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2023 Toronto Mayoral by-election
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AlvinofDiaspar
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marcus_a_j
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I live two blocks away from Bradford and Chow definitely has the most signs in this area. Third-most is Bailao. I've only lived here for 9 months, but speaking with neighbours on my street, there is a lot of Anti-Bradford. Of course that's only limited to a dozen or so people, but many long-time residents have not been happy with him - especially when he used his Councilor's Office email list for his campaign. I unsubscribed after that.
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I think he is not allowed to do this - you could ask the Integrity Commissioner. integrity@toronto.ca
marcus_a_j
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I just got a campaign text from Mark Saunders. I would love to know how he/his team got my phone number.
Eug
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Hmm... I guess I was wrong on my prediction. I thought it'd be Chow #1, Bailao #2, and the others further down in the polls. Guess not. Anyhow...Back to our regularly scheduled programming, The Star is out with a new Ipsos poll.
@mjl08 must have slept in or it would have been posted by now..... LOL
Olivia Chow enters final week of mayoral campaign leading in every corner of Toronto, new poll says
Ipsos survey for the Toronto Star and Global News pegs Chow’s citywide support at 38 per cent compared to only 14 per cent for her nearest rival Mark Saunders.www.thestar.com
Chow 38
Saunders 14
Bailao 12
Matlow 10
Furey 7
Hunter 6
Bradford 6
Are the candidates allowed to spam us by text? Is this authorized by Mark Saunders? I got this by text today:
I'm Mark Saunders running for Mayor
If Olivia Chow wins, she'll defund the police & hike taxes. Only I can stop her.
Reply YES to Support Me!
Stop to Stop
EddyMCD
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Do we think Chow would actually try and create a true rent control system (no raising rents on tenant turnover)? This one really scares me as it's a great way to ensure we don't ever build any more rental housing.
marcus_a_j
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Eug
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Heheh. Actually I did a lookup of the number and people report the number is associated with scammers and telemarketers. So it's probably either some existing bulk texting service or else a spoofed number.
picard102
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I'm sure Doug would step in if his developer friends didn't like it. Does the city even have the power to cap rent?
Either way, a true rent control would be great.
John_Dee
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I didn't bother with advance voting this year since the polling station on the day itself is far more conveniently situated for my purposes. I expect I'll be pulling the lever for Chow, though I can't claim to be feeling a great deal of enthusiasm for the prospect. Like many of you, I think her time has come and gone. I also think her late husband had most (possibly even all) of the real political talent in their partnership. Not to come off sounding like too much like an asshole, I should add that I do think she's a genuinely nice, decent sort who means well. Maybe that will be enough. I'd rather vote for Matlow, but he's not gonna win.
As for the rest of them? Well...Those at the top of the remaining 600 or so that is? Heh, heh. Hunter seems like a likeable person, but I don't know that that's enough to vote for someone. Bailao seems sensible and intelligent, even if a tad too conservative for my tastes, so she isn't likely to be a disaster if she gets in. Whatsisname, Furey, appears to be doing surprisingly decently for, y'know, a fringe nut candidate, but that's exactly what he is: a fringe nut candidate. Saunders really has come off as a straight-up goon (in every sense of the word) in this election. And poor Brad Brad has cemented himself as nothing more than a petulant little punk. Bwah.
All in all, I'll be happy enough if the new Mayor isn't an out-and-out Ford bootlicker. In this bunch, mayhaps that's the best one can hope for.
As for the rest of them? Well...Those at the top of the remaining 600 or so that is? Heh, heh. Hunter seems like a likeable person, but I don't know that that's enough to vote for someone. Bailao seems sensible and intelligent, even if a tad too conservative for my tastes, so she isn't likely to be a disaster if she gets in. Whatsisname, Furey, appears to be doing surprisingly decently for, y'know, a fringe nut candidate, but that's exactly what he is: a fringe nut candidate. Saunders really has come off as a straight-up goon (in every sense of the word) in this election. And poor Brad Brad has cemented himself as nothing more than a petulant little punk. Bwah.
All in all, I'll be happy enough if the new Mayor isn't an out-and-out Ford bootlicker. In this bunch, mayhaps that's the best one can hope for.
toaster29
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I never understood the notion of only voting for the person who is going to win. Especially when there isn't any fear of a close contender to necessitate strategic voting.
Fresco
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How delusional is this guy??!!! 
adma
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And therein lies the problem: Saunders doesn't even succeed as a "best bet", as opposed to being a "highest-polling alternate option". That is, those who don't want Chow aren't going to coalesce en masse around *him*--indeed, Bailao centrists would probably rather stay put and throw the election to Chow.
And that's how it goes: the non-Chows might not be *supporting* her, but they aren't *that* invested in "stopping" her, so they'd rather vote their conscience out of principle and resign themselves to the inevitable--sort of like those who didn't vote Liberal in the GTA during the Chretien era.
In the end, what Saunders is probably *most* concerned with is Furey eating away at his right flank.