Ragtag band of councillors mounts opposition to the big, bad budget cuts of 2012

As the 2012 budget trudges its way through council, we’re hearing more and more reports of councillors conspiring to save certain services and programs (indeed, it’s all over Twitter at the moment). First, we learned from the Globe and Mail that Rob Ford and co. were trying to court council’s mushy “mighty” middle. Now the Toronto Star is reporting that councillors from the left, right and centre are banding together in various groups to fight back against cuts—using all kinds of cloak-and-dagger techniques “shared online documents, BlackBerry messages and meetings in and out of city hall” to organize themselves. Will this motley band be able to stay the cuts to the TTC? Will the homeless shelters stay open to fight another day? Tune in throughout the week to find out. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »