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	<title>Philip Alves &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Vaughan mayor Linda Jackson comes out swinging</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2010/09/17/vaughan-mayor-linda-jackson-comes-out-swinging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2010/09/17/vaughan-mayor-linda-jackson-comes-out-swinging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Sept. 17, 2010, more than a year after the Toronto Star first ran this photo, that same shot appeared again, this time on thestar.com in a story by urban affairs reporter Gail Swainson headlined "Vaughan mayor Linda Jackson comes out swinging".]]></description>
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		<title>Thornhill Grits name hopeful</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/10/thornhill-grits-name-hopeful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/10/thornhill-grits-name-hopeful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Mock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new federal Thornhill Liberal nominee says the ruling Conservatives talk a good game but the time for talk is over. Karen Mock, an educational psychologist and consultant with a history of dealing with issues of human rights, hate crime and diversity, replaces former MP Susan Kadis heading into the next federal election.]]></description>
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		<title>Voting changes on hold for now</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/01/voting-changes-on-hold-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/10/01/voting-changes-on-hold-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democratic renewal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vaughan councillors agree a report by the city’s task force on democratic participation and renewal is both progressive and practical. But the overall response by Vaughan’s council members to the report’s 16 recommendations was lukewarm.]]></description>
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		<title>Council agrees to new rules</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/24/council-agrees-to-new-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/24/council-agrees-to-new-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[code of conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Code of Ethical Conduct for Members of Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The nine who make up Vaughan’s city council have a new rulebook to play by. Council voted Monday to adopt the Code of Ethical Conduct for Members of Council, a 32-page document that replaces an earlier code first adopted in 1996.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor ‘may hold key’ to leak info</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/19/mayor-may-hold-key-to-leak-info/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/19/mayor-may-hold-key-to-leak-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Frustaglio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation into the source of a city hall leak has concluded that the mayor, her executive assistant and a political ally “may hold the key” to the mystery. A June 19 report by former RCMP chief superintendent Ben Soave’s investigative firm, Ben Soave Associates (BSA), was commissioned by the City of Vaughan to uncover how and why copies of cheques and other documents were delivered to media outlets in anonymous brown envelopes late last year.]]></description>
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		<title>27 charges for former mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/18/27-charges-for-former-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/09/18/27-charges-for-former-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael DiBiase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Elections Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former mayor Michael DiBiase faces 27 charges stemming from an audit into his 2006 municipal election campaign books. The audit by Ken Froese and Glen Davison uncovered several apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act in DiBiase’s campaign records, including overspending his $120,419 campaign limit by $2,712 and accepting ineligible contributions.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Municipal Affairs minister can&#8217;t take over Vaughan, he says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/30/video-municipal-affairs-minister-cant-take-over-vaughan-he-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/30/video-municipal-affairs-minister-cant-take-over-vaughan-he-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Watson says he isn’t the one to fix city hall — you are. “There’s this sense that I can go in and basically take over Vaughan and act as mayor,” Watson told an editorial board of reporters from Vaughan Today and its sister publications last week. “Well, I don’t have that authority and I suspect even if I did, I wouldn’t be riding on a white horse into Vaughan to take charge.”]]></description>
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		<title>Council expense policy to be scrutinized</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/10/council-expense-policy-to-be-scrutinized/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/10/council-expense-policy-to-be-scrutinized/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The will of the people has moved city politicians to action. After months of intense public pressure and auditor scrutiny, the city’s audit and operational review committee is set to launch a comprehensive review of council’s expense policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Who will challenge current council?</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/02/who-will-challenge-current-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/07/02/who-will-challenge-current-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Shefman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie DiVona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gino Rosati]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Frustaglio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Ferri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Meffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra Yeung Racco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Carella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan city council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 municipal election is still a year and a half away. That much is certain. What isn’t is who will vie for the nine seats on city council, though speculation has been running high in recent months and shows no sign of cooling off.]]></description>
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		<title>Klees-led PCs would cut red tape, shrink &#8216;bizarre&#8217; HST hit, leadership contender says</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/12/klees-led-pcs-would-cut-red-tape-shrink-bizarre-hst-hit-leadership-contender-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/12/klees-led-pcs-would-cut-red-tape-shrink-bizarre-hst-hit-leadership-contender-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Town Crier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Klees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harmonized sales tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful Frank Klees sees too much red at Queen’s Park and says it’s time to do something about it. During a brief editorial board meeting in the Vaughan Today newsroom Monday, the Newmarket-Aurora MPP discussed provincial issues and his leadership bid.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal advice sought–again</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/04/legal-advice-sought-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/06/04/legal-advice-sought-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie DiVona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael DiBiase]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaughan’s city councillors are seeking outside legal advice on what to do with a damaging compliance audit into the 2006 campaign books of a municipal candidate. It’s become a familiar refrain at city hall: Similar campaign audits of Mayor Linda Jackson and Councillor Bernie DiVona each prompted council to seek both independent legal advice and ultimately charges. The difference this time is the target of the audit: former mayor Michael DiBiase.]]></description>
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		<title>Charges against DiVona sought</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/14/charges-against-divona-sought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/14/charges-against-divona-sought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie DiVona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councillor Bernie DiVona’s political fate is now in the hands of the city’s independent prosecutor. At a special meeting Tuesday, DiVona’s colleagues heard advice from Timothy Wilkin that DiVona should be charged for apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act uncovered in an audit of his 2006 campaign books. Council agreed to retain Wilkin to pursue charges against DiVona.]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of coming clean</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/14/cost-of-coming-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/14/cost-of-coming-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie DiVona]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Frustaglio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael DiBiase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Carella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tally so far: nearly three-quarters of a million a dollars. That’s how much the city has paid, as of March 31, for audits of the 2006 campaign books of four Vaughan political heavyweights and related legal fees.]]></description>
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		<title>Council getting outside legal advice on DiVona audit</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/09/council-getting-outside-legal-advice-on-divona-audit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/09/council-getting-outside-legal-advice-on-divona-audit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaughan’s city councillors are looking for outside legal advice on what to do with a damaging audit into the 2006 campaign books of one of their own. Councillor Bernie DiVona, who resigned his post as budget committee chair last month after the audit was released, may find himself in the same boat as Mayor Linda Jackson.]]></description>
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		<title>Charges for mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/02/charges-for-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/05/02/charges-for-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 03:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Campese]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Linda Jackson faces potential expulsion from office and her husband, Mario Campese, may be hit with thousands of dollars in fines. The pair has been served with dozens of charges stemming from a court-ordered audit of Jackson’s 2006 campaign books.]]></description>
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		<title>DiVona leaves budget chair</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/30/divona-leaves-budget-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/30/divona-leaves-budget-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 03:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vaughan Today]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councillor Bernie DiVona resigned his post as Vaughan’s budget chief prior to a Monday evening committee meeting. The move comes on the heels of a damaging audit report delving into his 2006 campaign finances, released last week. DiVona may have used thousands of dollars from his 2006 election funds to pay for repairs to the roof of his home, the audit uncovered.]]></description>
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		<title>DiVona quits post as Vaughan’s budget chief</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/27/divona-quits-post-as-vaughans-budget-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/27/divona-quits-post-as-vaughans-budget-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaughan’s budget chief quit the post prior to an evening council meeting April 27. The announcement of Councillor Bernie DiVona’s resignation, made by deputy city clerk Sybil Fernandes, comes on the heels of a damaging audit report delving into his 2006 campaign finances, released last week.]]></description>
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		<title>Five wards it is</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/23/five-wards-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councillors have finally settled on a new political map of the city, one that sticks with five wards. After a lengthy and at times heated debate at city hall Monday, a last-minute addition to the list of ward configurations being considered won council’s favour.]]></description>
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		<title>Ward decision postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/19/ward-decision-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councillors decided Tuesday to hold off making a decision on redrawing the city’s ward boundaries to give residents another chance to make their opinions known.]]></description>
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		<title>Office bug sweep necessary: mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.philipalves.com/2009/04/18/office-bug-sweep-necessary-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Alves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Linda Jackson is staying mum on whether a sweep for bugs in her office last year uncovered anything illicit, citing the security of the City of Vaughan as reason for her silence.]]></description>
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