I suppose I am, like the Pooh, a bear of very little brain. I thought that even those who trumpeted Rob Ford for Mayor of Toronto would have an epiphany at the voting booth and think “oh no, what am I doing, I can’t vote… Read More
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Election Day
Toronto Municipal Elections – Vote Today If it seems as if our municipal election campaign has been going on for a really long time, it’s because it has been. The municipal campaigns are way longer than either the provincial or federal races. Typically, voter turnout… Read More
Polls
Does the Campaign have to be this long…? We’ve been innundated with polls over the past week or so about the municipal election here in Toronto, which takes place a week from now. One radio station commissioned a poll and actually stretched the results out… Read More
Election Signs
The strange theatre involving election signs for our upcoming Toronto municipal election has started. They’ve been campaigning for months already. Do we really need signs? It’s a reminder that the election is just a few weeks away. I’m still undecided on both Mayor and Ward… Read More
Dig It
I’m going to take a break from the deluge of fungi photos and turn to the news and municipal politics for a moment. Yesterday Toronto mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi made an announcement that I just have to talk about. Rossi has proposed an tunnel extension… Read More
Moron, goof and dufus…
Update on the Toronto mayoralty race…. I heard today that Warren Kinsella has joined the Rocco Rossi camp, backing the low-polling Rossi just in time for the Labour Day push, marking the beginning of the mayoralty ad campaigns. Today Kinsella was interviewed on the Jim… Read More
The Problem
A new poll suggests that blowhard, tight-fisted right -wing Councillor Rob Ford is well ahead in the mayoral race here in Toronto. This poll was done after it was revealed that Ford “forgot” he had been charged a decade ago in a DUI-related incident. It… Read More
Sports Cheaters, Deep Fried Butter and the guy who wouldn’t go away
There are lots of things I’ve been meaning to post about, so I’m going to squish them into one rambling post. Former Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens is in the news, and this time it’s not for his pitching but because he might end up… Read More
What to do with that vote…
Readers of this blog know that here in Toronto, we have municipal elections coming up in October. The campaign will really start ramping up in September, although some candidates have been campaigning for some time. For mayor, I have no idea who I will vote… Read More
Another Ward 6 Profile
Yesterday’s Ward 6 Profile led to the lowest hit count this blog has received since its inception. Are you folks trying to tell me something? Nonetheless, I’m going to sally forth with this because I think its important. Today’s profile features Pastor Wendell Brereton, the… Read More
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