W. K. Lis
Superstar
My response.Bradford: King Streetcar Express Zone Offers Practical Solution to Metrolinx Mess
From link.
Brad Bradford’s plan to untangle downtown gridlock with King Streetcar Express Zone
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2023 Toronto Mayoral by-election
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picard102
Senior Member
Yikes that kitchen is going to trigger some people. lolI really like this Olivia Chow video on Twitter. I doubt it's fully unscripted, but she seems far more open and engaging than in her 2014 campaign.
Now if only she would release more of her platform for @Northern Light to eviscerate.
Bayer
Senior Member
After Chow, Matlow: "I announced this week that, as Mayor, I will unite local leaders in the region to push back against our bully Premier..." This is about the greenbelt. Can anyone tell those people that they are not running provincially, and that insulting leaders of other levels of government is unhelpful? (Yes, I will email his team about it.)
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
yes, this would mess up the 504 also because of delays caused by turning vehiclesMy response.
adma
Superstar
Actually, it was more that residents never warmed to the mushy-middle politics (and not-so-mushy-middle personality) of George Smitherman (and Joe Pantalone was basically a placeholder).
I'm also trying to remember if there were polls showing that Miller would have actually won had he run again in '10. (Much like John Tory now, in fact)
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Where is the greenbelt under threat in Toronto? Stay on target Gold Leader.
rbt
Senior Member
If Doug veto's it publicly then a "Provincially mandated Gardiner repair tax" line can be added to property taxes above any other typical increase, and the Gardiner allocated future-debt can still be moved to other projects.
It gives the mayor and council an immediate out for raising taxes to pay for that project. They can blame at the province and be entirely correct.
zang
Senior Member
It's only fair that a premier who pushes his grip so hard into democratically elected municipal politics, gets pushback on his own turf. But yes, this is not something to propose in an election. Save it for after.
elcorrerador
Active Member
This was in yesterday's Toronto Star. 
Richard White
Senior Member
This seems like a complete gong show
Northern Light
Superstar
Bradford is both doing/saying odd things and not doing/saying things that make sense. Very odd.
Put aside that the above message reads as rather name-calling and childish, and that I disagree with it; .......I still don't get it strategically....
Meanwhile, he's got people fired up in his own constituency, he seems to be blocking people left/right on FB, ignoring resident phone calls from middle-of-the-road reasonable types and otherwise behaving in a way that would seem likely to make it difficult to get anywhere politically in this town irrespective of one's ideological or partisan leanings.
Put aside that the above message reads as rather name-calling and childish, and that I disagree with it; .......I still don't get it strategically....
Meanwhile, he's got people fired up in his own constituency, he seems to be blocking people left/right on FB, ignoring resident phone calls from middle-of-the-road reasonable types and otherwise behaving in a way that would seem likely to make it difficult to get anywhere politically in this town irrespective of one's ideological or partisan leanings.
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adma
Superstar
"NDP activist agenda". It's *really* sounding like Bradapalooza is allowing the Kory Teneycke types to run amok w/the messaging...
toaster29
Active Member
I don't get the strategy either. A lot of the people who vote for him for council are NDP/Liberal swing voters Federally and Provincially, so the "NDP" name doesn't scare them. But I do think the Gardiner issue is a good one to bring up, a lot of people don't like idea of losing the Gardiner. It's also a vague statement, reads as though Chow wants to eliminate all of the Gardiner, including the west portion of it, which has never really been an issue. Any recent polling on the % of people for removing the Gardiner? I don't think it's a good position for Chow to take in a campaign.
concrete_and_light
Active Member
Bradford is really giving "christ, what an asshole" vibes with this "captured by the NDP activist agenda" stuff. Pairing this way of talking with the peace sign in his name adds an extra layer lol. Peace, except for when I'm being a jerk.
I am worried though that Chow diving right into the Gardiner issue (and progressives having to face it in general) may hurt them in the campaign. At this point the politics of "just stick to one plan and don't tear it down" may win out even if it's not the best option.
I am worried though that Chow diving right into the Gardiner issue (and progressives having to face it in general) may hurt them in the campaign. At this point the politics of "just stick to one plan and don't tear it down" may win out even if it's not the best option.
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Fresco
Active Member
I like some of his ideas