A typical meeting of Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee draws its share of civic-minded Torontonians. A dozen or two names may be listed on the speakers list; residents will fan out throughout the room, awaiting a turn at the podium.
But there was nothing typical about Thursday, as officials hunkered down for a meeting that drew hundreds of people to weigh in on budget cuts at City Hall and promised to go into the wee hours of the morning.
The speakers list, eight pages long, had 302 names and counting. By dinner time, the committee had heard from about 40.
Amid the passionate defence of libraries and public transit was a revelation from the Mayor that he had received a threat in recent weeks.
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