All Entries Tagged With: "Adam Giambrone"
NP Election Panel: Did Rob Ford Have A Giambrone Moment?
The National Post Election Panel discuss what mayoral candidate Rob Ford’s controversial phone call from last week means to his campaign:
“GOLDSBIE: This whole incident plays like a satire of Ford’s ethos: he will go to any length to help out a taxpayer who contacts him, but what happens when all the person [...]
Smitherman’s Talk Knocked Regarding New TTC Building
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman attacked the TTC for its plans to construct a new headquarters, which TTC Chair Adam Giambrone says will end up saving the city money:
“The core business of this place is not to make sure its staff are all accommodated in gleaming new headquarters.”
Smitherman said a confidential report will go before [...]
Giambrone’s Assistant Joins Already-Crowded Ward 18 Race
Kevin Beaulieu, Executive Assistant to current Ward 18 Councillor Adam Giambrone has official registered a candidate for the October election:
“Earlier this month, Giambrone made it clear he would not seek re-election. At the same time, Beaulieu took a leave of absence from Giambrone’s office. On Wednesday, he officially began his own campaign.
“Working [...]
Torontoist Interviews New Candidate Kevin Beaulieu
Hot on the heels of Adam Giambrone’s announcement he would not seek re-election in Ward 18, Torontoist sat down with his Executive Assistant Kevin Beaulieu to discuss his recently announced candidacy:
“You are being described as the man to whom the torch is being passed by Adam Giambrone. Is that a fair assessment?
No, I wouldn’t [...]
Levy: ‘TTC Fame’ Got To Giambrone
Columnist Sue-Ann Levy goes to Ward 18 to discuss the recent announcement by Councillor Adam Giambrone that he won’t be seeking re-election:
“[T]here’s no doubt in my mind that he was the author of his own demise.
Community organizer Jack Fava, who has known Giambrone since he first became a councillor at age 25, said [...]
Stall: Giambrone Finally Jumps
680 News’ John Stall offers his thoughts on Ward 18 councillor Adam Giambrone’s decision not to run for re-election:
“Only time will tell if Adam made the right decision for himself and for his long-range political future to at least not run again if he wasn’t going to resign as chair of the TTC. [...]
Report: Adam Giambrone Quitting Politics
The Toronto Star is reporting that Ward 18 councillor Adam Giambrone is ready to quit municipal politics and pass the torch to his Executive Assistant, Kevin Beaulieu:
“With a buzz in west-end Ward 18 about Beaulieu doing groundwork for a run, a Star reporter approached him in a City Hall office on Monday and [...]
Goldsbie: Why The Left Has Already Given Up
Activist and National Post contributor Jonathan Goldsbie offers a detailed breakdown of the candidates – both past, present and purely speculative – of the left and where their support may (or may not) come from:
“I find it as difficult to trust a candidate who represents only the status quo as I do those candidates [...]
Di Matteo: Giambrone’s Big Exit?
NOW Magazine’s Enzo Di Matteo sat down with Councillor Adam Giambrone to discuss his political future, the Kristin Lucas affair and whether he will run for re-election:
“It was a very difficult situation. While I don’t agree with how people covered it in every case, that’s life. Unfortunately, I think we’re probably becoming a [...]
Granatstein: New Leaders Needed At TTC
At the Sun, Rob Granatstein makes his case for why a managerial shake up at the TTC is long overdue:
“Giambrone is a lame-duck chair. He may not even run for council again, and if he does, and wins, would any of the candidates for mayor conceivably return him to that post? Maybe Joe [...]
Confidence In Giambrone Shaken
With revelations that TTC Chair Adam Giambrone expensed taxpayers for cab fare to meet Kristen Lucas, there are fresh calls for the Davenport councillor to resign his chairmanship:
“I shouldn’t be talking to you about Adam Giambrone’s taxi chits,” said Peter Milczyn, one of nine councillors who sit on the Toronto Transit Commision. “To [...]
Star Editorial: Lame Duck Lingers At TTC
With Adam Giambrone recently making his withdrawal from the mayoral race official, the Toronto Star Ed Board renews their call from Giambrone to resign as TTC Chair:
“One month has passed since the high-profile implosion of Giambrone’s mayoral hopes. And no one should begrudge this relatively young politician for taking some time to collect [...]
Valpy: Adam Giambrone Has A Jittery Date With Destiny
Globe columnist Michael Valpy pens a lengthy profile on former mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone and his history (and future) as TTC Chairman:
“Transportation experts say that over the four years he’s been the TTC’s political chief – a difficult, struggling time for the commission – he’s successfully thrust transit onto the public’s agenda, mastered [...]
Time For Giambrone To Get Off TTC, Critics Say
The Toronto Sun reports on a new round of calls for TTC Chair and mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone to resign his chairmanship:
“Former Toronto councillor Howard Levine, who helped save the city’s streetcars in 1972 and has a master’s degree in urban planning and transit, said the TTC has suffered from terrible leadership for years.
Nothing short [...]
James: Where Is Giambrone’s ‘Leadership’?
Star scribe Royson James disagrees with Mayor David Miller in his assessment of how central TTC Chair Adam Giambrone has been in any improvements to the transit in Toronto. He also thinks Giambrone will continue to be distracted:
“Miller had argued Giambrone should stay on as chair because he needs his “leadership to continue” on the [...]
Mandel: Adam The Cad Gets What He Deserves
Toronto Sun columnist Michele Mandel disagrees with those calling for former mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone to resign as TTC Chair:
“For Giambrone’s lies and indiscretions, we can think of no better punishment than his being trapped in more endlessly boring transit meetings.
Just somebody take away his Blackberry.”
Read the rest of her thoughts here.
Postscript: Giambrone Back At Work
Almost a week after ending his mayoral bid, Councillor Adam Giambrone resumed his duties as TTC Chair after returning from a trip out of the country:
“Adam Giambrone has made his first public appearance since dropping out of the mayor’s race last week. He took the long way into a meeting of the Toronto Transit Commission, [...]
