Category Archives: Budgets

Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(August 5, 2011) Toronto has an extraordinary library system with close to 100 branches. The former is mostly about books; the latter mostly about everything but books. This is true of most Canadian cities, where the great history of building public libraries to bring books to the people is running up against rapidly changing cultures and technologies. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged budget, budget cuts, fix your city, KPMG, Lawrence Solomon, Margaret Atwood, Mayor Ford, municipal financing, NGOs, privatization, retail, toronto, Toronto Public Library, TPL | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Fix Your City – KPMG cuts are merely cautious

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(July 29, 2011) The potential cuts that KPMG laid out are just what you’d expect from a consulting group inspired by accountants: cautious and uninspired. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged BIA, budget, budget cuts, Business Improvement Area, deregulation, fix your city, KPMG, Lawrence Solomon, Mayor Ford, municipal financing, privatization, retail, toronto | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: A Tea Party budget

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Other News Sources

(July 15, 2011) Michele Bachmann would stop the borrowing and prioritize Social Security, Medicare and defence. Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets | Tagged asset sale, balanced budget, Bipartisan Policy Center, credit rating, debt ceiling, debt clock, Inflation, Karl Rove, Lawrence Solomon, Michele Bachmann, Moody’s, privatization, S & P, Standard and Poor’s, Triple A credit rating, US default, US dollar | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Budgets

Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

Lawrence Solomon: Fix Your City – KPMG cuts are merely cautious

Lawrence Solomon: A Tea Party budget

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