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How does a bi-sexual wife or multi-racial childred determine whether a person will be a good mayor?
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How does one determine whether any candidate will be a good Mayor?
The only clue I offer is a candidate's record in the job.
The relevance of extraneous factors in an election campaign is a different question.
New York's Mayor has term limit
I can't begin to imagine what it takes, apart from a fortune in a campaign chest, to organize a
New York Mayoralty contest.
It certainly bespeaks private resources. I read former Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent millions of his personal resources on city programs. It seems he left the city better than he found it.
Names of challengers to Rob Ford of Toronto are coming forward
The question that comes to mind is the strength of the campaign organization and sufficiency of campaign resources.
Name recognition on the ballot is also a key factor.
Rob Ford's organization, campaign resources and name recognition are all likely as strong if not stronger than they were the first time around.
Former TTC chairman and Councillor Giambrone was a challenger for a bit in the last election. Endorsed by David Miller ,who lamented his withdrawal from the race after sleaze reported in te media reflected on his personal standards and integrity.
He never made it to the starting line.
George Smitherman made an issue of lifestyle and family status as campaign promotion. A lifetime of provincial politics and party support behind him didn't help. Rob Ford beat him handily at the polls.
Rob Ford talked about city spending run amuk and the need to stop it.
He talked about tax rates and the burden on property owners.
Michael Ignatieff wrote a book after his failed attempt to become Prime Minister of Canada. He acknowledged he didn't understand until the night before the election that the campaign was not
about him. It was about the people who came out to see him and hear him in myriad small village halls and Legions , on cold , wet and windy nights all across the country , to get a sense
of what he was about.
Could they trust him to care about their problems up there in the Parliament buildings in Ottawa.
Turned out, they decided they didn't.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
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The only card in the TO election of interest is Olivia.
Unfortunately I don't think that politics and political candidates, and politicians (if they get elected) have anything to do with trust.
Take someone seeking public office for the first time - he/she will tell you all about themselves, their education, their family, their work experience, their community involvement, what they believe in and what they would like to accomplish on "your behalf."
But you really don't know this person, at best you might have seen him/her at an all-cadidates meeting, even had a few minutes of personal chat.
Is this enough to say you trust him/her?
Once you get beyond municipal politics at the town level big money enters into the campaign. Radio, television, newspaper advertising, the social media, name calling, attack ads.
Do you believe any of this? Do you believe any of these candidates?
Can you say you will vote for a person because you trust him/her?
That word is no longer a part of our language when it comes to politics.
14:01.... really? other than being married to Layton, what does she bring to the table?
@16:57
Who would you suggest ?
19:49... I don't really care, I don't live there. I am only saying that I do not feel that Chow has any merit on her own, it is just the fact she is the Layton-widow that get people all warm and wet.
09:14
I disagree with you. I believe she has substance & would be a welcome contender to a tired field. Pick a horse, any horse, & we can watch it play out.
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