All Entries Tagged With: "resignation"
Star Ed: Contributing To Debate
The Toronto Star Editorial Board praises former mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi for his contribution to the electoral debate: “Rossi’s candidacy was always something of a long-shot — especially after Rob Ford entered the fray and absorbed much of his expected support. But Rossi can take pride in waging a sincere and imaginative campaign that never [...]
‘Oxygen In The Middle Sucked Out,’ Rossi says
The day after dropping out of the mayoral race, Rocco Rossi offers the Globe and Mail some insight on why he felt he needed to call it quits: “People, going door to door in the last little while, said, ‘I really like your platform and I like what people are saying about it. I wish [...]
Gee: Rocco Rossi: Passionate, Intelligent And Classy To The End
The Globe’s Marcus Gee looks back at the candidacy of Rocco Rossi and why he was not able to connect with voters: “Why, with so much going for him, didn’t he get anywhere? The odds against him were always high. A backroom operator who had never run for office before, he jumped into an arena [...]
Rocco Rossi Drops Out Of Toronto Mayoral Race
After receiving only 4% of support in the latest Ipsos Reid poll, mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has officially ended his campaign: “The race for mayor has become between those who want to stop the gravy train of Rob Ford and those who want to stop Rob Ford,” he said at his campaign headquarters on Avenue [...]
Sarah Thomson Bows Out Of Mayoral Race, Backs George Smitherman
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson has ended wide speculation that she would end her bid to become Toronto’s next mayor by officially dropping out of the race and endorsing opponent George Smitherman: “In a live, televised news conference this morning, Ms. Thomson said she is inspired by Mr. Smitherman’s ideas and passion for change. “George is [...]
Mammoliti Drops Out Of Toronto Mayoral Race
As reported on TEN yesterday, mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti has ended his bid to become Toronto’s next mayor and will run again as a candidate for councillor in Ward 7: “Mr. Mammoliti said he failed to meet his half-million dollar fundraising goal by the end of June, but that the motivating issue behind his decision [...]
Sarah Thomson’s Campaign Manager Quits
Thomson campaign manager Wendy Stewart abruptly resigned from her position earlier this week, with both parties keeping mum on the cause: “The Women’s Post publisher and her team are now seeking a new manager. In the meantime, their choice of temporary spokesman is sure to set the city’s political tongues wagging: John Tory Jr. The [...]
Confidence In Giambrone Shaken
With revelations that TTC Chair Adam Giambrone expensed taxpayers for cab fare to meet Kristen Lucas, there are fresh calls for the Davenport councillor to resign his chairmanship: “I shouldn’t be talking to you about Adam Giambrone’s taxi chits,” said Peter Milczyn, one of nine councillors who sit on the Toronto Transit Commision. “To the [...]
Mandel: Adam The Cad Gets What He Deserves
Toronto Sun columnist Michele Mandel disagrees with those calling for former mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone to resign as TTC Chair: “For Giambrone’s lies and indiscretions, we can think of no better punishment than his being trapped in more endlessly boring transit meetings. Just somebody take away his Blackberry.” Read the rest of her thoughts here.
Postscript: Giambrone Back At Work
Almost a week after ending his mayoral bid, Councillor Adam Giambrone resumed his duties as TTC Chair after returning from a trip out of the country: “Adam Giambrone has made his first public appearance since dropping out of the mayor’s race last week. He took the long way into a meeting of the Toronto Transit [...]
Dump Giambrone From TTC: Critics
A number of Toronto City Councillors continue to call on TTC Chair Adam Giambrone to resign his position in light of the recent scandal that forced him out of the mayoral race: “Councillor Doug Holyday also said Giambrone “should step aside. “He’s damaged himself enough … he won’t be taken serious enough by staff and [...]
NP Political Panel: The Post-Giambrone Mayoral Race
Posted Toronto’s municipal pundit panel debates the political landscape after the Adam Giambrone resignation: “SELLEY: Smitherman must be sleeping easy right now. He’s the only candidate left with any pre-existing name recognition at all, and like any good Liberal he can roll with the ideological punches. He’ll have to stake out some territory at SOME [...]
Granatstein: Thank You Kristen Lucas!
Sun editor Rob Grantastein thinks the people of Toronto owe a big thank you to Kristen Lucas for taking out Adam Giambrone as quickly as she did: “Giambrone’s brief bid to become Toronto’s mayor started with an amateur video, ended in amateur hour, and hurt a lot of people in the 10 lacklustre days in [...]
How Adam Giambrone Got Beaten At His Own New-Media Game
The National Post has a lengthy piece on how each party in the Giambrone/Lucas affair approached social media and used it during the this week’s explosive events: “He was a supposedly new-media-savvy 32-year-old man who wanted to be mayor. She was a 20-year-old woman scorned and evidently in need of vindication. They couldn’t both get [...]
Keenan: Giambrone’s Fall
Eye Weekly magazine columnist Edward Keenan offers a fairly blunt assessment of Adam Giambrone, his campaign and how he handled the Kristen Lucas affair: “[T] he story of Giambrone’s campaign amounts to one thing: he had not thought through the way he’s treated others would contrast directly with the campaign narrative he was trying to [...]
Globe: Giambrone Unlikely To Run For Council Seat
The Globe and Mail is reporting that former mayoral candidate and Ward 18 councillor Adam Giambrone will not be seeking re-election for a third term: “In an e-mail to at least one supporter hours after dropping out of the mayor’s race on Wednesday, Mr. Giambrone said he doesn’t plan to run again in Ward 18 [...]
Levy: Lapdog Love-In As Miller Stands By His Man
Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy is not impressed with David Miller’s recent press conference, where he announced that he will not be asking for the resignation on TTC Chair Adam Giambrone: “He’s remarkably consistent when it comes to protecting lapdogs and union buddies who’ve been loyal to him — no matter what they’ve done that [...]
