All Entries in the "Blogs" Category
BlogTO: From SportsNet to Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina?
BlogTO has published an interview they conducted with former SportsNet anchor and current Ward 19 candidate Sean McCormick:
How did you go from sports broadcasting to politics?
I’ve lived in Toronto for eight years now and I love this city. I moved here from out west – I was in Vancouver for a few years, grew [...]
Torontoist: Where Is the Environment?
Torontoist posts a guest column from Franz Hartmann, the Executive Director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance, who questions why environmental issues do not hold more prominence in the current mayoral contest:
“For a city that prides itself on being an environmental leader, this is—at best—a peculiar situation. Why is it that none of the front-running candidates [...]
BlogTO: Toronto Through The Eyes Of Sarah Thomson
Like George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi before her, mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson gets the profile treatment from local site BlogTO:
It’s been more than six months since you’ve entered this race and so far no poll has put you above third place. Does that bother you?
No, not at all. We’ve spent no money on advertising…So the [...]
Spacing: Joe Pantalone’s TTC
As part of their review of the pledges of mayoral candidates, Spacing Votes gives a detailed rundown of Joe Pantalone’s transit platform:
SUMMARY: Pantalone’s Current Transit Platform
Funding Approach: A common thread found within the candidates’ platforms—at this point of the campaign—is the lack of policy specifics. Pantalone has stated that, as mayor, he will continue Miller’s [...]
Inside City Hall: Ford Camp Claims ‘Overwhelming’ Response To Call-Out
The Globe’s Inside City Hall is reporting that the Rob Ford campaign is claiming victory on a recent fundraising initiative sparked by a negative Toronto Star article:
“Adrienne Batra, director of communications for the Ford campaign, said in an e-mail Monday that, “Response to the fundraising e-mail has been overwhelming! In fact the [...]
Spacing: Mayoral Election: The Social Media Report Card
The folks over at Spacing Magazine rate the social media campaigns for each of the mayoral candidates and assigns a grade for each of their efforts thus far:
Joe Pantalone
Twitter followers: 737
Facebook fans: 687
The deputy mayor has been struggling for support both online and offline, but you wouldn’t know it from his clean, well-designed website. [...]
Inside City Hall: Reading The Labour Council Tea Leaves
The Globe’s Inside City Hall has the full rundown on the endorsements from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, beginning with mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone:
“The umbrella union group has endorsed 18 council candidates, 12 of whom are lefty incumbents in seats safer than a not-your-average-Joe condom. (One exception: Ward 8, where NDP [...]
Spacing: A Dull Race That The Media Isn’t Helping
A new post on Spacing Votes argues that the media may be partially to blame for the lack of engaging coverage of Toronto’s mayoral contest thus far:
“The media had a chance to build a series of stories on each of the different issues and explore them in-depth with those running for the mayor’s [...]
Torontoist: Red Cards For Toronto’s Mayoral Candidates
Online magazine Torontoist reports on the performances of the various mayoral candidates who had an opportunity to speak at local World Cup festivities over the weekend:
“First up was a mumbling Joe Pantalone, whose near-inaudible message to the crowd can be best summarized as: Toronto is fantastic, soccer is fantastic, and err…Toronto is fantastic! [...]
The Mark: Will Toronto’s Next Mayor Champion The Arts?
The Mark publishes a post from artist Shannon Litzengerger, who reviews the art and culture platforms for mayoral candidates Joe Pantalone and Rocco Rossi:
“Learning a lesson from Harper’s gaffe in the 2008 federal election campaign, it’s clear that [Pantalone and Rossi] have been taking notes when speaking to arts and culture stakeholders about [...]
BlogTO: David Crombie On Toronto’s Mayoral Race
Local blog BlogTO sat down with Toronto’s “tiny perfect mayor”, David Crombie, to talk about his experiences as mayor from 1972-78 and what he thinks of the current state of affairs:
What makes a good mayor?
There are a couple of things that I look for. I look for somebody that’s got a sense of the history [...]
Torontoist Mayoral Electograph: Another One Bites the Dust
In the latest instalment of their Electograph, the folks at Torontoist take a look what the mayoral race looks like in a post-Mammoliti world:
Rob Ford
Electograph Score: 6/10 (+1)
“The key Ford brand attributes of thrift and outrage are giving his campaign big momentum, especially in the suburbs where bike lanes and green roofs [...]
Spacing: Candidates Remain Quiet On Parks
As part of their “Spacing Votes” feature, Spacing Magazine examines the policies of each of the leading mayoral candidates as they relate to maintaining and improving the city’s parks:
“George Smitherman’s park policy falls right in line with one of the main themes of this election: marketing. Smitherman feels that the city’s beaches ought [...]
Spacing: Pantalone’s E-voting Proposal Dangerously Clueless
Spacing magazine delivers a biting critique of mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone’s proposal to allow for eligible voters to cast their ballots online:
“South of the border, where e-voting is more common, significant problems have arisen. An audit of California voting machines found serious vulnerabilities in virtually all machines. The controversial 2006 Florida [...]
The Goods: Ford Advisor’s Opinions On TTC, Media, All His Own
The Toronto Star’s Goods checks out the blog of Rob Ford’s policy advisor Mark Towhey, who offers his thoughts on the TTC, transit and even the media:
“Towhey’s blog entry on the subject of transit suggests the city simply stop funding the TTC and give the billions it spends back to taxpayers.
This, he expects, will [...]
BlogTO: Smitherman To Improve Beaches, Teach Kids To Swim
BlogTO covers the latest announcement from George Smitherman, who has pledged to improve Toronto beaches and make sure city kids are given the opportunity to learn how to swim:
“We want to make our beach front amenities better, we want to improve our transportation capacity to get people from the northern parts of the city to [...]
Torontoist: A Look Back, At Advance Mayoral Polls Past
With assistance from the Environics archives, Online magazine Torontoist examines the advance polls from previous mayoral contests:
“The 2006 and 2000 races, which involved strong incumbents, contrast sharply with the other two, which were competitive throughout. In both the 1997 race to determine the first “megacity” mayor, and the 2003 race to [...]
