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One candidate for Mayor chiming in:
Another former Mayor as well:
Another former Mayor as well:
An inability to enact action is not the same as inaction.Seems like a win for anyone complaining that Tory isn't doing anything. Now he can.
Whether you like or dislike the current mayor, the current system does not work. People vote for the mayor expecting a certain vision. But the mayor isn't empowered to deliver a thing. Meanwhile thanks to the nature of local politics, incumbent councillors are like Lords with their own fiefdoms.
There's not a lot I agree with Ford on. But cutting council and imposing a strong mayor system are changes I can get behind.
Alternatively, I'd be okay with having a parliamentary system too where the mayor is a premier-esque first-among-equals figure empowered to appoint an executive/cabinet from a caucus.
Listening to Brad Bradford carrying water for John Tory this morning on Metro Morning, calling Tory a "consensus builder" was really disappointing, and saying how much faster it would be to build housing with Tory given all those additional powers like the veto and additional agenda-setting abilities. He's a former planner. He should know better.....
Well, THAT is a surprise :-> She may actually make a decent Mayor, I guess we will find out.Horwath has a press conference for a "major announcement" in Hamilton this morning...
It's a career lifestyle. I don't think movement between various levels of government is all that unusual, although upward vs. downward in succession is typically more common.
Beats working.
I’d take a traditional job any day over being a politician. Everyone is your boss and thinks they know more than you do, and you can kiss privacy goodbye, particularly the higher the level. They pay scale isn’t all that great if you’ve got any decent skill set. There is a reason that the best and brightest don’t run for office. Who needs it?It's a career lifestyle. I don't think movement between various levels of government is all that unusual, although upward vs. downward in succession is typically more common.
Beats working.