All Entries Tagged With: "Peter Kuitenbrouwer"
Kuitenbrouwer: Toronto’s Mayoral Race Isn’t Over Yet
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer ntes that like the 2003 mayoral race, many things can change between now and October:
“After Labour Day, as voters bother themselves to study the various campaign platforms, other candidates have a chance to climb in the polls. George Smitherman, for example, has spoken eloquently about improving the culture [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: It’s A City Race, Not A Gossip Fest
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer suggests Torontonians watching the mayoral contest likely want to see a return to discussion of a more substantive nature:
“One can understand the press’s examinations of candidates’ personal lives on a fundamental level: Voters want to know how candidates will react under pressure. Mr. Ford has not cracked, per se, [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Time Is Running Out For Pantalone
The Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer offers that mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone needs to start giving voters a reason to care about his candidacy:
“Personally, I am waiting for either Mr. Smitherman or Mr. Pantalone to give me a really good reason why I should give them my vote. Rocco Rossi was a guy I considered [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Rob Ford Has Our Attention, Now He Needs To Prove He Can Act Mayoral
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer recognizes that mayoral candidate Rob Ford is a force in the election, but it waiting for further proof he is ready to become mayor:
“People complain about the bickering here, but is Mr. Ford the man to unify city council? Rather than finesse his ideas through committee, as others [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Is Toronto Ready For Another Ford?
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer talks to Doug Ford shortly after he filed his nomination papers to run in Ward 2:
“I suggested the council job would involve a pay cut. “I don’t plan to take a pay cut,” he said. “I’m the owner of my business.” Asked how he will juggle City Hall and [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Ford’s Day Hit By Tory Musings
National Post scribe Peter Kuitenbrouwer looks at the latest polls that have mayoral candidate Rob Ford in the lead and how that revelation was overshadowed by a possible John Tory candidacy:
“In January, Mr. Tory announced that he was happy as a talk-radio host and the chairman of the civic-boosting Toronto City Summit Alliance, and [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Ford Gains In Role As Fed-Up Guy
The National Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer offers notes from last night’s mayoral debate put on by Habitat for Humanity, which he notes candidate Rob Ford did rather well:
“There is a simplicity and a clarity to Mr. Ford (playing the fed-up everyman from Toronto’s hinterlands who is sick of having his pocket picked) that resonates [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: The Deputy Mayor Gets Around
National Post scribe Peter Kuitenbrouwer ran into Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone yesterday on the TTC:
“I am not tipping my hand as to my choice for mayor, but I do so like a mayoral candidate who rides public transit. At 8:15 a.m. today I bumped into Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone as [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Tory vs. Miller Still Best Game In Town
In addition to other musings about the mayoral race, the Post’s Peter Kuitenbrouwer writes about the exciting race that could have been:
“Tory/Miller: still the best game in town — a fair bit more beef at that banquet than all the press releases that Mr. Smitherman can e-mail out from whatever bunker he is [...]
Post: Who’s Up And Who’s Down
National Post columnist Peter Kuitenbrouwer gives his take on which mayoral candidates stand to benefit (or lose) in the wake of the Giambrone affair:
“ROCCO ROSSI: DOWN
Rocco Rossi has effectively cornered the right side of the political spectrum, with his plans to re-examine the Transit City light rail project, restrict bike lanes, take a pay cut [...]
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 [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: City Council’s Self-Protection Policies
Writing for the National Post, Peter Kuitenbrouwer reports from a meeting of the City’s Executive Committee, as it reviews a staff report entitled: ‘Protocol for Member Involvement in Other Wards’:
“They in particular objected to these words in her policy: “The outside member is entitled to seek the assistance of city staff (including site visits and [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: A Challenger For Mammoliti
Peter Kuitenbrouwer at the Post reports that there is a new challenger for incumbent councillor and mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti’s Ward 7 seat:
“Nick Di Nizio, a financial software professional, filed his papers this morning at City Hall as a candidate to represent Ward 7 in Toronto’s northwest, an area currently represented by Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti. [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Karen Stintz’s Political Reboot
Peter Kuitenbrouwer continues his “Torontonians” series, this time sitting down with Ward 16 councillor Karen Stintz to discuss her decision not to run for mayor and what she hopes is a new role under a new administration:
“Today a kinder, gentler Karen Stintz is running for a third mandate in Ward 16. The critic is coming [...]
Kuitenbrouwer: Is 2010 The Year Of (Real) Change?
After surveying the crop of candidates who have put their names forward to run against incumbents, Peter Kuitenbrouwer at the National Post believe this might indeed be what “change looks like”:
“The fresh candidates carried an icy wind in through the doors of City Hall as they arrived in droves to register; talk of change was [...]
