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

[Smid]

Now that I think of it, it may be an April Fools joke.

I hope it isn't, that would be marvelous!

[Hatman 🍁]

It is an April Fools joke

[Krago]

Banned forumite "Teddy" announced on Twitter he is running for mayor.  Hasn't registered yet, but I believe it, as he's run for political office twice before.

Why was he banned?

[MaxQue]

Banned forumite "Teddy" announced on Twitter he is running for mayor.  Hasn't registered yet, but I believe it, as he's run for political office twice before.

Why was he banned?

Threating to kill a mod with a knife.

[Hatman 🍁]

On a chat site. Teddy has mental issues, but is generally pretty harmless. He ran for the NDP provincially in PEI and has run for city council in Toronto.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ottawa's most left wing councillor, Diane Holmes is retiring, even though she already declared as a candidate. Sad to see her go, but she was a little to NIMBY for my taste (I held my nose and voted for her when I lived in her ward in 2010). She was facing a lot of credible candidates already.  She has endorsed NDPer Catherine McKenney who has just entered the race.

[RogueBeaver]

Ben Johnson has endorsed Ford.

[Smid]

There's also a Rob Ford game.

[MaxQue]

Perhaps Ontario should introduce signature requirements.

There is currently 52 candidates who filled for Toronto mayorship.

[Hatman 🍁]

Perhaps Ontario should introduce signature requirements.

There is currently 52 candidates who filled for Toronto mayorship.

Nothing new, Toronto always gets a huge number of candidates for mayor.

Interesting that Toronto has 3 times the population of Ottawa, yet Ottawa has just 2 candidates so far.

[RogueBeaver]

Chow accuses Ford and Tory of lacking policies.

[Hatman 🍁]

Close race in Mississauga:

Steve Mahoney: 27
Bonnie Crombie: 25
Don't know: 48 (probably mostly conservatives who can't decide between two Liberals)

Mahoney leads with Tories & Greens, while Crombie leads with Liberals & NDPers

http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/32283_Mississauga_Horserace_News_Release_%282014.04.12%29_Forum_Research.pdf

[Hatman 🍁]

New Forum Poll

Chow: 34 (+1)
Ford: 27 (-5)
Tory: 24 (+3)
Stintz: 6 (+1)
Soknacki: 4 (n/c)

[RogueBeaver]

Ford will take a 30-day leave for rehab after the Sun confronted him with new recordings.

[RogueBeaver]

Recordings are starting to leak. Complaints about Renata and extremely lewd comments about Stintz. Recorded in a bar on Monday.

[RogueBeaver]

Another crack video was obtained by the Globe. Recorded last weekend.

[Hatman 🍁]

lolololol

Will Ford finally take a hit in the polls?

[RogueBeaver]

Picture's worth 1000 words and all that.

[RogueBeaver]

Hatman: Didn't you say that Ford Nation diehards are immovable?

[Hatman 🍁]

Hatman: Didn't you say that Ford Nation diehards are immovable?

Yes, do you have evidence to suggest otherwise?

[RogueBeaver]

Didn't say that. I doubt the numbers move.

[RogueBeaver]

Ford will stay in the race, per his lawyer.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He's still smoking crack??? He's worse than Anthony Weiner.

[lilTommy]

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

[RogueBeaver]

Reaction from Horwath: takes courage to deal w/health issues, wishes him and his family well. Chow will not be releasing a statement tonight. No word on Tory.