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Remind Mammo that the victims were legally adult, i.e. no worries about underaged participants here...
 
Neil Flagg was going after Andray Domise on Twitter today, claiming that the he got funding from the Liberals and NDP.

Are polls done for council races?
 
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I would be surprised if they are. It would be very challenging to get a valid sample size in the ward (and much challenging) people who actually took an interest. I am guessing no idea/who? would be runaway winners, especially in wards where councillors keep a relatively low profile. I doubt many even in his own ward could even name Chin Lee as their local councillor, for example, much less have an opinion on his activities this term.
 
Flagg is worried that the golden child is not going to duly elevated to the heavens on October 27. No-one shoots at a dead duck.
 
edmundoconnor said:
Flagg is worried that the golden child is not going to duly elevated to the heavens on October 27. No-one shoots at a dead duck.
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You mean La Grand Dauphin? He who may be seen but not spoken to?

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Admiral Beez said:
What's wrong with that?
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There's nothing wrong with *asking* about such funding, as Flagg did, but candidates are not required to disclose that info until after the election. And of course Flagg was not satisfied with an answer in the negative, because surely Mug Ford is the people's choice and everyone else is an interloper funded by 'the Left'? It's a conspiracy, maaaan.
 
From the Toronto Sun, at this link:

Ford leads race in Etobicoke Ward 2 ... Mike Ford that is

Etobicoke’s Ward 2 is on track to remain a Ford family stronghold after the October election, new poll results find. For almost 14 years now, the ward has been a civic dynasty for the Ford family, first with current Mayor Rob Ford as its three-term councillor, and then with brother Doug Ford taking the seat after his younger sibling won the mayoralty in 2010.

According to results from a Forum Research survey Ward 2 candidate Mike Ford -- the 21-year-old nephew of the mayor and son of his legally troubled sister Kathy Ford-- has a strong lead heading into the Oct. 27 municipal elections.

The poll was taken July 23 and released to the Toronto Sun on Saturday.

Of those surveyed, 43% said they plan to vote for Ford, while 24% said they plan to vote for candidate Andray Domise, who appears to be Ford’s main competition according to the poll results. Only 17% of those surveyed say they plan to vote for “someone else” on the ballot, while 15% said they hadn’t yet made up their minds.

Forum’s Lorne Bozinoff said that the Fords have been a stalwart political presence in the ward -- and in Etobicoke, generally -- giving young Mike Ford an edge based on name recognition.

“It’s a Ford dynasty,” said Bozinoff. “It just shows ... (that) name recognition is 99% of this. There is no (political) party identification -- you’re not voting for a party, you’re voting for a person -- and nobody (in the ward) has heard of (any of the other candidates), except, of course, they’ve heard the Ford name ... And don’t forget that (Rob and Doug Ford’s) father was from that area, too, provincially.”

Last month, Mike Ford, who is an account executive with the family business, Deco Labels and Tags, officially filed his papers to run.

Councillor Ford is not seeking Ward 2 re-election, and is now handling media relations for his nephew. He said Saturday that his nephew wouldn’t be doing interviews in the run-up to October’s election.

“Mike is not doing interviews with the media,” Councillor Ford said, adding that, in his view, the media have been “ruthless” when it comes to its dealing with the Ford family.

His nephew “doesn’t need the media” to capture Ward 2, he said.

“The media has zero (role) to play in any councillors’ election, as far as we’re concerned,” Ford said. “People care about if you answer the phone and making sure the customer service is there.”
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Name recognition and free publicity is the problem here. Now if only a "John F. Kennedy" or a "Mickey Mouse" had their names on the ballot....

Do not like that "cone of silence" .
 
tiffer24 said:
Mammo, who will probably be facing criminal charges soon, is calling for the resignation of two councillors.

BenSpurr 1:09pm via TweetDeck
Cllr Mammoliti calls for resignation of Cllrs Layton and Perks following two deaths at VELD festival this weekend.
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Guess I'm out of the loop, but what is he being charged for?
 
salsa said:
These ward 2 people truly deserve what they get.
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Though even more so than with the Mayoral race, "it's early"--and considering the landslides the Fords have enjoyed in Ward 2 in the past, Andray's not in a bad position at all. His "visibility" gambit is paying off.
 
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