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Mayor Olivia Chow's Toronto

The Star has published a report on the Scarborough South-West race for Council:

www.thestar.com

Housing, transit among key issues as Scarborough Southwest byelection heads down to the wire

Leading candidates push for affordability, accountability and fixes for transportation concerns in Nov. 30 byelection.
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The key bit for us here is a that it includes a pole result. No sign of Malika Ghous??? She of the seeming 10,000 signs?

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Based on the above, its Parthi's to lose; but at only 7 points ahead of Kevin and Suman, turnout of one's vote will be key.
 
Northern Light said:
The key bit for us here is a that it includes a pole result. No sign of Malika Ghous??? She of the seeming 10,000 signs?
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Signs are weird. The absence of signs shows that a candidate is a non-factor, but a lot of election signs doesn't mean the candidate is a key contender.

I find that signs are a particularly unreliable barometer in inner-suburban Toronto neighbourhoods, where there are a lot of rooming houses and properties with residents ineligible to vote.
 
christiesplits said:
Signs are weird. The absence of signs shows that a candidate is a non-factor, but a lot of election signs doesn't mean the candidate is a key contender.

I find that signs are a particularly unreliable barometer in inner-suburban Toronto neighbourhoods, where there are a lot of rooming houses and properties with residents ineligible to vote.
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Broadly agree, but would say, lots of signs with full colour photos and slick graphics do at least suggest a healthy campaign budget. That may not make one a leading contender, but you would think they might register top 5 in a poll.
 
Northern Light said:
Broadly agree, but would say, lots of signs with full colour photos and slick graphics do at least suggest a healthy campaign budget. That may not make one a leading contender, but you would think they might register top 5 in a poll.
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We should all know by now that having an excessive number of signs doesn't mean the Candidate is going to win.

Take Xiao Hua Gong for example.
 
The Auditor General list of her 2024 planned audits may give us some interesting topics for conversation.

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Personally, I will be watching for the report on the MLSE Contract for the World Cup and the repair of Utility Cuts! Plus, of course, the 2025 Report on ECS and their management (if that's the right word) of major construction projects.
 
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