[Dubster]

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Dear person who left this note on my workplace computer at night. That was pretty creepy. Still, feel free to introduce yourself or DM me!

Not only creepy, but kind of threatening. "I know who you are."

 

[L23]

You're most likely right. I don't know what prize is awarded for whittling the candidates down to the most probable five months before the vote. Or sixteen months before the vote, which was probably when the expert opinion decided that it needed be Tory or Chow who take on Ford. It's all sort of self-fulfilling. Are Tory and Chow the ones we need to put our hopes on because they've introduced new ideas? No, not as far as I can see. Because they've made the hard choices? Nope. Because they've stood up to the disgraceful drunken criminal presently in office? Hardly. And the shame here isn't really that Soknacki himself has little chance of ever rising to a place where he has a serious chance of being elected to office. It's that there might be better candidates out there, both for the mayoralty and council seats, people who really represent the abilities and aspirations of the city, who just won't bother because they realize the political culture is too timid, lazy, disengaged or immature to give much thought and consideration to those who aren't already well up the ladder.

It's not just the expert opinion though, it's the electorate too. It's incredibly difficult for an independent to win an election anyway - they don't have the party support of the main candidates, they don't have the electoral lists of party supporters or likely voters, they don't get the big donations, and they don't usually have the name recognition (unless it's someone like Jesse Ventura). They also don't the admin team of volunteers in most cases, the experienced staff who can get things done for them.

If you're a candidate from a major party, you get all of that, as well as a baseline of voters who will vote along party lines pretty much independent of what that particular candidate stands for. It's hard to break out of the pack of fringe candidates when there aren't many top tier candidates from the main parties; with Tory and Chow, that's not the case. They're both big names, with big party backing.

 

[Yaitsme]

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Dear person who left this note on my workplace computer at night. That was pretty creepy. Still, feel free to introduce yourself or DM me!

That is messed up I'd be crying

 

[casita]

With the latest escapade, one really has to wonder how RoFo is still insurable for driving.

I wouldn't want to lease Rob a car if his own mother went on TV insisting he install a breathalyzer.

His choice of friends he lends his ( leased ) car to is also quite questionable.

Can you imagine if it had been a city vehicle?

 

[animatronic]

Not only creepy, but kind of threatening. "I know who you are."

Would it have been more polite to leave a note saying "you need to leave my community"?

 

[Cooper]

With the latest escapade, one really has to wonder how RoFo is still insurable for driving.

I've been wondering the same thing.

 

[animatronic]

I wouldn't want to lease Rob a car if his own mother went on TV insisting he install a breathalyzer.

His choice of friends he lends his ( leased ) car to is also quite questionable.

Can you imagine if it had been a city vehicle?

Nobody leased Rob a car - which may partly explain why it's a Deco vehicle?

 

[casita]

But Doug can proxy for Rob in the debates. After all he now has mayoral aspirations.

Trying to picture Ari Goldkind and Doug going mano-a-mano in a debate.

 

[thereverend]

It's not just the expert opinion though, it's the electorate too. It's incredibly difficult for an independent to win an election anyway - they don't have the party support of the main candidates, they don't have the electoral lists of party supporters or likely voters, they don't get the big donations, and they don't usually have the name recognition (unless it's someone like Jesse Ventura). They also don't the admin team of volunteers in most cases, the experienced staff who can get things done for them.

If you're a candidate from a major party, you get all of that, as well as a baseline of voters who will vote along party lines pretty much independent of what that particular candidate stands for. It's hard to break out of the pack of fringe candidates when there aren't many top tier candidates from the main parties; with Tory and Chow, that's not the case. They're both big names, with big party backing.

Difficult but it does indeed happen. Ultimately Tory, even with backing, is at serious risk of dropping off in the polls. If Rob drops out, even if Doug steps in, that pretty much leaves Chow uncontested. At that moment the press and the electorate will take a look at the other candidates. This may be just to reinforce the neck and neck race narrative so loved in election time, but it will present a great moment for an organized "also ran" to emerge as a possible contender. As my partner points out, Soknacki has such a policy rich platform that he is in danger of being viewed as leftist instead of the fiscally conservative centrist with great ideas that he seems to be. If he can manage to blend his progressive ideas on the city (and the need for taxation) with a strong sense of protecting taxpayers money, he may well be able to grab that moment.

 

[pud99]

 

[Yaitsme]

Could be interpreted that way. Luckily I'm 6'5 280 and my bro is friends with bikers.

That's hot

 

[stoobiedood]

Now I'm getting a blank page for Greenestone's Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Board @ http://greenestoneclinic.com/aboutus_ab.html, but, apropos of nothing, I nominate Dr. Luke Fazio as the original CBC source.

Did you previously get something other than a blank? The Internet Wayback Machine has 9 captures of that page. In May, 2011, there were three entries, but a month later only one remained (Garfinkle) and a new listing appeared for Janice Harris, who never had any bio other than "Coming soon." In Oct 2012, all entries disappeared. The last capture was May 16 a year ago, blank as it appears today.

May 2011:
Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Board

Please click on a name to view profile information

Paul Garfinkel is a nationally and internationally renowned psychiatrist, researcher, academic leader, hospital administrator, humanitarian and advocate who has given back to the community for more than 30 years. He was President and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto from 1990-2000 (where he still teaches today). As a researcher, most of his more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers related to eating disorders; his work in the 1970's and 80's made Toronto one of the world leaders in this field.
As the founding President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in 1998, Dr. Garfinkel oversaw, led, and inspired the creation of Canada's largest academic health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addictions-one of the leading such institutions in the world. As CAMH's recently retired leader, he broadened the traditional role of the hospital into a centre that influences public policy, challenges social attitudes and stigma, took a broad view of the determinants of health, and conducted research that transformed the lives of affected individuals. Dr. Garfinkel's vision of physically transforming CAMH from an antiquated, institutionalized campus into an inclusive "urban village" integrating this new kind of hospital with the community has just completed its first award-winning phase.




Dr. Steven Melemis is a doctor who specializes in addiction medicine and mood disorders. He has years of experience consulting to physicians, employee assistance programs, insurance companies, corporations, law firms, the College of Nurses, and the College of Physicians.
He has held positions as the Medical Inspector for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Clinical Advisor to the Physician Health Program of the Ontario Medical Association and was the Past Vice-Chair of Addiction Medicine for the Ontario Medical Association. He currently is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Dr. Melemis was called upon to develop the province-wide guidelines used by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in the assessment of substance abuse cases. He also developed the detox protocols used by a number of hospitals and detox facilities today. His passion to addiction medicine has led him to speaking engagements to the public and health professionals. Widely known for his experience and expertise, he has been interviewed on television, radio and newspapers.
Dr. Melemis holds a Ph.D. and M.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a fully qualified and licensed physician under: The Medical Council of Canada, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, The National Board of Medical Examiners and The Medical Board of California.




After his Undergraduate Degree in South Africa, Dr. Jay M. Parekh moved to Ireland to complete medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons. Dr. Parekh has provided his skills worldwide from completing his senior residency in Kenya and lecturing in Zambia to Chief Resident at McMaster Medical Centre. He has fellowships in surgery (FRCS) from both England and Canada. For the majority of his professional career Dr. Parekh has been Chief of Surgery at Guelph General and St. Joseph Hospital. He was also President of the Wellington County Medical Society and affiliate of the Ontario Medical Association.
He is both a General and Colorectal surgeon. He has been performing endoscopies and colonoscopies since 1974, and has done over 20,000 procedures. He is the Medical Director of the GreeneStone Clinic where he ensures his patients have a "comfortable colonoscopy." Dr. Parekh also practices at the Provis and Rudd clinics in Oakville and The Digestive Health Clinic in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

 

[Soop]

During the lunchtime live chat with Daniel Dale at the Star, DD made this comment. "His [Ford's] campaign has basically disappeared. If Chow or Tory had some sort of emergency that temporarily prevented them from campaigning, their campaign operations would continue doing stuff on their behalf. Ford doesn't really have a campaign operation - he, himself, is the campaign. So there's little to do with him gone."

Made me wonder if the Ford campaign "volunteers" i.e. his office staff, aren't able to do any campaign work during office time anymore, because they work for DM Kelly now. Or if they (the "volunteers") actually just don't give a flying f--k about Ford's campaign.

 

[pud99]

Nobody leased Rob a car - which may partly explain why it's a Deco vehicle?

Maybe, but seems unlikely. More likely it was leased by Deco because (1) Randy and Doug have signing authority to cause Deco to lease vehicles (versus no leasing company would lease a vehicle to Rob on the signature of anyone but Rob) and (2) leasing it allows it to be financed, rather than having to be paid for in full at the outset. I am morally certain that Doug's Navigator and Randy's Escalade are also leased by Deco.

 

[zang]

This contest is Ford, Tory, Chow, the rest are irrelevant in terms of how they are and will poll. If you want to get rid of Ford, you have to hold your nose and vote for Tory or Chow.

Sadly, I have to agree. If Ford were not in this election or ranked ballots were in effect, Socks would be my first choice. Soknacki's only true hope is a Ford-free election, methinks.