All posts tagged “Municipal Politics

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The Fence

The City has been building a fence at our local leash-free park at the R.L.Clark Filtration Plant. Some readers may recall the post I made on this subject some time ago on this blog. My position has been that the dog park is poorly located… Read More

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One Down

Giorgio Mammoliti withdrew from the Toronto mayoralty race today. It was not a surprise. He wasn’t going to be the next mayor, but along the way he got an opportunity to showcase a host of ideas. Good ones, bad ones, wacky ones – Mammoliti had… Read More

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Crowded Middle

A new poll shows Toronto mayoralty hopeful and blowhard Rob Ford on top, ahead of George Smitherman. The poll shows Ford at 17.8% support compared to Smitherman at 15.9%. Keep in mind that it is a small poll with a margin of error of 3.1%.… Read More

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Smitherman to Run

To all those readers from outside the Toronto area, thanks for your patience with my occasional posts about local politics. How can I not comment on the news that Deputy Premier George Smitherman is resigning his post to seek the office of Mayor in the… Read More