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Who gets your vote for Mayor of Toronto?

  • Ana Bailao

    Votes: 18 16.4%
  • Brad Bradford

    Votes: 3 2.7%
  • Olivia Chow

    Votes: 58 52.7%
  • Mitzie Hunter

    Votes: 2 1.8%
  • Josh Matlow

    Votes: 20 18.2%
  • Mark Saunders

    Votes: 4 3.6%
  • Other

    Votes: 5 4.5%

  • Total voters
    110
  • Poll closed .
Given such low voter turnout, who really knows what “the city” wants
This one might be an outlier with higher than usual turnout. The public seems interested.
If I had to make a bet, this will come down to Ana Bailao vs Josh Matlow with every other mayoral candidate behind them. I could get behind and support Ana Bailao if she jumps in.
Would an endorsement from Tory help or hinder?
 
Next: Whitey McWhiteface goes to Corso Italia for a slice of pizza pie.

Then to Agincourt for some General Tso and egg rolls.

Soo. I don't want to let too many cats out of too many bags.........but I feel like I should share....

a) I'm not personal friends w/Bradford, but I've had a few dealings w/him, and personally, I found him mostly good to deal with......I have found him quite frank for a pol;
I mean people just like sharing w/me, as UT'ers know, LOL....... but Brad can offer very, ummm. PE' esque takes when you talk to him privately.

b) I got introduced to Brad by another pol who supported him, who I still get along with quite well. I was very on-the-fence when he first ran, he made me 3 very clear promises, he kept 1. The pandemic merits a bit of slack; but
I was not and am not satisfied overall w/o how he addressed two (and no, I'm not sharing, LOL) (Well, ok, the Danforth Bike lane was the one he kept) But they were not personal, they were City-wide policy matters.

c) I understand ambition, sometimes expressly personal, sometimes, at least in theory, motivated by the desire to get power to do good things with it; as is my wont as a pragmatist, I will cut staff or pols some slack when I think, on balance, that
will serve the public interest.

d) I was disgusted by what he did to Bravo on the floor of Council, during the budget. There is no letting that slide. I may have been disappointed before, I'm much less pleased now. I don't agree with Alejandra on everything either; but I have no doubt the intent of her motion was good, and sincere, and not overly political. I also have no doubt that what Brad had to say was very political, disingenuous, and mean. Not ok, at all!

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While I'm sharing..........I don't think I've heard Brad talk publicly about his Wife's occupation much. To be clear, I don't believe in picking on pol's spouses; I don't know his wife and am not casting aspersions of any sort.

However, her line of work is certainly a potential conflict of interest for a guy attempting to spearhead planning reform.

She's a VP for a major Toronto developer.

To his credit, he reads as 'absent' on key votes involving their applications; however, they obviously have a vested interested in 'Planning reforms'......
 
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I wanted to like Brad early on. I followed him, he still follows me on Twitter. I thought he brought a pragmatic centrist urbanist perspective, especially his support for Danforth. I met him at the Danforth pilot in 2020, I thought well of him then.

But I guess he fell deep into Tory’s orbit, leading to his disgusting behaviour last night. That was it for me.
 
Mitzie Hunter is eyeing a run. She seems ok but ran a very uninspiring leadership campaign for the provincial Liberals. Like Bradford, she's a Civic Action alumni, which seems to be Toronto's politician factory.

 
Mitzie Hunter is eyeing a run. She seems ok but ran a very uninspiring leadership campaign for the provincial Liberals. Like Bradford, she's a Civic Action alumni, which seems to be Toronto's politician factory.


Has the smile; speaking is decent, not mind-blowing; but policy-wise feels very Tory, very mild, very meek, very status quo.

Might win in a crowded field; but in tough against a credible challenger, and in tougher still against two, if one is eating her political lunch.
 

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