The only solution I have heard that has a chance of working is to charge those that give in to beggars. It would help if ALL the local media highlighted panhandling on a daily basis and I am sure they could find an army of citizen volunteers who would supply pictures and prose of the problem in their neighborhoods.
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Panhandling study in the works
Sue-Ann Levy
Time for action on panhandlers
Showing posts with label Adam Vaughan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adam Vaughan. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Vaughan Is Just Being Vaughan...
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Levy: Lefties will melt
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Coun. Adam Vaughan was positively apoplectic over the first of the $350,000 core service reviews released Monday
James: Rob Ford’s gravy train running on fumes (4)
...if nothing else Royson has to admit that possibly we (KGPM) will slow down the "gravy train" to the point where many of the social in-activists, artsy/fartsy supporters, et al will need to find another way to get to the trough that presently has a take out/delivery policy! City Manager proposing getting the ball rolling with a "buyout" program that admits there is "fat" in the system.
Levy: Lefties will melt
James: Rob Ford’s gravy train running on fumes (4)
...if nothing else Royson has to admit that possibly we (KGPM) will slow down the "gravy train" to the point where many of the social in-activists, artsy/fartsy supporters, et al will need to find another way to get to the trough that presently has a take out/delivery policy! City Manager proposing getting the ball rolling with a "buyout" program that admits there is "fat" in the system.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Kissin' Ass Not A Ford Family Trait...
Doug Ford loses cool over budget 'grandstanding'
By DON PEAT, City Hall Bureau
Five days into budget deliberations Councillor Doug Ford lost his cool with left-leaning councillors.
By DON PEAT, City Hall Bureau
Five days into budget deliberations Councillor Doug Ford lost his cool with left-leaning councillors.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Demise Of The Club District...
On Adam Vaughan’s Dance card
Councillor who declared war on clubs – and won – talks up culture and change in the entertainment district
Dangers in District master plan
What killed the club district?
Where do we go from here?
...will the Homeless Hilton set the tone of the neighborhood?
Councillor who declared war on clubs – and won – talks up culture and change in the entertainment district
Dangers in District master plan
What killed the club district?
Where do we go from here?
...will the Homeless Hilton set the tone of the neighborhood?
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Comrade Miller/Adam Vaughan Legacy...
City's Peter St. shelter finally opens
By SUE-ANN LEVY, City Hall Columnist
Last Updated: October 29, 2010 8:06pm
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Some 40 long months and $11.5-million later, the Homeless Hilton on Peter St. finally opened its doors for business Thursday night.
Phil Brown, the city’s general manager of shelter, support and housing, said Friday some 13 homeless clients have been through the 40-bed shelter and assessment centre since the doors opened at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
He said they’re not yet operating 24-7 but once they are, there will be five services offered out of the Peter St. building, including a 24-hour “respite” service for street people, overnight assistance for those seeking to be referred to a shelter and “outreach” for any business in the Entertainment District that has an issue with a homeless person or a panhandler.
He said the 40 beds will be called “transition to housing beds” to fit with the city’s Streets to Homes mandate.
“It’s all about ending street homelessness and helping to get people into homes,” Brown said, referring to private apartments or publicly-funded affordable housing.
The shelter and assessment and referral centre — which went more than 100% over budget — was the subject of a highly critical report by Toronto’s auditor general, Jeff Griffiths, released in late June.
Griffiths’ report intimated that everything that could go wrong did go wrong with the Peter St. project.
He indicated when the report was released that no clear city official was in charge of the project.
Almost $1-million was spent for the building’s rooftop smoking area, garden and solar “flowers”.
A $789,000 elevator proposed for the shelter has yet to be installed.
By SUE-ANN LEVY, City Hall Columnist
Last Updated: October 29, 2010 8:06pm
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Some 40 long months and $11.5-million later, the Homeless Hilton on Peter St. finally opened its doors for business Thursday night.
Phil Brown, the city’s general manager of shelter, support and housing, said Friday some 13 homeless clients have been through the 40-bed shelter and assessment centre since the doors opened at 6 p.m. Thursday night.
He said they’re not yet operating 24-7 but once they are, there will be five services offered out of the Peter St. building, including a 24-hour “respite” service for street people, overnight assistance for those seeking to be referred to a shelter and “outreach” for any business in the Entertainment District that has an issue with a homeless person or a panhandler.
He said the 40 beds will be called “transition to housing beds” to fit with the city’s Streets to Homes mandate.
“It’s all about ending street homelessness and helping to get people into homes,” Brown said, referring to private apartments or publicly-funded affordable housing.
The shelter and assessment and referral centre — which went more than 100% over budget — was the subject of a highly critical report by Toronto’s auditor general, Jeff Griffiths, released in late June.
Griffiths’ report intimated that everything that could go wrong did go wrong with the Peter St. project.
He indicated when the report was released that no clear city official was in charge of the project.
Almost $1-million was spent for the building’s rooftop smoking area, garden and solar “flowers”.
A $789,000 elevator proposed for the shelter has yet to be installed.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The Lynchpin In The Gentrification Of The Entertainment District...
Councilor Adam Vaughan Is a Supporter...
Homeless Hilton still not ready
The now infamous city boondoggle we have come to call the Homeless Hilton was still shut tight to all but the construction crew Monday — despite a projected opening date of Aug. 16.
...and Councilor Vaughan is also a supporter of:
Deathwatch: Clubland
Ten signs that the Entertainment District is on life supportMonday, August 16, 2010
Let's Send "Hooligans" And Their $$$ Someplace Else...
Say goodbye to Clubland
1 hour 3 minutes ago
...and let's reduce the income of small businesses and restaurants in the area. Let's not forget that this gentrifaction will also make the area more serene for the homeless.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Maybe The City's Point Man On G20, Adam Vaughan, Can Explain This...
Auditor questions value of controversial shelter
Project located in former nightclub now two years behind schedule, double original costLife inside the 'security zone'
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