Who will you vote for in 2014 Toronto mayoral election??
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This election I'm voting with my business interests. Despite my personal belief/values/needs.
Sadly, Ford presents the best option. For that reason only.
I sincerely wish the next election I'm not in such a circumstance & can vote based on what best suits all aspects of my life.
Sigh.
Sadly, Ford presents the best option. For that reason only.
I sincerely wish the next election I'm not in such a circumstance & can vote based on what best suits all aspects of my life.
Sigh.
John tory is going to sell us out to his buddies and they will pry more money from our pockets by selling public businesses to private corps. Tory is a thief in a suit.
I saw this on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, I think it sums up the general mood of most people on here (and probably most of Toronto as well):
Tory is all about compromise, would rather have someone like Doug who will fight to stop things like road tolls (Tory supported), bag taxes, etc. Tory has said we should have been building subways over the last 20 years, but has compromised by proposing running above ground trains down the middle of streets like Eglinton.
Thats what you HAVE to do in politics though. Sometimes you have to compromise.
If as mayor you dont wanna do that you might as well install a dictator who does what he wants
At this point in time, we're going to have to compromise because Toronto is decades behind many cities. I imagine it would cost tens or maybe hundreds of billions of dollars and decades of construction just to get our system to the current subway system of other cities. It's sad that we've left the transit system decline for so long that it's basically impossible to expand it.
Tory. Both Chow and Ford (both Fords) lack integrity and are not trustworthy. It makes my skin crawl every time I heard Chow talk about being "progressive"; what she really means is socialist.
Tory lacks vision and conviction. He's been beaten up too often to take any sort of stand. He's milquetoast.
But, at this juncture in time, the city needs someone like him to bring it back together and move forward.
Tory lacks vision and conviction. He's been beaten up too often to take any sort of stand. He's milquetoast.
But, at this juncture in time, the city needs someone like him to bring it back together and move forward.
EXACTLY.
If you don't know how to compromise (like Rob Ford), nothing gets done.
In the last 4 years of Rob Ford - have we built 1 metre of subway?
1 metre of LRT? (Eglinton Crosstown was not Ford's initiative, if he had his way, he would have shut it down too)
Toronto has stagnated for 4 years under the rule of a pig headed and stubborn fool.
I don't like any of them, but Olivia is the least offensive.
For those conservatives who want more subways, remember it was Harris who filled in the Eglinton one just as it was getting started.
For those conservatives who want more subways, remember it was Harris who filled in the Eglinton one just as it was getting started.
If I may add. The least intelligent, trustworthy, informed, likeable, suitable, on and on and on. She just wants to get elected. What a disaster Toronto would be.
I disagree on each of those.
Anyway, I can only see Chow and Tory being able to build a consensus on council. Miller was able to do this, same with all past mayors except Ford.
Under Miller there were parties, strikes and shutdowns of the ttc. Miller did not rock the boat, built consensus, and what was accomplished.
Ford was able to build consensus on many bolder issues like, building the subway, removing the bag tax, removing the license tax, reducing the size and negotiating a favorable contract with some unions, contracting out garbage. Even Tory said Fords list of accomplishments was impressive. It all fell apart in the last year when the Ford became an addict.
The Ikea monkey could be mayor and we could see consensus and compromise. It takes someone willing to fight if you want to build subways or contract out garbage.
I find Chow at least as offensive as the Fords. They are all disingenuous, opportunistic and self-serving.
