Toronto election sign wars

[johntauren]

Saw bunch of Ford signs on Burmhamthrope today.
Quite a few Tory signs as well.
Only a single Chow signs.
Councilor signs were a lot more mixed.

 

[King of Kensington]

^Sounds about right.

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As far as I could tell today, Forest Hill is 100% Tory. All those surprised, raise your hands.

I also saw my first Goldkind sign: Marlborough which is between Yonge and Avenue, just south of the train tracks at Summerhill. Ward 27.

I did Forest Hill and Cedarvale last week. Tory dominates, though Olivia Chow had a few signs in Cedarvale. Doug "my wife is Jewish" Ford had zero.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I saw a FordMayor sign on Elm Ridge Drive, west of Bathurst (N of Eglinton). Shocked me; I wanted to get out of my car, knock on his door and just scream "really?? really??"

A "FordMayor" sign bonfire after the 27th would be cathartic.

Yeah, well, that's the "poor" part of that neighbourhood so....

I love bonfires and it sure is healthier than my current plan of getting wedding drunk to celebrate.

 

[adma]

I find that a fair number of places with Ford signs (esp. the few-and-far-between cases downtown) display their allegiances with overkill: front window pamphlets, etc..

I looked closer at one of those overkill places, and in the window was something about *her*

http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...longshots_mayoral_candidate_diana_maxted.html

More proof that it's the fringe marginalia which is most enthusiastic about the Fords.

 

[JGHali]

Yeah, well, that's the "poor" part of that neighbourhood so....

I love bonfires and it sure is healthier than my current plan of getting wedding drunk to celebrate.

Well, Bonfire Night is less than two weeks away!

 

[W. K. Lis]

^Sounds about right.

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As far as I could tell today, Forest Hill is 100% Tory. All those surprised, raise your hands.

I also saw my first Goldkind sign: Marlborough which is between Yonge and Avenue, just south of the train tracks at Summerhill. Ward 27.

Canada introduced the secret ballot in 1874. While Massachusetts was the first United State to have the secret ballot in 1888, with Kentucky the last in 1891. See link.

 

[vic]

One of the goofier election signs I've seen. Is #ward14 an unsafe hellhole? Has Elmer the safety elephant endorsed?
https://twitter.com/vgedris/status/525629424763699200

 

[vic]

https://twitter.com/voteforuddin/status/525425250293788673
Mohammed Uddin in Ward 18 is also reporting anti-muslim sign vandalism.

 

[StatGeek]

Doug Ford has 336 illegal signs removed, Chow 25, Tory 21

Wow removal. That will show them!!! Can my dog poop on the sidewalk and the consequences is a city official removing it?

 

[adma]

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One of the goofier election signs I've seen. Is #ward14 an unsafe hellhole? Has Elmer the safety elephant endorsed?
https://twitter.com/vgedris/status/525629424763699200

Actually, I've seen a few other candidates using the bus motif--but they seem to be suburban trustee candidates, for whom the "schoolbus" metaphor makes sense. (Still ugly, though)

 

[SunriseChampion]

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https://twitter.com/voteforuddin/status/525425250293788673
Mohammed Uddin in Ward 18 is also reporting anti-muslim sign vandalism.

That's my ward. ffs, I live with these fools?

 

[W. K. Lis]

Quickly, who's campaign signs are these?

If you said Doug Ford's signs you're wrong. They're Rob Ford's signs. See link from October 4, 2010 from the linked The Star article.

Rob Ford's 2010 campaign signs and Doug Ford's 2014 campaign signs are exactly the same.

Which Ford's campaign signs have they put out this year? Who paid for them? Which signs are Rob's and which signs are Doug's?

Think audit.

 

[johntauren]

Doug was allowed to reuse Rob's signs, if he paid for them at fair market price.

Knowing Doug...well...

 

[W. K. Lis]

Doug was allowed to reuse Rob's signs, if he paid for them at fair market price.

Knowing Doug...well...

2010 prices? Or 2014 prices?

 

[rbt]

Doug was allowed to reuse Rob's signs, if he paid for them at fair market price.

Knowing Doug...well...

What is fair market price for a sign that only one person in the world could want to purchase? Market value would be close to recycling value ($500 per ton or something).