City council approved the 2013 operating budget just after noon today, and, despite $12-million in last-minute spending additions, this year’s debates weren’t nearly as dramatic as last year’s coup by centrist and left-wing forces. That’s not to say there weren’t shenanigans, the best of which starred habitual headline-grabbers Giorgio Mammoliti and Rob Ford.
• Budget approved: Toronto council saves firefighters, breakfast program and child care [Toronto Star] • ‘Where is this boat you’re talking about?’: Mammoliti proposes tax freeze paid for by temporary floating casino [National Post] • Mayor Rob Ford votes against his own budget [Toronto Sun] • ‘We fended them off. They’re like piranhas’: Rob Ford agrees to compromise as council passes ‘best budget in Toronto’s history’ [National Post]
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