Next: Whitey McWhiteface goes to Corso Italia for a slice of pizza pie.
Then to Agincourt for some General Tso and egg rolls.
Soo. I don't want to let too many cats out of too many bags.........but I feel like I should share....
a) I'm not personal friends w/Bradford, but I've had a few dealings w/him, and personally, I found him mostly good to deal with......I have found him quite frank for a pol;
I mean people just like sharing w/me, as UT'ers know, LOL....... but Brad can offer very, ummm. PE' esque takes when you talk to him privately.
b) I got introduced to Brad by another pol who supported him, who I still get along with quite well. I was very on-the-fence when he first ran, he made me 3 very clear promises, he kept 1. The pandemic merits a bit of slack; but
I was not and am not satisfied overall w/o how he addressed two (and no, I'm not sharing, LOL) (Well, ok, the Danforth Bike lane was the one he kept) But they were not personal, they were City-wide policy matters.
c) I understand ambition, sometimes expressly personal, sometimes, at least in theory, motivated by the desire to get power to do good things with it; as is my wont as a pragmatist, I will cut staff or pols some slack when I think, on balance, that
will serve the public interest.
d) I was disgusted by what he did to Bravo on the floor of Council, during the budget. There is no letting that slide. I may have been disappointed before, I'm much less pleased now. I don't agree with Alejandra on everything either; but I have no doubt the intent of her motion was good, and sincere, and not overly political. I also have no doubt that what Brad had to say was very political, disingenuous, and mean. Not ok, at all!
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While I'm sharing..........I don't think I've heard Brad talk publicly about his Wife's occupation much. To be clear, I don't believe in picking on pol's spouses; I don't know his wife and am not casting aspersions of any sort.
However, her line of work is certainly a potential conflict of interest for a guy attempting to spearhead planning reform.
She's a VP for a major Toronto developer.
To his credit, he reads as 'absent' on key votes involving their applications; however, they obviously have a vested interested in 'Planning reforms'......
