http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/ blog.fawny.org Thu, 26 May 2011 13:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19896 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Spacer-style activities ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Fri, 18 May 2007 17:03:12 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/#comment-941 [...] Liveblogged one of four public street-furniture consultations [...] [...] Liveblogged one of four public street-furniture consultations [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Notes from street-furniture vendor meeting – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:49:33 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/#comment-563 [...] Today (2006.09.20), I attended a “mandatory vendor’s meeting” held by the City of Toronto for the street-furniture tendering process. As you know, the city wants to hand a contract for all aspects of street furniture (garbage cans, bus shelters, and many more items) to a single company or a small number of them for a period of up to 20 years. The value of the contract is generally estimated to be in the $1 billion range. The whole thing is predicated upon advertising, and indeed that is only one component of the plans that has raised significant public objections. [...] [...] Today (2006.09.20), I attended a “mandatory vendor’s meeting” held by the City of Toronto for the street-furniture tendering process. As you know, the city wants to hand a contract for all aspects of street furniture (garbage cans, bus shelters, and many more items) to a single company or a small number of them for a period of up to 20 years. The value of the contract is generally estimated to be in the $1 billion range. The whole thing is predicated upon advertising, and indeed that is only one component of the plans that has raised significant public objections. [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-447 What next? An award for megabins? – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:39:12 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2006/03/07/furniture-notes/#comment-447 [...] There was no such need. There was no public clamour whatsoever for any of the following: [...] [...] There was no such need. There was no public clamour whatsoever for any of the following: [...]

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