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only something like 36% of Fords 2010 donations actually came from inside of Toronto. Ford was absolutely backed by suburban donors.
there are stats for that? surprising.
only something like 36% of Fords 2010 donations actually came from inside of Toronto. Ford was absolutely backed by suburban donors.
only something like 36% of Fords 2010 donations actually came from inside of Toronto. Ford was absolutely backed by suburban donors.
I don't get the sense that "905ers" are funding campaigns (RoFo or otherwise) in the Toronto municipal elections.
there are stats for that? surprising.
only something like 36% of Fords 2010 donations actually came from inside of Toronto. Ford was absolutely backed by suburban donors.
You got it backwards, as others have pointed out.
Anyways this is something that rubs me the wrong way. He probably got more money outside of Toronto than he did within the old City of Toronto. I don't understand why people outside of the city are allowed to influence our elections. There should be a rule against this kind of thing.
Intuitively, I think you are right....but what about a guy that lives, say, in Mississauga but owns/runs a business within the city....should that guy not be allowed to support a candidate in Toronto that he feels is good for his business? What about a Toronto municipal employee that lives, say, in Whitby and wants to support a candidate that is more labour friendly...should they not be allowed to support a candidate that aligns with their views?
You bring up a good point.. IIRC in London (UK), anybody who owns a small business within the city is eligible to vote. This is a system that I'd be willing to consider for Toronto.
My problem is with the people that have no direct relations to Toronto influencing the election. I'm not so concerned with people who have actual business with the City of Toronto donating to campaigns.
It is a tough line to draw though...how do you define the bolded part.
If you work or go to school (etc...) in the city.
I wonder how much of the 1/3 of Ford's 2010 support fit that bill? I would bet a lot....
.if I did not live in Toronto and did not work/run a business/go to school there, I can't imagine why I would care about/donate to a candidate for Mayor there.
I agree.
I suppose to support the Ford Nation cause. Stick it to the free-spending lefties.
I wonder how much of the 1/3 of Ford's 2010 support fit that bill? I would bet a lot.....if I did not live in Toronto and did not work/run a business/go to school there, I can't imagine why I would care about/donate to a candidate for Mayor there.
Are you seriously this obtuse, or are you just trolling?
1. You started by saying that you didn't think it was happening at all, and now you're saying that it's okay that it is happening (notwithstanding your initial denial) because of "facts" you're guessing are true. But the last time you guessed about facts, you were wrong.
Not sure why you are getting so aggressive or what I did to attract that.
I started by expressing doubt that many people in the 905 were funding Toronto Mayoral campaigns....then I expressed surprise that it was as high as one poster thought it was (64%...since corrected by other posters).
That led to a pleasant discussion between myself and another poster wherein I actually agreed that it is intuitive that limiting donations to only people that live in a jurisdiction should be able to contribute within that jursidiction but that limitation raises a complication around people (of any political stripe/bias) who may live outside that jurisdiction but work/own businesses/go to school in a jurisdiction where they do not live. The other poster and I seemed to agree that it was probably fair that those circumstances make donations ok...then we wondered, and agree, that it makes sense that "a lot" of RoFo's 1/3 of donations sourced outside 416 likely meet that test. The only "guessing" was when I suggested that if "a lot" was 2/3 that the remaining 1/3 of the 1/3 was probably not that significant.
So, not sure why you would jump into a discussion like that and start name calling....but that's fine.
My apologies....I thought by asking me if I was trolling you were calling me a troll.I have certainly questioned your behaviour, but what "name" have I "called" you? And if it's "fine", why are you complaining?
Wait a sec. Now you're getting things wrong intentionally, and turning your own errors into accusations. And you're going all passive-aggressive. It's better for me to to just stop engaging. I know that smell...