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		<title>Fourth Wall: City Hall Scorecard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I Have Too Much Time on my Hands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I wrote on January 24th, the recommendations from the Fourth Wall exhibit are already making waves at City Hall.  With strong support from both City staff and City Councillors, individual items are being brought forward one by one.  The &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/4w_scorecard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=2018&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Wall is coming down: Saturday tours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  ‘Fourth Wall’ exhibit, is closing down on January 31st. The exhibit, which has been up at the UrbanSpace Gallery for three months, proposes 36 simple recommendations for democratic renewal, exploring ways to make local politics more inclusive, accessible and &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/fourth-wall-is-coming-down-saturday-tours/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=2013&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transforming City Hall, with Paul.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First-Past-the-Post is Evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[17 recommendations going to City Hall this week It&#8217;s been three months since I launched the &#8216;Fourth Wall&#8217; exhibit, exploring ways to make local politics more inclusive, accessible and participatory. The response has been overwhelming, with hundreds of people attending &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/transforming-city-hall-with-paul/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1989&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Art Trains&#8217; coming to Toronto</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I Have Too Much Time on my Hands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my last blog post of 2011, and I&#8217;m going to finish off the year with an inspiring Good News story.  I just heard about the &#8216;Art Train&#8217; project last week, and I think it&#8217;s such an amazing example &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/art_trains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1971&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City Councillors standing up for fair &amp; friendly elections!</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/ten_councillor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First-Past-the-Post is Evil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, just before the municipal election, I launched the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBIT) with a group of colleagues and friends.  Now, a year later, we&#8217;ve got great momentum, and the support of City Councillors from across the &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/ten_councillor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1962&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Is there a map?&#8221; • Recommendation #34</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/is_there_a_map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The Fourth Wall exhibit has 36 recommendations.  Over the next few weeks, I&#8217;ll highlight a few of them&#8230;.) Recommendation # 34:  &#8220;Better signage and outreach/education materials should be created in our City Hall lobby.&#8221; If a citizen walked into City &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/is_there_a_map/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1922&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s get City Hall online • Recommendation # 35</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/wifi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(The Fourth Wall exhibit has 36 recommendations.  Over the next few weeks, I&#8217;ll highlight a few of them&#8230;.) Recommendation # 35: Free and open Wi-fi should be immediately installed at City Hall and all Civic Centres. Coffee shops have known &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/wifi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1935&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Location, location, location!!  Strategic Placement of LED Bilboards</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/location_location_location/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Have Too Much Time on my Hands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a couple of of blog posts recently that are critical of the Monster LED Billboards that have been proposed for Toronto&#8217;s highways and residential neighbourhoods. I don&#8217;t like to always be negative, so I&#8217;m going to write something &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/location_location_location/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1877&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Weeks at Fourth Wall • Adapting to the life of a tour guide (photo gallery)</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/four_weeks_at_4w/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been just over a month since the Fourth Wall exhibit launched at the Urban Space Gallery, and I can&#8217;t tell you how inspired and amazed I am by the public response.  I knew that a handful of municipal geeks &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/four_weeks_at_4w/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1874&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monster LED Boards • Public Consultation December 14 at City Hall</title>
		<link>http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/monster_led/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Meslin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Have Too Much Time on my Hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whose Space is Public Space?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two months ago I wrote the following: When Dundas Square was proposed, and public concern was raised about the proliferation of annoying LED billboards in the city we were told not to worry.  &#8220;This is ONLY for Dundas Square”, we &#8230; <a href="http://meslin.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/monster_led/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meslin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8193704&amp;post=1856&amp;subd=meslin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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