Of all the new councillors, I've been most impressed by Wong-Tam. She seems like a really hard worker, and on point in most of her questioning. She actually seems like the best councillor there right now. I especially liked one episode when the Housing Board was being tossed. She asked a couple questions of Holyday that clearly reinforced that she'd done more business in the real world than the old conservative had ever encountered. There have been a couple times when she has seemed defeated by the obstinate stupidity of the ruling majority on council and has fallen into the unproductive speech-making and hopeless amendments of Fletcher, Davis, Perks, etc, but overall she seems to be striving to wring the best result out of a bad situation. However, she doesn't seem - at this time - to be a personality that will capture the faith of the entire city in the the wake of Ford.
A politics wonk who needs to be the moderate voice of reasoned debate, at least in his own head, Matlow seems to drift a bit. I hear that he voted no to the Jarvis lanes by mistake at last meeting, but his vote never seems to be predictable on any issue. When I see results of any vote, I always look for his first, just because he can be all over the map.
Carroll can seem petulant and disruptive. I don't get the affection for her.
I wonder if Colle has any legs. I haven't seen him do anything in council, but he may be as well-connected as anyone there, and seems to be working the backroom politics to make himself the leader of the moderate newcomers.