Frances Nunziata leaving Council Chambers, without voting, dressed in her coat and scarf.  (She’s the short, white-haired one holding the file folder.)

Councillors milling about, looking towards Councillor Nunziata, waiting for the 23rd vote to make the day’s proceedings official.

This morning we sent this release to the City Hall Press Gallery:
For Immediate Release, Wednesday, February 24, [...]

In March 1996, the City of Toronto Land Use Committee recommended that City Council amend the signs by-law to prohibit third-party ground and pedestal signs in commercial zones.
This came after Pattison Outdoor went on a two-year ground-sign building spree, and the Land Use Committee had had just about enough.
The new by-law prohibiting ground signs was [...]

In The City Clerk Tries to Shut Down Our Research Team we told you about the City’s attempt to prevent IllegalSigns.ca from accessing the Freedom of Information system by deeming our FOI requests “frivolous and vexatious.”
In Freedom of Information Watchdog Rules in Favour of IllegalSigns.ca we told you how we won our appeal against Ms. [...]

Six months ago, the City’s Licensing and Standards Committee considered a massive report on illegal billboards.
We had some serious concerns about the report. In short, City Staff were asked to report on their actions for each and every sign that IllegalSigns.ca filed a complaint against. For example, we discovered that the public reporting in the [...]

Spacing Wire has the back story. The front story is that Pattison Outdoor isn’t the only billboard firm not complying with the by-law. Stay tuned for more details in the months ahead.