SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Tory's Executive Comm.? This will be interesting.
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Mayor John Tory's Toronto
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gabe
Senior Member
Rob Ford, John Tory, Minnan-Wong, Mammoliti all voted in. Sad, sad day.
taal
Senior Member
Minnan-Wong is NOT that bad .... honestly ... he's competent for one like him or not ... yes he jumped on the Rob Ford bandwagaon in the early days but distanced him self after ...
Rob / Mammoliti sad yes but well ... maybe only need to worry about one of them and that's 1/40+ ... no biggie ..
Rob / Mammoliti sad yes but well ... maybe only need to worry about one of them and that's 1/40+ ... no biggie ..
typezed
Active Member
Yeah, overall it's a sad outcome. All incumbent councillours who ran returned, less the one guy who actually brought a little dignity to the circus. Rob Ford still around to cause chaos. The media will continue to feed the Ford Nation beast. Over that long campaign someone needed to hold the Fords responsible for their abuses but no one did, and their pull on the city is only slightly bruised. What we have is an unconvincing victory for an uninspiring leader who is gaffe-prone. There might be room for optimism with Tory replacing the Fords as Mayor if he was going into the next four years with a few new faces, younger diverse councillors who were able to look beyond the suburban/downtown left/right divide. But it's looking to me like a solid continuation of the mess we had.
torontologist
Active Member
I'm especially sad that Cesar Palacio and Ana Bailao were re-elected... both deserved to lose, and their opponents were great. Alejandra Bravo and Alex Mazer were exactly the kind of progressive young voice we lack in our city council. And they were both so close! Here's to hoping that they run again.
Also, thoroughly disappointed that Doug Ford won as many votes as he did. Good luck to John Tory, please make us proud.
Also, thoroughly disappointed that Doug Ford won as many votes as he did. Good luck to John Tory, please make us proud.
Palma
Senior Member
A sad day also that Di Giorgio again got in though with an even more narrow victory than he had in 2010
Johnny Au
Senior Member
As an Olivia Chow supporter, as much as I am reluctant to say this, but congratulations, John Tory. Please make our city great.
junctionist
Senior Member
The results map looks divided along class lines. Affluent = Tory; working class = Ford; "creative" = Chow. Wards with a mix of classes had closer results.
Greg Banks
Active Member
Here are some precognitions...Let's look back in a month and see how close I came
Deputy Mayor...Norm Kelly
Speaker...Jon Filion
Deputy Speaker...Gord Perks
Budget Chief...Paul Ainslie
Audit Chief/Affordable Housing Chair/Employee Relations...Rob Ford (got to keep him busy)
TTC Chair...Josh Colle
TPSB....John Burnside, Michelle Berardinetti, John Tory
Public Works... DWM
Government Mgmt... Josh Matlow
Licencing and Standards... Jaye Robinson
Parks and Enviroment... MMM
Economic Deveplopment... Michael Thompson (he is going to have his choice of chairs)
Planning and Growth... Mary Fragedakis
Community Development... Janet Davis
Civic Appointments...Shelley Carroll
Striking Committee...Gary Crawford
At Large Exec Members...Mark Grimes, Sarah Doucette, Kristin Wong-Tam, James Pasternak
Videodrome
Senior Member
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...s_olivia_chow_david_soknacki_on_his_team.html
Tory wants Chow and Soknacki back in some role.
Tory wants Chow and Soknacki back in some role.
Greg Banks
Active Member
Well seeing that they're unelected they'll have to be part of Tory's "kitchen cabinet" won't they?
Soks isn't going to leave Econo for a paid mayor's staff position however Chow might, then again there is a long line of Tory campaigners who would be expecting a little sugar.
Videodrome
Senior Member
Moving ahead quickly.
TonyV
Senior Member
Me likey. Promising early start.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Who do we anticipate leading the anti-Tory caucus of progressive councillors? Under the Miller era many councillors like Jane Pitfield and Karen Stintz took the lead and built their profile on their steadfast opposition to Miller's initiatives. Who will lead the opposition and become the anointed progressive mayoral candidate in 2018? Janet Davis? Mike Layton?
Greg Banks
Active Member
Well if Tory starts with the Exec and primo appointments as I suggest above he'll hamstring any opposition on either side before it can get its legs under it....