riffraff
Active Member
Maybe someone should take another look at his numbers in the last mayoral race. The Fords that ran in 2010 are not the Fords that ran in 2014, and any Fords running in a by-election for the seat any time soon have been shown to be worse than what we knew of them just a year ago. Doug's demonstration in the HarperFester probably wouldn't win him votes this time around even if Doug ran on a "do it for the Gipper" platform.Would he? I don't think his heart is in municipal politics, esp. when his chances of making it big at the upper levels is geting increasingly dim these days.
AoD
A lot has changed since the Fords' 2010 heyday: Occupy, Idle No More, Black Lives Matter. the youth vote campaign and the Federal election among other things have changed the playing field. Remember that Rob ran unsuccessfully in 1997, and that was while his Dad was an MPP. Churches, community organizations and the schools have been responding to the fallout of Ford's mismanagement as mayor on their 'clients'. Maybe Mikey actually enjoys what he's doing and it wouldn't look good on him if jumped ship. If he wants to pursue politics better he run next time.
I'm hoping Andray considers making another run. People city-wide would support him with donations and volunteers. He's been making a real difference; he hasn't gone away. He'd have to make a more populist appeal wrapped around his intellectual depth, but a "We can do better together" pitch might find some traction. Okay, so Etobicoke got the Woodbine Casino, but Rob was absent for most of that. If Andray ran against Doug that would provide a pretty stark contrast in the vision being offered up. And Doug would look pretty crass running on Rob's cancer/death. Is Etobicoke ready to move on? Does the ward want to stay with the Ford's Dysfunctional Dynasty?