Ward 15 - All candidates meeting

Just got word of this -- a chance for residents in Ward 15 to hear the candidates in person.

Eglinton-Lawrence Ward 15
Candidates Meeting

Candidates:
Josh Colle
Rob Davis
Tony Evangelista
Ron Singer
Eva Tavares

Tuesday October 5, 2010
Columbus Centre, Columbus Room
901 Lawrence Avenue West
7 – 9 pm
(Doors open at 6:30 pm)

 

If anyone has more news about events in Ward 15 or 16, please leave a comment or send us an email.

Municipal Election - TV Debates

I note that Dale Goldhawk will be hosting a series of televised All Candidates Debates on Rogers TV, and that Ward 15 (west of Bathurst) and Ward 16 (east of Bathurst) will both be on Tuesday, September 28th.

Tune in a meet your candidates! (To the extent that one can "tune" their TV's in this day and age, anyways.)

More info here. (PDF link)

Is there a progressive choice for Ward 15?

With the retirement of long-serving councillor Howard Moscoe, there is a wide-open, incumbent-free race in Ward 15 the upcoming municipal election. (The boundaries of Ward 15 mostly correspond to the west half of the profincial/federal Eglinton-Lawrence riding, except where it dips south of Eglinton west of Wiona and north of it east of Winona).

So far, the local campaign has been very low profile. In fact, I received my first piece of campaign literature this week, from perpetual far-right fringe candidate Ron Singer, who has allied himself with the cringe-inducing policies of angry blowhard Rob Ford.

Is there a progressive candidate in Ward 15? Someone who will step forward and announce they are committed to a fair society, to transit, to the environment? Are they out knocking on doors? Will we hear from them at our doorsteps?

The election is going to be here sooner than we know it, so let's hope anyone courting the progressive voters in Ward 15 makes themselves known.

Reboot / Mayoral Debate

Let's try and get things re-started around here!

Any help in the form of local events or links to interesting things would be appreciated!

Meanwhile, there is a mayoral debate in our neighbourhood tomorrow night:

A mayoral debate will be held at Villa Colombo, 40 Playfair Ave., Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

The debate, organized by the National Congress of Italian Canadians-Toronto District and the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association, will include candidates Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thomson.

Senator Art Eggleton will act as moderator.