All Entries Tagged With: "Rob Ford"
Goldstein: Rob Ford Slays A Goliath
The Sun’s Lorrie Goldstein offers that Rob Ford’s election dispels a number of myths about municipal campaigns: “In the wake of this election, it’s time to put a knife through the heart of the political fiction that only the NDP engages in party politics at the municipal level. The Liberals’ entire Big Red Machine, backed [...]
Herald: Naheed Nenshi On Rob Ford
The other municipal story of the moment, Calgary mayor-elect Naheed Nenshi, speaking to the Calgary Herald about Toronto’s new mayor, Rob Ford: Calgary’s new mayor learned during a media scrum Monday night about the election of Rob Ford as Toronto’s new mayor. While many Hogtown scribes showed Cowtown envy, Nenshi himself was all congratulations and [...]
Rob Ford’s Toronto: Fewer Wildcat Strikes, More Subways
The Toronto Star outlines what voters can expect from the next four years under a Rob Ford administration, based on his campaign platform: Work for a union? If you are a garbage collector with the city, your job is about to be outsourced to a private company. If you happen to work for the TTC, [...]
Rob Ford Elected Mayor
With the majority of polls reporting, Rob Ford has been elected as the 64th Mayor of Toronto, beating opponent George Smitherman by a wide margin: “The city’s choice marks the end of a dramatic, twist-filled 10-month campaign, and the unofficial close to the David Miller era that saw an expansion of city programs and spending, [...]
Levy: ‘Closet’ Ford Supporters Can Finally Speak
The Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy thinks that the “silent majority” may not admit they support Rob Ford, but will speak tonight: “Why should they come out of the closet, so to speak, when the elitist Lib-left — who feel it is their divine right to control the fiefdom of Toronto — are ready to pounce on them [...]
Warmington: Dalton Closely Watches T.O. Election
Sun pundit Joe Warmington figures Premier Dalton McGuinty is quite interested in the results of the mayoral contest: “If all goes well Monday, he — with the Liberal Party machine he controls — may even have his own man in place to open up a new pipeline of cash to pay or cover for his [...]
Toronto Mayoral Campaign Ends On A Hateful Note
The Globe and Mail reports that the final weekend of campaigning featured heavy schedules, but also some aggressive attack ads from unknown parties: The final weekend of Toronto’s too-close-to-call mayoral race veered into dirty territory with an advertisement on Tamil radio and derogatory signs that denigrated Mr. Smitherman for his sexual orientation. Mr. Ford said [...]
Kinsella: How To Win Elections
In his column for the Sun, Warren Kinsella uses two campaigns – Calgary mayor-elect Naheed Nenshi and Toronto’s Rob Ford – to remind readers that “campaigns matter”: “Both men have run classic “outsider” campaigns that have left political veterans nodding their heads in approval. Their campaigns rolled out with military precision, rarely wavering from their [...]
Ashton: Why Rob Ford Doesn’t Get My Vote
Former colleague Brian Ashton gives his reasons why he won’t be supporting mayoral candidate Rob Ford: “I observed Rob Ford over 10 years and found him to be a solitary councillor largely absent from the day-to-day political dynamics at City Hall. When picking away at some perceived political sore, his social skills were coarse if [...]
Ford Slow To Share Results Of Controversial Survey
The Globe and Mail checks in on the surveys the Rob Ford campaign had sent to all local candidates,which they pledged to offer to the public: “Mr. Ford was accused of trying to start an informal party back in September when he distributed a questionnaire asking council candidates where they stood on five of the [...]
Diebel: Ford Or Smitherman? Neither
Star columnist Linda Diebel gives a complete listing of the strengths and weaknesses of frontrunners Rob Ford and George Smitherman: ROB FORD Best campaign assets: Friends report being “amazed” at his energy. “He has tremendous physical stamina,” says Case Ootes, in his last days on council. His has been the campaign to beat, agree political [...]
Liberals See A Possible Upside To A Ford Win
Provincial Liberals are already contemplating Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto while also examining how Ford could offer them a tactical advantage in the upcoming election: “The Machiavelli in me sees a great deal of opportunity for us if Rob Ford wins,” confided one GTA Liberal MPP, with a mischievous grin. “If he screws up, [...]
National Post: Rob Ford Is The Best Choice or Toronto
The National Post Editorial Board endorses mayoral candidate Rob Ford as well as giving some advice on how to chose your councillor: Policy-wise, Toronto very much needs a proverbial bull in the china shop. A great many precious, expensive things at City Hall need shattering: the fair-wage policy that ensures the city can’t contract out [...]
Ford Slams Smitherman Over Donor List
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford was quick to jump on opponent George Smitherman over Smitherman’s decision not to release his list of contributors before Monday’s vote: Ford and Joe Pantalone have both released their donor lists but under the election rules can still raise cash right up to the end of the year. Ford called on [...]
Levy: YWCA Rips Ford But Doesn’t Reveal Leader A Smitherman Backer
Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy reports that the president of YMCA that sent a harsh letter critcizing Rob Ford is a supporter of opponent George Smitherman: “But no one — not [Smitherman surrogate Sarah] Thomson, not the top officials at the YWCA — bothered to mention the board president’s ties with the George Smitherman campaign. Dr. [...]
Ford Backs Off Land Transfer Tax Repeal Promise
In a speech to local realtors, mayoral candidate Rob Ford says he will make ever effort to repeal the Land Transfer Tax in his first year of office, but cannot guarantee it will be done: “I just don’t want to say it’s going to get done, the problem being there’s a provincial election on Oct. [...]
Selley: Unopened Root Beer Sums Up Ford Candidacy
The National Post’s Chris Selley uses an interesting metaphor – a can of root beer – to summarize the candidacy of Rob Ford: “You could compare the task facing Mr. Ford’s minders to opening a pressurized soft drink container. You’re thirsty, but you’re never 100% sure what’s going to happen until you loosen the lid. [...]
