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Ford’s vote nixes new money for for High Park Zoo

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the taste of the town: Julie Hladun takes in the festivities and the sounds of the marching band while enjoying a plate of perogies during the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival on Saturday. For more images from the event, see page 6.

Residents focus on diesel, not design Public meeting sought feedback on noise wall look

RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Residents turned out en masse Tuesday night for a contentious town hall-style meeting on

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Mayor Rob Ford made an impromptu appearance at the city’s parks and environment committee this week, to vote down motions that would have seen possible service improvements in the 2014 operating budget. On Monday, Ford cast the deciding vote against motions to provide funding for the Riverdale Farm and High Park Zoo, speed up tree pruning and turf maintenance by city workers, and refurbish aging playgrounds across the city. Ford said he came to the committee meeting to stop “lefties” from putting unaffordable service enhancements into the budget, in advance of the 2014 budget being introduced at budget committee. “We can’t have these lefties spending like drunken sailors,” said Ford outside his office, next to a television showing a campaign-style video of the mayor’s summer highlights. “They’re reckless. They just don’t care. They have no respect for the taxpayers whatsoever. >>>issue, page 26

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