Episode 52

This Week in London Tweets

Episode 52 Jan 30th 2013

Guest – Glen Pearson

Blogs – Kathleen Wynne’s Victory – Look Deeper

– The Curse of Blind Optimism

– Hyper-partisanship – The Steroids of Politics

Glen’s recent trip to Sudan – The issues with Community Development ( giving in good faith when it might be bad for the community)

AwesomeLDN
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/1934325-awesome-london-finds-its-first-1-000-awesome-idea/

Council reject a number of cuts that could deliever tax freeze.
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/01/25/london-city-council-rejects-number-of-cuts-that-could-deliver-tax-freeze

Some votes from last week.
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/01/28/london-city-budget-has-a-long-way-to-go

Concilor Paul Hubert creates an online poll to give your feed back to the budget woth – http://www.lfpress.com/2013/01/30/2013-budget-add-your-two-cents-online

Survey Link – https://www.research.net/s/2013LdnBudgetSurvey

Council to defend SWAP blueprint
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/01/29/council-to-defend-swap-blueprint

London Cultural Prosperity Plan

• Estimated $329,705,349 is the conservative contribution through salaries and wages in 2011 from the cultural industry in #ldnont

• 6000 student enrolled in arts and culture programs in #ldnont – exceptional talent training on London @FanshaweCollege and @westernu

• Prioroties for the Cultural Plan – https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BB4LooJCAAQ67sO.jpg:large

• Economic impact analysis for cultural profile report – Culture generated 549 mill In direct economic benefit to London
• Economic impact ( image) – https://twitter.com/Emerginglondon/status/296666346454929408/photo/1

LTC Bus people.
http://www.thelondoner.ca/2013/01/29/looking-for-a-smoother-ride