Thanksgiving weekend 2005 marked the turning point where David Miller’s mayoral seat no longer seemed as snug, based on sentiments expressed one year before the final lap of the next campaign. Prospective opponents are apparently prepared to pounce on his reactions to both crime and cronyism. HAS THE MAYOR BECOME BEATABLE?, asked Linda Diebel in the Sunday Star, revealing Miller’s new affiliation with predecessor Mel Lastman’s "bagman" Ralph Lean. A post from Jason at Blog T.O., bemoaning a lack of municipal leadership, got its share of heckling from commenters. Arthur Weinreb of Canada Free Press – which maintains a tally of shootings in "David Miller’s Toronto" – salivates at the prospect of a viable challenger in 2006. A blog called talk talk talk chastises the mayor after reading one Saturday Star piece after another – about garbage crises, waterfront non-development, and the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak – that pegged any corresponding incompetence on Miller: "We didn’t replace Mayor Mel Lastman with a fresh thinker; we replaced him with a man who clings to his prejudices and who, though purportedly a brilliant thinker, lacks the hallmark of all brilliant thinkers: an open mind."
Sweep out Mayor Miller [talk talk talk]
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billonlogan // October 12, 2005 at 3:28 pm |
MDM sure duped everyone the last time around sayinh the bridge to the island airport was the most urgent issue in TO. Cancelling the bridge was the easy part. Now he has to balance a city budget already $400 million in the hole. It was around $100 million when he started. Except for a few in this city, most residents are worse off since MDM took his seat.
blamb // October 13, 2005 at 12:02 am |
I’m not.
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