MetroMan
Senior Member
Looks to me like the pace of contributions has really slowed down dramatically. Unless the story picks back up on Tuesday or some wealthy donors come in, I don't think they're going to make it. Though if they get within $50,000 or so, I could see Gawker topping it up.
The story will be very active in the news tomorrow with Rob Ford forced to make a statement and City Council probably bringing up a motion to discuss this. Even his few remaining allies are calling for him to clear this up. Josh Matlow has mentioned moving the topic into official debate tomorrow and if he does, it will probably pass. With people coming home from the long weekend, with all this discussion about the video and with the campaign close to hitting a landmark $100K which will prompt the news to report on the campaign specifically, I imagine that the donations will pick up significantly.
Also, the perks have motivated larger contributions. We're seeing a lot of $200 and fewer random low numbers. It's very likely that we'll be way ahead of half the goal by the time half the deadline is passed. It's at nearly $80K right now.
Upcoming possible donations: Steven Debus $50K, Toronto left leaning organizations and/or media like NOW or others could put up $10K, I'm sure the Toronto Board of Trade would love to see Ford gone so any of their wealthy members can make the move. Then let's not forget TheStar or those with financial interest in the wellbeing of the paper who could post an annonymous donation and consider it a great investment. The Star would be vindicated and wash away a lot of the perception that its biased and making these things up. Some people would never be convinced, but TheStar would come out a hero out of all of this. They were right. Here's the evidence.
...then again, Ford might feel enough pressure to take his advisors' advice and admit to his problem and step away until the next election. There's a real possibility that we might get a Rob Ford resignation tomorrow or within a couple more days.
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