NDP leader’s son makes foray into politicsThough Jack Layton is firmly entrenched in federal politics, the Layton family is planning a return to City Hall.
Mike Layton, Jack’s son, unveiled his plans to run in this fall’s municipal election on Friday, March 5 amid a throng of supporters at Bar Italia.
Toronto needs a “time out” from the creation of new bike lanes – and mayoralty candidate George Smitherman said that if elected, he’ll pause the city’s Bike Plan to give the city a chance to come up with a more comprehensive transportation strategy.
“What’s necessary is for everyone to take a time out here,” said Smitherman in an exclusive interview. “Obviously we have a lot of people on tenterhooks around these issues overall. It’s appropriate to have a mature conversation about it.”
Board of Trade luncheon billed as a fiscal eventThe mayor’s race heated up Wednesday, March 3 as candidate Rocco Rossi accused opponent George Smitherman of being an absentee candidate, and flip-flopping on the issue of selling off city assets.
“The last sighting of George Smitherman was in December here in this game of Where’s Waldo,” Rossi told a packed luncheon at the Toronto Board of Trade Wednesday afternoon.
The race to replace Kyle Rae as Ward 27 councillor is already shaping up with a large slate of contenders having thrown their hats in the ring.
The latest contender, Kristyn Wong-Tam, joined the fray on Monday, March 1 and is expected to be one of the leading contenders in the race.
York West councillor says he proud to ‘think outside the box’York West Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti has unveiled a grocery list of “outrageous” promises he will put in place if Toronto voters elect him mayor in October.
At the official launch of his campaign at Montecassino Place near Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street Feb. 25, he promised, among other things, a waterfront casino, a five per cent cut in residential property taxes in his first year, pink slips handed out to an unidentified number of city employees, cutting back city salaries and benefits to 2004 levels, no property taxes for seniors with a household income of $65,000 or less, an 11 p.m. curfew on children under the age of 14, turning Yonge Street between Queen Street and Gerard Street into a pedestrian mall, sidewalk plowing across the city and an annual allowance of $10,000 to families who care for elderly relatives in their homes.
What a lousy lead-up to Valentine’s Day it’s been for Adam Giambrone. His week-old mayoralty campaign was rocked by the revelation of an affair with a young woman not his partner. His credibility was shattered by his initially dishonest handling of that revelation.
His mayoralty campaign finally ended in a confused news conference in which the 32-year-old Giambrone seemed constitutionally unable to read aloud the necessary words: “My mayoralty campaign ends today.” Read More
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