All Entries Tagged With: "scandal"
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 between. [...]
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 what [...]
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 set [...]
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 Davenport, [...]
Hume: Transit Ills Taking Back Seat To Scandal
Star Urban Affairs writer Christopher Hume opines that the current public outrage is misdirected; it should be focuses on senior levels of government, not TTC employees:
“Forgotten in this downward spiral of anger and accusation is public transit itself. True, the TTC is topic No. 1 right now in Toronto, but does anyone dare believe the [...]
Wente: Being Bad In Toronto The Good
Senior Globe columnist Margaret Wente wonders why Adam Giambrone did not learn anything from the Tiger Woods scandal:
“What amazes me about these people is why they think they won’t get caught – especially in a tell-all age when every contact leaves a digital trail.
“Did he learn nothing from Tiger Woods? The moral of that story [...]
Levy: Giambrone Not Ready For Prime Time
Pulling no punches, Sun pundit Sue-Ann Levy thinks the Lucas affair tells us all we need to know about Giambrone’s character:
“Not unlike his TTC union buddies, he also thought himself “entitled.” He felt he could use his City Hall office for sex, he could text his harem (likely during city meetings), he could pillow talk [...]
Giambrone Quits: The Aftermath
After the bombshell resignation of mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone yesterday, Toronto Election News brings you full coverage of what the media, pundits and City Hall insiders are saying this morning. We start where it all began – with the Toronto Star’s Linda Diebel and the account of how the decision to quit was made:
Political strategists [...]
Radwanski: The Giambrone Precedent
Globe pundit Adam Radwanski questions whether the Giambrone affair digs into areas that should be tread upon very carefully:
“What remains to be seen is what kind of precedent this sets. If it’s a very narrow one – candidates who give their partners a high profile, then belittle them to other partners in writing, will be [...]
Sun: Mammoliti Weighs In On Giambrone
In the wake of the revelations that mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone had an “inappropriate relationship” with a university student, the Toronto Sun talked one rival, Giorgio Mammoliti:
“Toronto mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone – under fire for accusations that he had an “inappropriate” relationship with a young woman – needs to decide for himself if he’ll continue [...]
Giambrone Apologizes For ‘Inappropriate’ Contact With Woman
The Toronto Star reports that mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone had an “intimate relationship” – including political pillow talk – with university student Kristin Lucas:
“In recent interviews with the Star, Lucas said she’s been involved with Giambrone since late 2008 and, on several occasions, had sex late at night on a couch in his City Hall [...]
