All Entries Tagged With: "Local Races"
Star: More Fresh Faces For City Council
The Toronto Star picks up from yesterday to offer its choices in the second half of the city’s wards: Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale: With Kyle Rae leaving the scene, a sharp fight has developed between two strong candidates over this open seat. Kristyn Wong-Tam is an art gallery owner, real estate agent and respected city-builder. [...]
Old Rivals In A New Battle For Ward 8
The Toronto Star examines the heated re-match in Ward 8 between incumbent Anthony Peruzza and former councillor Peter Li Preti: “Given the history of controversy, the city clerk is keeping a close eye on this ward battle. Last week, she summoned all the Ward 8 candidates, after her staff noticed an unusually high number of [...]
Star Election Choices For City Council (Part 1)
The Toronto Star Editorial Board offers its first instalment of picks for the local races across the city, with a few interesting choices: Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park: Bill Saundercook is another incumbent who has been around too long. Sarah Doucette, a successful community activist and local leader, would be a more progressive voice for the [...]
Faster Response To Residents A Key In Ward 18
The Globe and Mail places a spotlight on the hard-fought battle being waged in Ward 18 between candidates looking to replace retiring councillor Adam Giambrone: “While some voters might recognize candidates Frank de Jong, former leader of the Green Party of Ontario, and to a lesser degree, Hema Vyas, a community and women’s activist, the [...]
Ward 27: Seeking An Independent Councillor
The Toronto Star turns its attention to the race to replace Kyle Rae is Ward 27, where a full 15 candidates are on the ballot in October: “At this point, the race is anyone’s to win, but judging from the attacks, most candidates think it’s Wong-Tam’s to lose. The art gallery owner and founding member [...]
Torontoist: The Contest In Ward 5 To Give The Queensway Her Crown
Torontoist profiles a potential close contest in Ward 5, where Etobicoke councillor Peter Milczyn faces an aggressive challenge from all sides: “The race for Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore might just be getting a little tighter than incumbent councillor Peter Milczyn would like. Since 2000, when he first won his council seat, Milczyn has comfortably won re-election [...]
Police Called To Lively Ward 7 debate
Things got lively at an all-candidates debate in Ward 7, which say former mayoral candidate and incumbent councillor Giorgio Mammoliti show up 45 minutes late: “In fact, the initially tame meeting became so animated when incumbent Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti arrived about 45 minutes late that organizers called police to ward off any potential problems.The Humber-Islington [...]
Candidate Accuses Jane Pitfield Campaign Of ‘Impeding Democracy’
A former campaign worker for Ward 29 candidate Jane Pitfield is being accused of trying to pressure opponent Jennifer Wood to drop out: “Rita Smith, the political organizer who wrote the email, said she was simply providing Ms. Wood with advice that could help her career in the future. Ms. Pitfield said that Ms. Smith [...]
Races To Watch: Ward 15
The Toronto Star profiles one of the more competitve local races, where Josh Colle and Rob Davis are battling to replace long-time incumbent Howard Moscoe: “On the issues, the two diverge most distinctly on Lawrence Heights, a public housing neighbourhood that would be torn down and remade in the denser, mixed-income mould of Regent Park. [...]
Levy: The Underdogs
The Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy looks at four local races where spirited campaigns from challengers threaten to topple incumbents: Twenty-six-year-old recently married Shimmy Posen agrees name recognition is the “biggest battle” in his bid to win against 18-year council veteran Joe Mihevc, who recently endorsed George Smitherman (no doubt in a bid to secure the [...]
Six Fight To Unseat Cesar Palacio
The Town Crier gives a complete listing of the candidates looking to take on incumbent councillor Cesar Palacio in Ward 17: “Seven candidates are after the job: Tony Letra, Brian Bragason, Maria Marques, Palacio, Kar Rasaiah, Jonah Schein and Ben Stirpe. Schein, who works in the Davenport West neighbourhood’s The Stop Community Food Centre, could [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Representation From The Outside
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer notes that a full 13 members of council do not live in the ward that they represent: “Perhaps the most creative spin on not living in one’s ward goes to Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (York West), who represents the city’s northwest, ranging to the north border of Toronto on Steeles Avenue, but [...]
NP Election Panel: What, There Are 44 Other Races?
The National Post’s municipal political panel turns its attention from the mayoral race to the hotly contested local races: Selley The most symbolic race has to be in Ward 32. With apologies to Kyle Rae and his $12,000 retirement party, Sandra Bussin, of all the councillors, may have done the most to contribute to the [...]
Ward 18: Goodbye Giambrone, Hello Anyone But
The Toronto Star profiles the competitive race in Ward 18 to replace outgoing councillor and TTC Chair Adam Giambrone: “Residents feel they haven’t been heard in a few years now . . . by our councillor and his staff,” [candidate Ana] Bailao carefully points out. Translation: Remember that guy? [Opponent Kevin Beaulieu] was Giambrone’s right-hand [...]
Council Races Heating Up, Ford’s Numbers Show
The Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy reports on internal polling provided to her from the Rob Ford campaign that shows Rob Ford holding his commanding lead. The Ford camp also has data from a number of close local races: “Council speaker Sandra Bussin – under fire most recently for championing a controversial 20-year deal with Tuggs Inc. [...]
Sa: Voters M.I.A. In Toronto’s Election
After attending a local debate, the Sun’s Rachel Sa is disappointed that too many Toronto residents are not paying attention: “With 75 engaged, attentive citizens in the audience at The Garrison on Dundas St., the turnout was hardly disappointing. But it wasn’t difficult to figure out just who made up the crowd: It was the [...]
A Stern Warning To Candidates: Don’t Cheat
Expecting a reprise of an election day filled with accusations of fraud and security guards posted in voting stations, the city has issues a stern warning to all York West candidates: “City clerk Ulli Watkiss summoned the candidates of Ward 8 after her staff noticed an inordinately high number of proxy applications in the area, [...]
