Ontario municipal elections, (October 27, 2014) - Master thread

[Hatman 🍁]

There is a Brampton poll:

39% - Linda Jeffrey (former, just, OLP MPP, resigned to run)
26% - John Sanderson (Councillor)
18% - Susan Fennell (Incumbent, a number of spending controversies around her, also Canada's highest paid mayor I believe, 200K+)
17% - Don't know

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/29/poll_finds_brampton_mayor_susan_fennell_a_distant_third.html

I thought Vaughan had the highest paid mayor. Weird how these anti-tax suburbs have the highest paid mayors.

[RogueBeaver]

Another video soon from the Star: Ford enraged at Muzik nightclub when Bieber asks if Ford has crack on him.

[RogueBeaver]

OMFG: according to the Star, rumour has it that the third video is a sex tape.

[RogueBeaver]

From the National Post: bar the first video was recorded in.

[Hatman 🍁]

lolololol

Meanwhile, Ottawa finally got a third mayoral candidate yesterday, Robert Gauthier (fringe candidate who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2010, coming 2nd in 1997)

[RogueBeaver]

lolololol

Meanwhile, Ottawa finally got a third mayoral candidate yesterday, Robert Gauthier (fringe candidate who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2010, coming 2nd in 1997)

For the sake of common decency, I hope that sex tape, if it exists, is not found.

[Hatman 🍁]

Oh now that wouldn't be fun, now would it?

It's all part of his celebrity persona.

[RogueBeaver]

As I said on Twitter: as a Quebecer I'm quite cynical about crime & politics. Ford's more interesting than gangsterism or criminal conspiracies.

[Hatman 🍁]

 "[Hudak] lost my vote, I don't know what the  ... I can't vote Liberal, because I don't like what (Kathleen) Wynne's doing, I don't care that she's gay or not, I just don't like the corruption. NDP I'm just not left wing. I am like Tim Hudak but I can't, I won't put a sign up on my lawn, I won't put in any money. I might have to vote Green, I don't know what the f[Inks] I'm going to vote right now, I'm going to vote something."

"But I'm absolutely going to vote, I'm probably going to vote Green because the Green guy didn't say a f[inks]ing word."

[RogueBeaver]

Then there's the stuff about Stintz.

[Hatman 🍁]

On Stintz: "I'd like to f[inks]ing jam her, but you know ..."

Staying classy: "Get a shot right now or I'll f[inks]ing rape her..."

Courting the ethnic vote: "Let me get a, no, no no no no, I want that f[inks]ing dago back there, sorry." "I want, give him two shots, the mother dago, because those two dagos are drinking together ..."

He'd fit in well in Hollywood: "I'd rather lose to Olivia Chow than lose to anyone man, cause you know what ... f[inks]ed so bad, they're going to say beg, no I'm not coming back, once I'm gone I'm gone, I'm gone to California."

[RogueBeaver]

Ford: Choices are rehab or die.

[RogueBeaver]

Here's the Bieber story. Also involves crack.

[RogueBeaver]

Great Globe column on Ford.

[lilTommy]

New Toronto poll:
Rob Ford drops to third place (22%), behind Olivia Chow (33%) and rising John Tory (27%) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/05/02/majority_of_toronto_residents_think_rob_ford_should_resign_poll.html

[RogueBeaver]

More Ford news: confirmed to CBC he's in rehab.

I think we're getting closer to Peak Batsh**t. That night the previous video was shot, Ford went on a racist tirade, punched an old friend and invited his companions to have sex with his wife.

[RogueBeaver]

Forum: Chow up 38/27/20.

[lilTommy]

Forum: Chow up 38/27/20.

You would think Stintz would get some kick in support since Ford has been MIAA (hazzah, ok bad job)
38/28 is a much bigger margin in favour of Chow then i would have expected, especially given during this time Tory made his huge transit announcement of a non-relief line-line. I was worried Tory was going to get bumped into the lead but not by the looks of this. I think we've been right that it looks like Fords base is about 20% his been nowhere and little chatter about him (only a few rambling stories and a shocking shirtless pic)

In a five way match in which all the major contenders run, including Rob Ford, Olivia Cow wins with close to 4-in-10 votes (38%) to 3-in-10 for Tory (28%). In this race, Rob Ford takes one fifth of the vote (20%), and David Soknacki (5%) and Karen Stintz do not contend (4%).
In a four way race without Mayor Ford, Chow wins again with 4-in-10 votes (40%) to one third for Tory (33%). Soknacki (5%) and Stintz (4%) trail.
In a three way race in which just the major contenders run, Chow takes more than 4-in-10 votes (42%) to 3-in-10 for Tory (30%), Ford is third with just less than a quarter of the vote (22%).
In a straight-up two way race between John Tory and Olivia Chow, the latter wins with close to half the vote (47%) to 4-in-10 for Tory (39%). In this race, one seventh don't know who to support (15%) and these are mainly Rob Ford supporters.

- Chow wins no matter what the race looks like, So her plan of focusing outside her base of the DT looks to be paying off no? They breakdown Fords vote but not anyone elses, so we don't know if Ford leads anywhere, possibly Scarborough where he is at 32% or where Chow leads (i'd assume everywhere minus Scarb. possibly)

[Hatman 🍁]

Following being convicted on fraud charges, London mayor (and former Liberal MP) Joe Fontana is resigning.

There are 10 people running for mayor so far. I don't recognize any of the names. One of them is a city councillor, Matt Brown.

[DC Al Fine]

OMFG: according to the Star, rumour has it that the third video is a sex tape.

This is surreal

[DC Al Fine]

[RogueBeaver]

Forum Toronto poll: Chow 34, Ford 27, Tory 24.

[DL]

Forum Toronto poll: Chow 34, Ford 27, Tory 24.

This is very good news for Olivia Chow, she would much rather have a polarized race between her and Rob ford than against Tory. It is lethal to Tory's campaign for him to be polling third behind Ford

[cp]

After everything in the past four years, at long last, Ford is still at 27%?

I'm happy Chow's in the lead, but I have a hard time calling this information 'good news'. *sigh*.

[lilTommy]

After everything in the past four years, at long last, Ford is still at 27%?

I'm happy Chow's in the lead, but I have a hard time calling this information 'good news'. *sigh*.

When Ford was at "rehad" *cough-the-cottage-cough* and nowhere, only one news story, no one was talking about him much, he still had 20% in that last poll. I Think we can safely assume that's roughly his base; Ford will be either second or third in October... bar anything major happening to him... like being arrested