Toronto Votes Itself Into Yesterday!
Yesterday's municipal elections in Ontario (yawn) have come and gone and here are the results (ahem) from my on-the-street view: Same white man is mayor (burp); same white man is my city councilor (scratch); and the same white man is my school board trustee (sigh). Uh, oh yeah (hiccup): Yay, democracy! Yay, multi-culturalism!
Apparently, people overwhelmingly supported returning Mayor David Miller's extraordinary promise to unite the city under one vision, despite the fact that Toronto's official slogan is "Diversity Our Strength". Wow, were we ever on the wrong path. Thanks Dave, for that prophetic leadershi- errrr, Hallmarkesque catch phrase.
Joe Mihevc won as city councilor because, well, he's Joe Mihevc . There was no resounding rejection of his St. Clair street car right of way as was predicted by the 4 dollar store owners who oppose it.
And lastly, our school board trustee Josh Matlow won, because... um, I don't really know. In the last election, he was the only one the ballot and I guess people recognized his name this time. Or maybe it was his campaign slogan: Vote Josh- He was the only guy on the ballot last time. Plus, he's got one of those Canadian Idol kinda names!
Who knew that all of us communist-liberal, bi-sexual, pot-smoking yoga enthusiasts could vote so conservatively in our own backyards? Well, as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by the city it was published in. And me, of all people, couldn't even drag my head cold-afflicted bitch ass over to the TV to watch Warren Kinsella pundificate on City TV.
What is this world coming to?
Apparently, people overwhelmingly supported returning Mayor David Miller's extraordinary promise to unite the city under one vision, despite the fact that Toronto's official slogan is "Diversity Our Strength". Wow, were we ever on the wrong path. Thanks Dave, for that prophetic leadershi- errrr, Hallmarkesque catch phrase.
Joe Mihevc won as city councilor because, well, he's Joe Mihevc . There was no resounding rejection of his St. Clair street car right of way as was predicted by the 4 dollar store owners who oppose it.
And lastly, our school board trustee Josh Matlow won, because... um, I don't really know. In the last election, he was the only one the ballot and I guess people recognized his name this time. Or maybe it was his campaign slogan: Vote Josh- He was the only guy on the ballot last time. Plus, he's got one of those Canadian Idol kinda names!
Who knew that all of us communist-liberal, bi-sexual, pot-smoking yoga enthusiasts could vote so conservatively in our own backyards? Well, as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by the city it was published in. And me, of all people, couldn't even drag my head cold-afflicted bitch ass over to the TV to watch Warren Kinsella pundificate on City TV.
What is this world coming to?
posted by K-Dough at 7:41 AM
5 Comments:
Well said K.
I voted David Miller in last time around because he was a rep from the parkdale-High park riding with the thinking that he may still care what happens to my neighbourhood once he was mayor. You know, take care of your own that kind of attitude, Ahem, sure. Instead the city spent a half a million dollars to remove pigeons from the bridge at King and Atlanitic and another quarter million on a globe/fountain sculpture outside the comminuity centre in pardale. Money well spent. If the aim was to improve the neighbourhood well...they missed the side of a barn with a beach ball.
Where were the efforts to improve business, to clean up the drug adled
prostitutes, dealers, and general nut jobs. There are reasons people still fear Parkdale and I think spending 250,000 on a sculpture fountain is just one more urinal for drunks to piss in.
This time around I just didn't care.
K.
Yeah, but didn't he come back and sweep your sidewalk for you though-at least once? I thought that was all he promised last time?
Am I wrong here?
Actually I think he also promised to remove the gum from the sidewalks and yet I still find myself stepping on wads of big league chew.
K.
i wish you guys voted Lastman back in. Now those were good times.
Unfortunately, for him, Mel is just a nooooooooooooooo-body!
Now, once again, it's Miller time.
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