I take my mind off the campaign by watching other campaigns. Particularly the Toronto mayoralty .
Today, the three were together in a forum in North York. Non starter ,No Chance Lance was included.
John Tory had been on camera for a while when there was a break for a commercial.
An Olivia Chow commercial. It went on and on about the perfidy of John Tory. A request to vote for Olivia Chow came at the end without a reason for doing so.
The commercial ended. The camera returned to John Tory.
Olivia had no control over the sequence. Probably no-one did. But...there it was.
John Tory was front and centre in valuable media space he neither asked nor paid for and may or may not to have been to his advantage.
Olivia Chow is a candidate of note. Gave up a safe seat in the federal parliament to serve Toronto .
Not the first municipal politician to prefer home turf.
Her experience is extensive and professional. An enviable reputation has been established at both government levels.
If an option is timely in thecity's politics, Olivia Chow is a real one.
Other than style, John Tory is not an option.
Toronto is only partly Rose-dale Golf Clubbish.
Without experience, he has no city politic skills. Eminence gris stature at Queen's Park and connections in Ottawa avail him nothing. Old boy at the Empire Club impresses little.
Local politicians tend to be a mixed bag and notoriously independent.
Municipal politics are about people and people are the same the world over.... in towns villages and cities... quite unlike the denizens of the rarified atmosphere of corridors of power substantially removed from ordinary existence.
Toronto is Calvinist with a strong moral compass. It's a humane city with hundreds of helping
agencies. Thousands of volunteers. Many programs are offered without user fees for other than the profit factor.
A municipal corporation is a business..... not like any other. It's a business with a difference...with a heart ....and circumscribed on all sides by provincial regulation.
If John Tory understands the concept he hides it well.
The Mayor's office is not an entry level position.
So the campaign continues with drama . a series of lost opportunities, some misadventures and continued possibility.
Sunday, 19 October 2014
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22:44
There's you with the labels again.
Go Olivia !
Toronto is a modern, multicultural, polyglot of a city. According to the most recent census, half of its residents were born outside of Canada. Toronto hasn't been Calvinist in decades. Again, Cllr Buck, you're living in the past.
@22:44
Have you even bothered to read how Tory wants to fund his " Smart " plan ? It does not make fiscal sense. And Olivia's does. She also uses the transit system so she knows what has to be done.
8:26 Seems to me Cllr Buck is talking about the election happening now in 2014. How is that living in the past?
I will be watching London & Brampton to see if they clean house. It is long over-due on both councils.
Olivia may not be as wealthy as Tory or Ford, but I can tell you this, she isn't at any food pantry either. She and her late husband have done quite well for themselves. She may get the Mayor seat, but she’ll do extremely well in the private sector, and the NDP will pick her up again in the not too distant future, if she decides to jump in again.
Transit users want subways, and believe it or not, they'll pay for them as well. Start digging already, bunch of cowards.
11:39
Excuse me, please. We already pay more taxes than those in TO.
By referring to Toronto as being "Calvinist," 11:04.
I'll be watching Richmond Hill hopefully Mayor shakeup.
There is a council candidate who has started to use smutty language on his Twitter tweets.
There should be a moderator on Twitter to ensure that this sort of thing does not reach the public, and in particular children who may have become hooked on this latest form of social disease.
@16:35 (a.k.a. Free Speech Advocate)
Don't like it? Don't read it.
14:06
Good luck with that one. When we lived in RH there was a mayor who managed to offend a lot of people. He was removed from office but it was not pretty. As far as I know he became some sort of consultant to developers.
I don’t think luck has anything to do with it. If people want change, they’ll let you know about it come election time. It’s going to be a close call in Richmond Hill. It's demographics have changed, win or lose the old boys club has been shaken up, and that’s a good thing.
16:57
But how would we do without laughter ?
Endlessly entertaining.
I do hope that one is keeping track of all the free drinks and coffee doled out. Election expenses and all that'
He reminds me of a fellow who once ran for councillor here. Every morning, he would stride through the centre of town wearing a slouch hat and a very long flapping trench coat ensemble. Never knew his name.
18:23
Thank you for the info - without a score card it is difficult to judge from a distance.
Anna has a great photo of the Town Park taken this morning
Christopher
Anna would have been a really good candidate. Those who remain above the fray this time are very special -including our hostess.
Thank you, Councillor Buck.
She does not have a snowballs chance in hell.
A rainy Tuesday night with no council.
I still do not think a ward system would be good for Aurora but 28 candidates for 8 council seats is impossible. Those trying to get into politics for the first time are getting reduced to nothing by the big spenders & big talkers. There is one candidate from whom I expect to receive a pony to go with the rest of his platform.
I am so glad to have voted - really nasty out there.
18:33 - you missed the apostrophe.
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14:38
Got to love how he get's all bent out of shape about using stock pictures and the grass is not real. This is the same guy that steals images from all over the internet.
A mass of contradictions, 08:11.
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