All Entries in the "Gossip" Category
Sarah Thomson’s Facebook Fun
While mayoral candidates Rob Ford and George Smitherman were duking it out in public debates, Sarah Thomson was busy on Facebook conducting social media outreach, soliciting the chairs of rival campaigns for donations and making lots (and lots) of friends.
Last Saturday, Thomson (or someone on her account) made a reportedly unsolicited post on the wall [...]
Miller Goes To Bat For Friends
What is David Miller’s endorsement worth? That’s what we’ll find out as letters have begun to appear from the outgoing mayor in support of loyal team members running for re-election. A TEN reader was kind enough to forward a letter (sounding more like a reference letter than an election piece) from Miller praising Ward 32 [...]
Gossip: Ford Breaks Election Rules On Day One?
The first day of his mayoral campaign and TEN is already receiving notes about alleged transgressions from Rob Ford. This time? That the Ward 2 councillor broke the election rules by mailing out invites to his well-publicized bash tomorrow on City of Toronto stationary.
A TEN reader even sent us a copy:
Sure, its a party celebrating [...]
Was MFP Report A Bussin Re-Election Play?
Kelly Grant at the Globe & Mail is offering a theory about why the OPP report on the MFP Scandal has resurfaced after so many years – to damage an opponent:
“The timing is a head-scratcher unless you look at the minutes from Toronto City Council’s January meeting. Council passed this motion asking, “the [...]
Hot Rumour: Dennis Mills To Run For Mayor
TEN is hearing that former Liberal Broadview-Greenwood MP and SARStock organizer Dennis Mills will register on Monday to run for mayor of Toronto.
Not one but two well-connected city hall insiders got in touch with Toronto Election News to let us know that word is slowly getting out about Mills’ candidacy. Mills is widely known for [...]
Help Sarah Thomson Pick A Theme Song
Upstart mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson is a big fan of connecting with creative folks. She has been spotted at #VoteTO events and the recent ChangeCamp gathering. She has now taken to Twitter to gather suggestions for her fledgling campaign’s theme song:
To assist with this creative crowdsourcing effort, TEN would be happy to take suggestions from [...]
MP Ruby Dhalla For Mayor?
The Toronto Sun is speculating that Brampton MP Ruby Dhalla may be considering a run for mayor of Toronto:
“The former beauty queen and Bollywood actress wasn’t returning our call asking if she has entertained the idea, but those who know Dhalla say she has been getting requests to throw her hat in the ring. While [...]
Running The Numbers On Rossi Liberal Fundraising
Mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has always pointed to his prowess as a fundraiser as a strength, but TEN has received some interesting numbers that show the Libs missed their targets while Rossi was at the helm. Look out – it involves math. From our reader, with a response from Rossi at the end:
———- Forwarded message [...]
Giorgio’s Same-Sex Media Flashback
Only three weeks in and the digging has already begun. A mischievous TEN reader produced a nasty column written by Toronto Star scribe Jim Coyle about mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti way back in June 1994 during Ontario’s same-sex legislation debate – when Giorgio was an NDP MPP.
It looks like Giorgio won’t be picking up any [...]
Did Tory’s Campaign Trial Balloon Go Flat?
While Rocco Rossi and George Smitherman took centre stage yesterday – filing papers to run for mayor and resigning his seat in the Ontario legislature respectively – the big question mark was whether CFRB 1010 radio host John Tory would also announce that he would run.
While Tory was mentioned throughout most of the stories, he [...]
Another Conservative In The Race For Mayor?
Even in these early days, the rumour mill is already grinding away. Word comes to TEN that there is another conservative hopeful who is looking to throw their hat in the mayoral campaign ring. Like speculative candidate John Tory, this potential dark horse also comes from a background in media.
From what we are [...]
Submit Your Election Gossip To TEN
Do you have gossip from the campaign trail and a burning desire to share it with someone? Do you want to let everyone know about the inside scoop on this year’s election? Then submit it to Toronto Election News!
In addition to providing the latest news, video and opinions on Toronto’s 2010 municipal campaign, we [...]
