TwoDogs_39
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Oh snap! I'd like to know when this poll was taken. It still suggests Progressive voters really oughta jump on the Smitherman bandwagon.
Nah. Sorry folks. Ford will win, and win handily.
Smitherman's following of Hipsters and Downtown elitists are great at spreading their feelings on Twitter and social forums like this one, but when it comes to voting Fords' mouth-breathing-suburbanite-faithful will turn out to the polls in droves.
I'm definitely going to steer clear of the downtown Starbucks locations on Tuesday morning. The bitter taste of tears and Java don't mix.
Recall that Ford's strategy for dealing with youth violence and gangs is high school football.
I'm definitely going to steer clear of the downtown Starbucks locations on Tuesday morning. The bitter taste of tears and Java don't mix.
I think this endorsement will sway some Pants fans to Smithy. How many, I don't know. It would be great if a newspaper carried an article about Munro's stance. If so, this endorsement would go much further.A minor endorsement in the grand scheme, but an important one for some, Steve Munro backs George Smitherman: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=4505
Thanks a lot Glen,
Curious though ... when did anyone other then Sarah (from what I recall) mention commerical property tax directly? Smitherman has mentioned freezing property taxes! One could only assume he's only referring to residential tax rates?
Anyway, my issue with Ford is some what echoed in your post - I really don't see much of anything in his platform that directly targets improving the business climate - all I see is a blanket attitude of let's save money / cut services - which clearly is necessary to a certain degree to achieve my goal - but there's been no hint of this long term vision whatsoever. Ford has directly mentioned cutting the land transfer tax and car registration - again, he'll need to make up for this, and more likely then not it won't come from residential tax rates.
I just don't see him addressing anything - it's true we may come out with a slightly more balanced budget and a new mayor may be able to a lot with that.
On the other end of the spectrum - I don't think blanket cuts to all services is desirable - countless times we've heard the lines (so what services will be cost? "Nothing, we'll improve services by making them more efficient") which is all well and good for an election platform but clearly far from the truth.
Also what the hell is with this "downtown elite" and "hipster" bullshit? How much cool-aid does one have to drink to start spouting that nonsense?
EDIT: I also find it hilarious that you would use such a stupid term like "downtown elite" when you yourself lived on the waterfront. Were you an elite then?
Nah. Sorry folks. Ford will win, and win handily.
Smitherman's following of Hipsters and Downtown elitists are great at spreading their feelings on Twitter and social forums like this one, but when it comes to voting Fords' mouth-breathing-suburbanite-faithful will turn out to the polls in droves.
I'm definitely going to steer clear of the downtown Starbucks locations on Tuesday morning. The bitter taste of tears and Java don't mix.
I find it amusing that you Smitherheads completely gloss over my anti-Ford jabs. Those Liberal issued blinders really are effective.
Look, Kevin Clarke gets my vote this election as he does in every other. Enjoy your Lattes on Tuesday. I hear Starbucks will be ordering additional copies of the Toronto Star to soak up all of the tears.
I'm going to go hide under my bridge now.
The polling all suggests otherwise.Nah. Sorry folks. Ford will win, and win handily.
You can find Smitherman's suggestion to allow lower commercial taxes in certain areas on his website. Regarding long term vision. Let me ask, what is the current long term vision (Miller's), and that of George Smitherman's? And by what do, or will, you judge it's success by?