All Entries Tagged With: "George Smitherman"
Smitherman Would Create ‘A New Model’ To Limit Days Of Disruption
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman offers additional details on his plan to curtail the “Days Of Disruption” for commuters, caused by construction crews:
“I seek to create a new model that will limit days of disruption,” he said. “Quickly we will create an index, that is live to telephone apps and people with GPS’s, that [...]
Smitherman Soars Above Other Mayoral Candidates
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman took to the sky over Toronto to show journalists what – and where – he plans to improve if elected mayor:
Trying to shed his image as a downtown guy — a major battle cry for chief opponent Rob Ford, an Etobicoke councillor — Smitherman had his pilot soar over [...]
Smitherman Wants To Break City’s ‘Pattern Of Mediocrity’
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman met with the Editorial Board of Toronto Community News to discuss what he would do if elected mayor in October:
“A civic government locked in “a pattern of mediocrity” shares the blame for areas with empty storefronts or lower employment, Smitherman suggested, because it hasn’t spoken openly enough to [...]
Ford Rules Out Smitherman Debate – For Now
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford has declined an invitation to debate opponent George Smitherman one-on-one on radio station CFRB 1010:
“Doug Ford, the candidate’s brother and campaign manager, said on the radio Tuesday that the candidate won’t take part in a two-man debate before Sept. 10, the last day candidates can register to join the [...]
Smart Car Parked In Dumb Spot
The salvos between the mayoral campaign continued in earnest as the Smitherman camp tipped off the Toronto Sun to a photo of opponent Joe Pantalone’s signature smart car parked in a bike lane:
“An eagle-eyed volunteer for Pantalone’s rival, George Smitherman, saw the car on Harbord St. and snapped the photo with their iPhone.
The Sun [...]
Agar: Why Smitherman And Ford Deserve Some Time Alone
Serving as a guest columnist for the Toronto Sun, CRFB host Jerry Agar defends his offer to moderate a private debate between mayoral candidates George Smitherman and Rob Ford:
“Multi-person debates are often short on substance. Candidates get little time to expand on ideas and solutions; to kick issues back and forth and really [...]
Mayoral Candidates Differ On Need For Presto Pay System On TTC
After mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi announced his intention to push forward with integrating the Presto smart card despite the TTC’s recent announcement it would move towards an open-fare system, opponents offered their views:
“George Smitherman, a mayoral candidate who had also pledged to convert the TTC to Presto by 2014, said the announcement by [...]
Furious George vs. Runaway Ford
On the Jerry Agar show yesterday, mayoral candidate George Smitherman challeneged opponent Rob Ford to a one-on-one debate on CFRB 1010. On the Jim Richards show later that day, Ford accepted:
“He spends money right, left and centre by way of promises and he gives revenue away right, left and centre by way of promises,” Smitherman [...]
Sun Ed: Furious George Jumps The Gun
The Editorial Board of the Toronto Sun thinks mayoral candidate George Smitherman has been acting a tad presumptuous these days:
“We know there’s a hotly contested mayor’s race, with the winner to be decided by voters Oct. 25. Smitherman, on the other hand, acts as if it’s a done deal.
Last month he was off to China [...]
Smitherman Picked Up Pace For Day 2 Of Walk
The National Post reports on Day 2 of mayoral candidate George Smitherman’s “Walk Across Toronto” tour of 15 Toronto wards:
At 11:38 a.m. near Bathurst and Eglinton, the politician became a tactician.
“We’ve run out of retail here so we should pick up the pace,” he said as one of the volunteers handed him a [...]
With ‘Simmering Anger,’ Smitherman Goes To Niagara
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman put his walking tour on hold to pay a visit to the Niagara Parks Commission to voice his displeasure over their recent series of ads depicting Toronto in a less than flattering light:
“In an apparent bid to live up to his nickname, the candidate rose at 6 a.m. and trekked to [...]
George Smitherman’s Long, Scripted March
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman is using the dog days of summer to embark on a 15 ward walking tour to meet residents – some of which he’s already met:
“Smitherman had mostly positive encounters on Monday. Marching toward the Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre seniors’ home, he told a reporter: “When I was (Ontario) health [...]
Gee: George Smitherman: Firm Stride, Uncertain Compass
The Globe’s Marcus Gee seems to have a solid respect for the drive of mayoral candidate George Smitherman, but wonders what direction he is heading:
“Despite all this detail, it’s often hard to know what he is about. At times on Monday he was sounding Fordish, calling for city hall to get its hand [...]
Sun: Spelling Isn’t Optional
The Toronto Sun is reporting from the walking tour of the George Smitherman campaign, where a spelling error caused some embarrassment:
“On Day One of his tour Monday, two Twitter accounts for the campaign, TeamSmitherman and G_Smitherman, spelled Eglinton incorrectly in several tweets describing the first few stops of the campaign march.
The tweets added [...]
Smitherman vs. Rossi: Let The List Decide
Eye Weekly conducts a comparison of mayoral candidates Rocco Rossi and George Smitherman based entirely on the answers they gave for their Toronto Life columns:
TV
It seems like there’s a shared affection for competitive reality-television here; Rossi favours Dancing With the Stars The Amazing Race.
Winner: Smitherman, though Rossi would have taken it with [...]
Smitherman Says Feds Are ‘On Notice’
Mayoral candidate announced today that he will be demanding that the federal government locate the proposed national securities regulator in Toronto:
“The former provincial cabinet minister said he’s determined on the campaign trail to talk about opportunities for economic development. The regulator would bring with it “a relatively small number of jobs” but it’s an important [...]
Neighbourhood Uproar Over Second Exits For Subways Becomes Mayoral Issue
Mayoral Candidate George Smitherman and Ward 29 candidate Jane Pitfield held a press conference to express concern over the TTC’s “second exit project”, which would appropriate property to build a second exit at the Greenwood subway station:
“Residents on Strathmore Blvd., which is one street north of Danforth Ave., learned by letter on June 17 [...]
