All Entries Tagged With: "Kyle Rae"
Ford Asks For Councillor To Pay Back Funds Spent On Farewell Party
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford used this week’s Toronto City Council meeting to move a motion – quickly ruled out of order – calling on Councillor Kyle Rae to pay back the $12,000 he spent on his farewell party:
“According to the report from clerk Ulli Watkiss, Rae’s early-June party at the Rosewater Supper Club was [...]
Ford And Rae Face Off Over Budget Issues
In response to demands from mayoral candidate and fellow councillor Rob Ford that he return the money spent on his farewell bash and that he cancel his trip to an AIDS summit, outgoing councillor Kyle Rae fired back:
“Rae shrugged off the criticism.
He maintained the farewell party was something his constituents wanted and he [...]
Rae’s Got To Pay Up, Ford Says
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford has started an online effort to apply public pressure in the hopes that outgoing councillor Kyle Rae will pay back the public money he used to throw himself a farewell bash:
“Ford’s site, which went live Thursday, asks Torontonians to sign a petition to get their money back and demand Rae [...]
Kyle Rae Endorses Potential Successor
Outgoing Ward 27 councillor Kyle Rae has endorse former police officer and adviser to London mayor Boris Johnson Ken Chan, who declared his candidacy exclusively to TEN back in January:
“I have looked at the people in the race and I think the person with the experience we need is Ken Chan,” said Rae, who [...]
City Proceeds With Jarvis Bike Lanes
The City of Toronto has announced it will proceed with the controversial decision to narrow portions of Jarvis Street and creating bike lanes:
“A public notice said the city will remove the centre lane, which reverses to accommodate high traffic flow, and add bike lanes of both sides of the remaining roadway between Bloor and Queen [...]
Fiorito: Enza Anderson Takes A Run At History
Over at the Star, columnist Joe Fiorito sits down for a chat with Ward 27 candidate and former mayoral candidate Enza Anderson to talk her bid to replace the outgoing Kyle Rae:
“She said, “A few months back, I met Adam at a party. I said I was looking forward to working with him. He asked [...]
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 [...]
Enza Looks To Replace Rae
Former mayoral and council candidate Enza “Supermodel” Anderson has thrown her hat into the ring in Ward 27, adding to the crowded field looking to replace outgoing councillor Kyle Rae:
“Known from those elections for over-the-top costume and comments, Anderson struck a different pose as she came in to register, wearing simple black pants and blouse [...]
Exclusive: Former Cop, UK Advisor Running To Replace Rae
In an Ontario News Watch and TEN exclusive, sources confirm that Ken Chan, a former Police Officer and senior aide to George Smitherman at Queen’s Park, intends to run for City Council in Ward 27. It was revealed this morning that Chan, 34, has resigned as the policing adviser in London UK Mayor Boris Johnson’s [...]
James: Let’s Set Some Limits On Councillors
Star Columnist Royson James is thinking it may be time for a number of long-serving Toronto councillors to (finally) pack it in:
“Kyle Rae’s packing it in after 19 years, blowing out of city hall with typical bluster. Too many of his colleagues are calcified in their roles as pothole fixers and ward heelers, eschewing the [...]
Firebrand Spitballs Who Will Replace Kyle Rae
Progressive blogger Firebrand may not post all that often, but they mustered up a decent rundown of the list of candidates who are in the running to succeed incumbent councillor Kyle Rae, who is not running for re-election after 19 years in office.
Read Firebrand’s assessment here.
