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The Contenders: Rob Ford — Agenda Setter
The National Post complete their mayoral candidate profiles by exploring the personal history and policy platform of frontrunner Rob Ford: “City Hall insiders long treated Rob Ford as comic relief. His was the grating voice of dissent in the Miller years, standing up at budget time: Why do councillors need golf passes? Why do they [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Macleans: The Political Genius Of Rob Ford
This week’s edition of Maclean’s Magazine features a lengthy profile of mayoral candidate Rob Ford and what his campaign means for Canadian politics: “Taxes have risen: a four per cent property-tax hike last year, new land-transfer and car-registration dues, and such annoying fees as the $133 it costs to buy a new medium garbage bin. [...]
The Contenders: George Smitherman — Cake, Critics And Conquest
The National Post features a profile of mayoral candidate George Smitherman, which chronicles a day in the life of Smitherman on the campaign trail: 1:03 Mr. Smitherman is calling for an audible. That’s football speak for a change of play on the field. In this case, he is instructing his handlers to find him a [...]
Scarborough-Rouge River Ward A Community Of Dizzying Ethnic Diversity
The Globe and Mail speaks with candidates in Ward 42 (Scarborough Rouge-River), whereincumbent Raymond Cho faces competition from eight challengers: Mr. Cho has lost touch with these “bigger-picture issues,” said Neethan Shan, another Tamil Canadian candidate, who currently serves as a school-board trustee in nearby Markham. “I think that eight people challenging him says that [...]
Long Shot Candidates Never Say Die
The Toronto Star sits down with some of the lower profile candidates in local races who are beating the campaign trail: “A race against an incumbent is gruelling for any challenger. But even among the field of underdogs, there are statistical long shots. Some of the lowest vote counts in 2006 belonged to people running [...]
Thomson Loves ‘Scary’ Things — Like Politics
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson chats with the Toronto Sun, who offers a profile about her background and voters could expect from her as mayor: “On the political spectrum she wants to be Centreville Sarah, a fiscal conservative wary of waste and keen on customer service but friendly to the arts, eager to use the city’s [...]
Sun: Can Rocco Rossi Rock ‘Em?
In what looks to be an on-going series, the Toronto Sun spends some time with mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi to get his opinion on the state of the city, his opponents and his vision: “He has no plan. It’s simplistic,” Rossi says of Ford. Instead of clear-cutting, Rossi vows his administration would be one of [...]
BlogTO: Toronto Through The Eyes Of Sarah Thomson
Like George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi before her, mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson gets the profile treatment from local site BlogTO: It’s been more than six months since you’ve entered this race and so far no poll has put you above third place. Does that bother you? No, not at all. We’ve spent no money on [...]
Generation Next Profiles Ward 26 Candidate Dhanani
South Asian Generation Next magazine spotlights the candidacy of Mohammed Dhanani, who is running to unseat incumbent John Parker in October: “Dhanani says that people of Ward 26 should vote for him because “I am rooted in the community, I understand the needs of the community.” There are four very distinct neighbourhoods in Ward 26 [...]
Toronto Life Profiles George Smitherman
Although the print version has been on stands for a few weeks, the online version of the Toronto Life article profiling mayoral candidate George Smitherman recently popped up online. Some highlights: “There are many who will argue vehemently that the man has always been a gentle giant, idealistic, loving and generous, with an open heart [...]
Mohamed Dhanani Rematch With Parker
Writing on her blog, Town Crier scribe Kris Scheuer sits down with Ward 26 challenger Mohamed Dhanani, who came in second to current councillor John Parker and is expected to make it a tough race: “Dhanani is taking this re-run seriously. “To have a shot, I will work full time on my campaign,” said Dhanani, [...]
NP: Is Rocco Rossi’s Momentum For Real?
The National Post’s Natalie Alcoba spends some time getting to know mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi and learns a little more about the thinking behind his candidacy: “When people say Rocco you’re spouting some right wing stuff on waste and the rest, you’re some sort of efficiency freak, it’s not. I just get offended by waste [...]
Toronto Life Feature On Adam Giambrone
In their February issue, Toronto Life Magazine includes a lengthy feature piece on TTC Chair and likely mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone, whom they deem “Mr. Keen”: “So why is he running for mayor? He says, of course, that he wants to make this a better city. He also admits he wasn’t planning to go for [...]
NOW Magazine Profiles Joe Pantalone
Enzo Di Matteo at NOW Magazine takes a longer look at Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone’s mayoral bid in the early weeks of the campaign: “In an era when politicians have unfortunately become saleable commodities, Pantalone may not measure up in the eyes of those who put a premium on political aesthetics – “I am who [...]
