Neville ParkToronto City Council meets today! Second-to-last meeting of the term.
I'll be posting occasional updates. Follow/mute these hashtags as needed.
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@GraphicMatt is also posting updates, check his feed for slightly less snarky takes.
They are going to take an extra-long lunch break and end later so councillors can go to the funeral of recently killed police officer Marc Pinizzotto (CBC news story)
Tributes pour in for Toronto officer shot in line of duty as police continue search for suspect | CBC News
The death of Const. Marc Pinizzotto, who was fatally shot while conducting a search warrant early Thursday morning, has drawn tributes from all over the country, ranging from Ontario's premier to the prime minister.
Tomorrow they'll also pay tribute to former councillor Howard Moscoe, who passed away recently.
I switched to the TTY (text-only interface) to save battery life but my scripts for grabbing data right from the TMMIS API are outdated and too many web pages won't open in elinks. :(
Don't worry, you're not missing anything important, just everyone hashing out the Order Paper (calling dibs on items to debate, quickly voting on some small items).
"Going a little too fast today," says Speaker Nunziata after accidentally calling for a vote to pass the order paper at only an hour into the meeting. HAH! There is still more stuff to arrange (items to schedule for specific times).
edit: Now they adopted the order paper. Good, now we only have to debate 177 of the 191 original items. 🙃
#TOcouncil livetweeting is a lot like #Monsterdon: it's interminably long, just about everyone is unlikeable, you're not sure if it's dark outside or not, and when there are props (over the years, a few councillors have made a Thing of bringing props in to illustrate various points), they're cheap.
Many thanks to the, like, 3 people tuning in. Seriously.
PapyrusBrigade@nev My family is always interested to hear my recap of (your and Matt's) City Council live-toots. 90% of it is "what shit did Holyday say now". But still, we very much appreciate your service!
@PapyrusBrigade great, now I HAVE to listen to Holyday :P