All Entries Tagged With: "affair"
Granatstein: Thank You Kristen Lucas!
Sun editor Rob Grantastein thinks the people of Toronto owe a big thank you to Kristen Lucas for taking out Adam Giambrone as quickly as she did:
“Giambrone’s brief bid to become Toronto’s mayor started with an amateur video, ended in amateur hour, and hurt a lot of people in the 10 lacklustre days in between. [...]
Torontoist Scorns Toronto Sun For Use Of Gossip Blogger
Online magazine Torontoist takes the Toronto Sun to task for publishing articles related to the Giambrone affair that relied heavily on dubious pictures (see above) and information provided by gossip blogger Zack Taylor:
“Over the past week, as the Adam Giambrone scandal came to a head and then popped, gossip blogger Zack Taylor has published two [...]
Toronto City Councillors Need More Sex: Councillor
At least one councillor thinks that Toronto City Hall would be a much happier place if everyone spent more time between the sheets:
“I think more people at City Council need sex,” [Ward 27 Councillor Kyle] Rae told me yesterday at his office, on whose window is posted the following sign: “You are now entering a [...]
Moore: Giambrone Only Has Himself To Blame
Writing in the National Post, CFRB morning man John Moore responds to those who feel the public has no right to judge former mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone:
“The wider question is that in a world full of flawed individuals –or sinners as the church would say- who amongst us can throw the first stone? Well to [...]
Wente: Being Bad In Toronto The Good
Senior Globe columnist Margaret Wente wonders why Adam Giambrone did not learn anything from the Tiger Woods scandal:
“What amazes me about these people is why they think they won’t get caught – especially in a tell-all age when every contact leaves a digital trail.
“Did he learn nothing from Tiger Woods? The moral of that story [...]
Levy: Giambrone Not Ready For Prime Time
Pulling no punches, Sun pundit Sue-Ann Levy thinks the Lucas affair tells us all we need to know about Giambrone’s character:
“Not unlike his TTC union buddies, he also thought himself “entitled.” He felt he could use his City Hall office for sex, he could text his harem (likely during city meetings), he could pillow talk [...]
Breaking: Giambrone Out Of Mayor’s Race
At a 11am news conference, TTC Chair Adam Giambrone ended his mayoral bid after launching his campaign just over a week ago.
“At a news conference Wednesday, he read a one-minute statement that apologized to his fellow councillors, to the young people of the city and in particular to his live-in girlfriend Sarah McQuarrie.
“I humbly apologize [...]
Valpy: Why Alpha Men Sometimes Leave Their Brains Behind
Senior Globe columnist Michael Valpy puts mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone on another kind of couch for some psychoanalytical analysis:
“[W]hat pushes alpha men is the idea of success, the idea of winning – whether it’s winning votes or winning women; it’s a psychosocial compulsion. To win, alpha men are inclined to take risks and they rarely [...]
Sun Editorial: Giambrone’s Train Wreck
The Editorial Board of the Toronto Sun thinks the Kristen Lucas affair proves that mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone is not ready to lead Toronto:
“Adam Giambrone: Can’t run the TTC. Can’t run his personal life.
Not much of a campaign slogan, but apparently he still wants to be mayor.
Giambrone denies there was sex, but confessing only when [...]
James: Giambrone Should Drop Out Of Race
Toronto Star City Hall columnist Royson James has some harsh words for mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone in wake of the Kristen Lucas affair:
“He can’t present himself at the launch of his campaign for mayor as the all-Canadian boy, with the stunning “longtime live-in partner” Sarah McQuarrie on his arm, when – according to his own [...]
Star: Giambrone Admits To Multiple Affairs
In another interview with the Toronto Star, mayoral candidate and TTC Chair Adam Giambrone admits to multiple affairs:
“In a voice shaking with emotion, mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone Tuesday night admitted he had “intimate relations” with other women throughout most of last year.
Giambrone, a city councillor and Toronto Transit Commission chair, made the confession in an [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Why Giambrone Sex Scandal Does Matter
Peter Kuitenbrouwer at the National Post thinks there is something deeper to the Giambrone/Lucas affair: character and judgment:
“There is enough in the Star story to make us wonder whether the image that the Giambrone campaign carefully crafted, of Mr. Giambrone standing on stage proudly with his girlfriend, Sarah McQuarrie, looking up at him reverentially, actually [...]
Globe: Giambrone Not Quitting
The Globe is reporting that mayoral candidate will stay in the race amid reports of an “inappropriate relationship” with university student Kristen Lucas:
“This has been a painful day for Adam,” [Campaign Manager John] Laschinger said. “He’s embarrassed that his lapse in judgment reflects on Sarah, his family, his friends. He’s apologized.
“In this day and age, [...]
Radwanski: The Giambrone Precedent
Globe pundit Adam Radwanski questions whether the Giambrone affair digs into areas that should be tread upon very carefully:
“What remains to be seen is what kind of precedent this sets. If it’s a very narrow one – candidates who give their partners a high profile, then belittle them to other partners in writing, will be [...]
Granatstein: This is THE Giam-boner
Sun editor Rob Granatstein provides his thoughts on the Adam Giambrone/Kristen Lucas affair and what is says about Giambrone as a person:
“What seems most galling, beside the two-timing, of course, are the allegations Giambrone told the now 20-year-old Lucas he’s been using McQuarrie as political furniture on his arm. That it’s “important for the campaign.”
If [...]
Sun: Mammoliti Weighs In On Giambrone
In the wake of the revelations that mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone had an “inappropriate relationship” with a university student, the Toronto Sun talked one rival, Giorgio Mammoliti:
“Toronto mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone – under fire for accusations that he had an “inappropriate” relationship with a young woman – needs to decide for himself if he’ll continue [...]
Giambrone Apologizes For ‘Inappropriate’ Contact With Woman
The Toronto Star reports that mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone had an “intimate relationship” – including political pillow talk – with university student Kristin Lucas:
“In recent interviews with the Star, Lucas said she’s been involved with Giambrone since late 2008 and, on several occasions, had sex late at night on a couch in his City Hall [...]
