Or: Taking the “Public” Out of “Public Education” I think as a student, you always expect your fees to go up.  But 32%?  Oof.  Students and those with supportive parents are going to face a mid-year increase of 15 percent to student fees and tuition, then (ouch) another 15 percent increase effective summer 2010.  A panel ... Continue Reading

The Conservatives have been trying to frantically upgrade Muskoka's infrastructure via a $50 million G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund founded in February, another $5 million in security upgrades for the North Bay airport and other funding initiatives under the Economic Action Plan. More fuel to critics fire on the current government's priorities favouring Conservative jurisdictions. Sad that by trying to snub Toronto and move both the G8 and G20 events to cottage country they will have to put at one here anyway. All lot of added expense for nothing. ... Continue Reading

The Conservatives have been trying to frantically upgrade Muskoka's infrastructure via a $50 million G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund founded in February, another $5 million in security upgrades for the North Bay airport and other funding initiatives under the Economic Action Plan. More fuel to critics fire on the current government's priorities favouring Conservative jurisdictions. Sad that by trying to snub Toronto and move both the G8 and G20 events to cottage country they will have to put at one here anyway. All lot of added expense for nothing. ... Continue Reading

Image Reflection Uploaded on November 9, 2009 by conner.mccall SOTC has NEMAA Fall Fine Arts Show and an interesting conversation about the light rail, Gentrification Via Light Rail. Minnpost has a must read with the judges talking – Small-fee case explodes: Minnesota justices direct judicial anger at Pawlenty and Legislature the most remarkable piece of ... Continue Reading

Bob Collins pointed me to this story Minneapolis Cuts Snow Plow Drivers The city of Minneapolis has to cut $1.4 million from its snow removal fun this winter because of constant state aid to local governments. They must reduce the number of fulltime plow from 134 drivers to 80 drivers. The other 54 will either be laid ... Continue Reading

Have you hugged a vet today? Cause you should to get on that… ... Continue Reading

The strib reports Minneapolis Police Department jumps onto Facebook The Minneapolis Police Department is looking for some fans. That is, the department has just launched a Facebook page,following the lead of countless law enforcement agencies across the country. These departments are scrambling, like many big institutions, to connect with people who are abandoning legacy communications media in favor ... Continue Reading

MQM has long tried to make inroads in Lahore. The controversial party is quite ‘known’ for their popularity in Karachi, much like Zardari is known for his popularity all over Pakistan. I remember linking MQM’s first try to get into Lahore by opening a center here, with a sudden increase in reports of mobile snatching. Nevertheless, ... Continue Reading

George Smitherman made it official. The Ontario MPP has said he will present himself as a candidate for mayor. Smitherman is the MPP for Toronto Centre and intends to serve his community in that capacity, at least until March 1st. He stepped down from his role as deputy premier and Ontario’s minister ... Continue Reading

I’m sure you’ve heard about K.K.’s little rant:The perilous, slippery slope of gay marriage, which seems to have stalled at 445 comments against her insane logic. So instead I”ll point you to this little nugget over joy over at Roadguy: What’s up with 35E? Don’t ask your GPS Learn to Drive the Speed Limit as Posted I-35 ... Continue Reading

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Mayor RT Rybak declared today Suicide Commandos Day. ... Continue Reading

how low will turnout be in the atlanta mayor run-off? 20%, 15%, could we even get to 10%? whatcha think? ... Continue Reading

Last night Jason DeRusha asked Good Question: Should Uninformed Voters Stay Home? It’s a constant message on Election Day: get out and vote. It’s generally accepted that the more voters, the better. The higher turnout, the better. But what about people who admit they don’t know anything about the issues or the candidates in a ... Continue Reading

Last night Jason DeRusha asked Good Question: Should Uninformed Voters Stay Home? It’s a constant message on Election Day: get out and vote. It’s generally accepted that the more voters, the better. The higher turnout, the better. But what about people who admit they don’t know anything about the issues or the candidates in a ... Continue Reading

In myth and legend there’s a magical place East of Minnesota where lawyers go to bask in the glow of happy unicorns. This amazing fabled land is called D.C. and it’s a land of great wealth and everyday is sunny, also everyone gets a balloon when they leave their apartment in the morning and magical ... Continue Reading

In myth and legend there’s a magical place East of Minnesota where lawyers go to bask in the glow of happy unicorns. This amazing fabled land is called D.C. and it’s a land of great wealth and everyday is sunny, also everyone gets a balloon when they leave their apartment in the morning and magical ... Continue Reading

There’s a new political party in MN the New Dignity Party Here’s what they have to say, This party is developing a new package of ideas that may help America at a critical point in our history. Born on the 4th of July in 2009, we declare our own independence from the bipartisan political regime. In ... Continue Reading

There’s a new political party in MN the New Dignity Party Here’s what they have to say, This party is developing a new package of ideas that may help America at a critical point in our history. Born on the 4th of July in 2009, we declare our own independence from the bipartisan political regime. In ... Continue Reading

t’s municipal election day in georgia. these are typically the lowest turnout elections in the world so we here at the metblog are encouraging you to get out and vote. these elections are just as important as any other, and maybe more, since you are electing the people who will run the governments ... Continue Reading

In case you have been lucky enough to avoid the seemingly incessant local political ads that seem to be everywhere right now, tomorrow, November 3rd, is Election Day. If you want to make sure you’re informed about your local candidates, you can start here to view the list of candidates. Of course, the biggest kerfuffle has ... Continue Reading

NRO, known now as National Robbers Ordinance is soon be tabled in NA and two parties will play a key role in its winning or loosing. This will be also the test of their “political morals” and principles since both have made much noise about the two major political parties of corruption and transferring money ... Continue Reading

This is a beautiful day for it, and some campaigns were lured by this weather into going from door to door. I was out reading in the screened tent when someone on the front porch hailed me. It was candidate Raul Alvarez, former member of the Austin city council now running against a long-time incumbent ... Continue Reading

Karachi police has done well till now to tackle the terrorist threat, though there is a huge potential of any incident anytime. This pic below i took an hour back reminds us of the situation we are facing. Apparently nothing extra-ordinary happening in it but i’ll tell you. These 4 jawanz on 2 bikes were ... Continue Reading

One of the most awkward things about being part of a minority is that you are at once the local spokesperson for the Minority, and the first person the Majority goes to for comfort.  For example, the day after Prop. 8 passed, I was sitting in my office, my little fit of depression tempered by ... Continue Reading

Here’s a post with two polls that may or may not be related. I know my own opinions, but I’m really curious about what you think. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the ... Continue Reading