Budget announcements versus budget numbers

City Hall Watcher #209: A day by day look at the mayor's week of budget announcements

Hey there! Welcome to budget season. Things got started early this year, as Mayor John Tory opted to use his new strong mayor powers — which give him the power to propose the budget — to dramatically unveil bits and pieces of his spending plan during a series of press conferences last week.

To try to make sense of it all, this week, I’ll go through each …