...no problem if it holds politicians responsible for their actions. There are some opposing views:
No need for recall
Wed Sep 01 2010
Giving voters the right to fire city politicians on the spot rather than waiting for election day may seem like an attractive idea, especially in light of some previous Toronto office-holders. But it is an idea that is more likely to produce chaos....and the writer doesn't consider what occurs at Toronto Silly Hall on a daily basis CHOAS?
Council proving Ford should be mayor: Worthington
If you want another reason to vote Rob Ford for mayor in October, look at what some councillors are doing and saying — especially Dying Duck Mayor David Miller
Smitherman vows a greener city
Mayoral candidate George Smitherman hit the roof of a private school Tuesday to announce his green energy program for Toronto.
Why would a mayoral race in Toronto, heavy populated with mediocre candidates, be of the slightest interest to the good people of Greater Canada?
The obvious answer would seem to be, it isn’t. But there is something about the desultory municipal contest unfolding in Canada’s biggest city that suggests implications are afoot.
The Toronto Star commissioned a poll, released on the weekend, that once against suggests the little-loved Rob Ford is leading what has become (even if only preliminarily) a two-person race. The newspapers keep doing new polls, even though everyone insists the real race doesn’t start until Labour Day, because they can’t bring themselves to believe Ford is really winning. Rob Ford beating George Smitherman? Nah, can’t be … must be a rogue poll. That makes it, what, four rogue polls in a row? Read More
Archive: Toronto 'Green Government' mayoral debate
Kelly McParland: Toronto gets too loopy even for its own burbs
August 31, 2010 – 9:41 am
Global News
Even the Smoke Monster finds Toronto hard to take
The obvious answer would seem to be, it isn’t. But there is something about the desultory municipal contest unfolding in Canada’s biggest city that suggests implications are afoot.
The Toronto Star commissioned a poll, released on the weekend, that once against suggests the little-loved Rob Ford is leading what has become (even if only preliminarily) a two-person race. The newspapers keep doing new polls, even though everyone insists the real race doesn’t start until Labour Day, because they can’t bring themselves to believe Ford is really winning. Rob Ford beating George Smitherman? Nah, can’t be … must be a rogue poll. That makes it, what, four rogue polls in a row? Read More
Posted in: Canada, Full Comment Tags: Michael Ignatieff, Liberal party, Kelly McParland, David Miller, long gun registry, Toronto city council
Fiorito: Rob Ford mail mix-up is offensive
Wed Sep 01 2010
A letter sent to the Rob Ford campaign gets a surprising response 
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