Is David Miller planning a comeback?

[ADRM]

Vaughan would be an excellent choice. Always see him on Parliamentary footage sitting two rows behind the PM. He's a bit wasted there, but would allow TO to have a more direct ear in Ottawa.

Got to ask you ADRM, the last three initials are David Miller's...are you?

I wish, as I could then quite easily convince myself that I should indeed run to become the Mayor our city needs

 

[ADRM]

I like Adam Vaughan, but I question how well he'd do outside the old city limits. He's sort of the epitome of the aloof, Champagne sipping downtown elitist know-it-all culture that Scarborough and Etobicoke councilors argue governs Toronto. I also think it's unlikely he will run - he has a safe federal seat and oversees the Housing porfolio.

I could see Shelley Carroll, KWT or Gord Perks appealing to various segments of the city.

If Vaughan fails the latte-sipping elitist test, then both KWT and Perks certainly do (and I type that literally as I sip a latte).

 

[ShonTron]

If Vaughan fails the latte-sipping elitist test, then both KWT and Perks certainly do (and I type that literally as I sip a latte).

Perks is no latte-sipper. In fact, he prefers cigarettes.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Perks is no latte-sipper. In fact, he prefers cigarettes.

And super well versed in Sci-Fi.

AoD

 

[steveintoronto]

And super well versed in Sci-Fi.

Is that a prerequisite for being in the Council Chamber, or just one of the Perks for the job?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Is that a prerequisite for being in the Council Chamber, or just one of the Perks for the job?

It shows that he reads, a trait that somehow escaped a fair chunk of council.

AoD

 

[steveintoronto]

It shows that he reads, a trait that somehow escaped a fair chunk of council.

AoD

And on a serious note, even more than reads....he has *imagination*. I'm in a very cynical phase at this point with Toronto civic and provincial legislature politics. I can't ever recall so abject a lack of vision. Queen's Park will probably find some equilibrium, Toronto city council? Why would Miller (or anyone bright and creative) want to demean himself after escaping it?

I can find only one word to describe what summates my feeling on TO council at this time: Claustrophobia, the thinking is so small and self-referencing.

 

[King of Kensington]

I'd love to see Gord Perks as Mayor.

 

[Tuscani01]

How do people feel about Cressy?

I wasn't a fan of him when he ran for MPP in Ward 20, and was glad he lost. That being said, he seems to be winning my trust as councillor. Despite him clearly being associated with the NDP, he seems to be able to work well with other members of council from all political stripes, and seems to be working well with Han Dong and Adam Vaughan despite both being Liberals.

He doesn't have any of the baggage that Perks or Vaughan have, which could work in his favour. His age could also help him attract the youth vote.

Amazing how my opinion has changed in such a few short years, but I wouldn't mind Cressy as mayor.

 

[christiesplits]

Warren Kinsella - always one to grandstand - thinks the Ontario Liberals are trying to get David Miller to run in Toronto Centre.

http://warrenkinsella.com/2018/02/ten-bold-and-boldface-observations-about-ontario-politics/

 

[ADRM]

Warren Kinsella - always one to grandstand - thinks the Ontario Liberals are trying to get David Miller to run in Toronto Centre.

http://warrenkinsella.com/2018/02/ten-bold-and-boldface-observations-about-ontario-politics/

Yeah, I take everything WK puts out with a humongous grain of salt.

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

I'd love to see Gord Perks as Mayor.

You must be "loco"

 

[TransitBart]

Perks is no latte-sipper. In fact, he prefers cigarettes.

Yuck.

 

[christiesplits]

Yuck.

In an odd act of bipartisanship, Perks was good smoking buddies with then Councillor Doug Ford.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The only positive thing I can think of that came from Miller is the blue bin program.

Without Miller we would not have Ford. The latter needed the former's disgraceful submission to the garbage strike, along with a general sense of being disconnected, in order to achieve power.

Bringing Miller back will get us Doug Ford as mayor four years later.