Matt Elliott @GraphicMatt
City columnist, contributing to @TorontoStar & writing @cityhallwatcher. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. @humbercollege prof. (he/him) mattelliott.ca Toronto, ON Joined March 2007-
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My @TorontoStar column this week: Dude, where’s our trains? The federal budget has come and gone with no committed funding for new subway trains on the TTC’s Line 2. It’s an omission that comes with serious financial implications. And safety risks too. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Get yourself set for next week with a free bonus issue of City Hall Watcher. I’ve got a look at both big CreateTO housing projects and tiny cars at the Ex. Plus: a quick council recap, with votes on the vacant home tax, blue bins and park booze. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/blue-bins-ge…
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And that will do it. Blue bins were sold. Parking tickets were hiked. Bike lanes were added. Airbnb regulations were further regulated. The vacant home tax was fixed. (They hope!) There will be more beer in more parks. And an 11-storey building in the Annex. The end.
Matt Elliott is the master of using snarky facts.
Citing survey in the report, Pasternak says “a little over half of people are opposed or neutral to this [drinking in parks] policy. Now that doesn’t sound like overwhelming support for this kind of roll-out.” Pasternak was first elected to council in 2010 with 19% of the vote.
@GraphicMatt Mayor's office says she was referring to a newly retired revenue services manager as the person responsible for designing the flawed the system, not anyone who was fired.
@GraphicMatt After you left last night, City Council passed the Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan! secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Toronto city council meets today, tomorrow and possibly Friday. Follow Matt for the play-by-me, with occasional colour commentary from me, @BenSpurr and @alysanmati
Toronto Council meets today! Their agenda includes the vacant home tax, parking tickets, the vacant home tax, Airbnb regulation, and the vacant home tax. Did I mention the vacant home tax? Streaming live here. I will tweet happenings. youtube.com/watch?v=KORc6_…
I'm nearly speechless at how inefficient the Ex parking spaces are. We have to do something, anything, better with this land.
Check your inbox: it’s City Hall Watcher #272! This week: Another council meeting is in the books. I look at decisions re: FIFA, dangerous dogs, noisy cars, and swapping parking for housing. Includes a look at revenue data from hundreds of parking lots. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/chw272
@GraphicMatt Didn’t you mean PUGshots? Ba dum tss
This week in @GraphicMatt's publication City Hall Watcher, he is fascinated by 311 🚗 🏍️ noise data! There is a dedicated group up at Bathurst & Sheppard who log noise reports with the city and with NMNT. Thank you! 🔊 👍 Check out the free article: buff.ly/4a2vGwD
@GraphicMatt @DianneSaxe Excellent! Thank you for sharing that. Now to cut down the admin cost by using utility bills and put another million+ into the government coffers. Nice to see my councillor asking good questions.
@GraphicMatt I see in the report it is already a priority
Some people confusing this question as some sort of push/endorsement by Perks for the activities to take place. He is likely trying to shed light on how horrible of an agreement this is and to know in order to mitigate.
Perks wants to go into private session for his questions about the FIFA security plan, like “is there going to be any work to remove homeless people on the streets?” and“are there any plans for additional detention facilities?” Johnson confirms he can’t answer publicly. Ominous!
Perks asks if the city has a position on removing homeless people during the World Cup. Johnson says that’s part of ongoing discussions, but city’s position is “not to have any untoward activity to unhoused persons” but “there will be impacts because of the nature of the event.”
Toronto City Hall #NerdAlert siren 🚨 sounds in #TOPoli — and suddenly @DavidSoknacki’s entrance-music plays 🎶 as he strides into the City Council chambers…
The mayor sent a letter to councillors last night outlining her strategy for trying to keep the World Cup and its costs under control. It includes lighting the Sok Signal and calling in former budget chief and 2014 mayoral candidate David Soknacki to serve as a FIFA envoy.
@GraphicMatt Remember this? youtube.com/watch?v=V84cbT…
Hey @CllrJamaalMyers - With the World Cup coming, any chance of a #TTC team making a come back? 😜 Thanks @GraphicMatt for digging up this photo
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Press conference over. Considering filing an FOI for all emails and communications related to internal City Hall deliberations on how to store and/or dispose of novelty cheque.
@GraphicMatt I really want to believe these two large, mature governments would use an e-transfer.
@frantasticx @GraphicMatt Thank you @GraphicMatt - very useful. Love reading City Hall Watcher every week also!