Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label City Properties Sale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City Properties Sale. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Fords want to speed up land sales to ease debt

The young agency tasked with making money from surplus city land will soon provide a dividend of more than $10 million to the public purse.

The reaction from Mayor Rob Ford’s administration: Thank you. Faster please.

Build Toronto has been given control of 40 properties that are worth more than $200 million. Real estate heavyweight Lorne Braithwaite, the chief executive of the city-owned corporation, would like council to quickly hand over enough additional properties to double that value figure — and Councillor Doug Ford, Build’s vice-chair, would like to triple it, Braithwaite said with a chuckle in an interview.

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