All Entries Tagged With: "Ward 32"
NP Election Panel: Forget About The Mayor’s Chair
The Post’s municipal election panel turns their attention away from the mayoral horserace to look at some of the more interesting local races: Furey on Ward 19 There is no greater symbol of clannish politics than the Layton cabal’s attempts to stranglehold municipal politics. We see this in Jack’s unashamed history of consistently running for [...]
Bid To Unseat Sandra Bussin Gains Steam
With candidate Bruce Baker bowing out and supporting Mary-Margaret McMahon, incumbent Sandra Bussin is fighting for her political life: “Strategic voting has taken hold in the campaign like no other council race in the city as an anti-Bussin movement continues to galvanize around McMahon, who has emerged in recent weeks as the perceived front-runner and [...]
Nickle: Is Strategic Withdrawal A Factor In Municipal Races?
Columnist David Nickle wonders if the spate of withdrawls seen recently is a deliberate tactic: “All candidates are operating under the same principle, however – gaming the electoral system to ensure that voters wanting to vote against a particular incumbent or candidate have a single place to park their votes. Scarborough councillor Brian Ashton is [...]
Why Beaches-East York Is A Race To Watch
The Toronto Star looks at the race in Ward 32 which threatens to topple long-time councillor Sandra Bussin and why it is an important local race in this year’s election: “Bussin, who has held the ward since 1997 and won the last election with nearly 70 per cent of the vote, has taken a lot [...]
NP Election Panel: What, There Are 44 Other Races?
The National Post’s municipal political panel turns its attention from the mayoral race to the hotly contested local races: Selley The most symbolic race has to be in Ward 32. With apologies to Kyle Rae and his $12,000 retirement party, Sandra Bussin, of all the councillors, may have done the most to contribute to the [...]
Council Races Heating Up, Ford’s Numbers Show
The Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy reports on internal polling provided to her from the Rob Ford campaign that shows Rob Ford holding his commanding lead. The Ford camp also has data from a number of close local races: “Council speaker Sandra Bussin – under fire most recently for championing a controversial 20-year deal with Tuggs Inc. [...]
Beaches Candidates Team Up To Unseat Sandra Bussin
In an effort to block incumbent Sandra Bussin from being re-elected, Ward 32 candidate Martin Glastone has dropped out of the race and endorsed former rival Mary-Margaret McMahon: “It’s very helpful, I’m thrilled that he’s decided to join us,” she said of Mr. Gladstone’s decision. “He’s an articulate and intelligent man and we share similar [...]
Six New Faces For Shaking Up Toronto City Council
The Toronto Star counsels Toronto voters offers endorsements in six wards across the city where strong challengers are facing incumbents: Rick Gosling, Ward 12, York South-Weston. Few people have served their community as long and hard as Gosling. In 1984, he founded Toronto Children’s Breakfast Club, giving thousands of underprivileged kids a square meal to [...]
Mallick: Will This Election Restore Beach Fortunes?
Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick is hoping that this election will mean change on all levels in her Beaches neighbourhood, including their local representative: “The once-bucolic Beach got lazy, took its beauties for granted and now it’s a bit of a mess. There’s no nightlife or great restaurants, plenty of stores for tourists but not [...]
Bussin Given Hard Time At Beaches-East York Candidates’ Debate
Deputy mayor Sandra Bussin was the main target for the Ward 32 all-candidates’ debate last night, as opponents hammered her on recent controversies: “Ms. Bussin has come under fire this term for using tax dollars to sue a constituent, for calling John Tory a “three-time loser” on his radio show without identifying herself and for [...]
5 Tight City Council Races To Watch
With nominations now closed, attention now turns to the local races that are shaping up to be highly competitive contests: Ward 32 – Beaches-East York Despite being a four-term incumbent, Sandra Bussin is the most vulnerable of the downtown councillors. Criticism of the city’s decision to award a 20-year contract to Tuggs Inc., which runs [...]
Boardwalk Cafe Owner Suing Ward 32 Council Candidate
Toronto Community News is reporting that the owner of Tuggs Inc and the Boardwalk Cafe is suing a local candidate over his remarks on his controversial deal with the city: “George Foulidis, owner of Tuggs and the Boardwalk Cafe, confirmed Wednesday, Sept. 1, that he is suing Ward 32 council candidate Baker for libel over [...]
Candidate Wants To Make It Fun
Local environmental activist Mary-Margaret McMahon is taking her community involvement one step further and has put her name forward to be the next councillor for Ward 32: “You engage more people when you make it fun,” said McMahon, who is running for a seat in Ward 32. “People are really disgruntled with city hall. People [...]
Council Nixes Review Of Beaches Restaurant Deal
Toronto City Council voted against reopening the controversial Tuggs restaurant contract after the required two-thirds majority was not reached: “While councillors voted 22-19 Wednesday in favour of re-opening the discussion, council rules require that two-thirds must support the motion. Councillor Frances Nunziata said some of her colleagues may have been intimidated by city legal advice [...]
Levy: Former Chef Was Asked To ‘Volunteer’ On Bussin Campaign
Doffing her investigative journalist cap, Sun pundit Sue Ann Levy takes a closer look at the “volunteers” from Sandra Bussin’s 2006 re-election bid: “[Andrew McVeigh] and another employee were taken to Bussin’s campaign office on Queen St. E. near Northern Dancer Ave., where he was put to work on the phones, distributing campaign brochures and [...]
Sandra Bussin Under Fire From All Sides
Two distinct local issues have long-time incumbent councillor Sandra Bussin under fire in Ward 32. The first is a motion at council to reopen a controversial contract at Council, after public outcry over the terms of the deal: “[Councillor Frances] Nunziata has put forward motions to reopen the debate altogether, and to request an audit [...]
Levy: One Beach Of A Deal
Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy offers an in-depth report on a controversial sole-source contract for restaurateur George Foulidis and the involvement of local Councillor Sandra Bussin: But council, led by Bussin, overruled the staff recommendations and parks officials were directed in February 2007 to negotiate a sole-source deal with Foulidis.” “When [Foulidis] came forward with an [...]
