matt Elliot)

Tally Ho! Exposing the City’s Mindless Math (via Mez Dispenser)

Great post by Dave Meslin.

Tally Ho!  Exposing the City's Mindless Math One year ago, I wrote a blog post about the City’s “John Street Corridor Improvement Study”.  I called into question the validity of some of the measurements in the report.  Specifically, the study claimed that there was not enough road width to include bike lanes and wider sidewalks.  It was presented as a choice:  bike lanes OR a wider sidewalk.  I took advantage of a high-tech quantifying device called a “tape measure” and proved them wrong: B … Read More

via Mez Dispenser

Transit City

Here’s a great article by Josh Matlow: http://bit.ly/h8vdwZ

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