Mayor

[bcholmes]

Toronto has a new mayor. And it's not Ben Kerr. Poor Ben came in with a trivial 294 votes. (For those of you who don't live in Toronto, Ben is a street busker -- a bit long in the tooth -- who sings hurtin' songs on the corner of Bloor and Yonge. He runs for mayor every election).

Toronto has, once again, leaned to the left. Our new mayor is David Miller, an NDP politician.

CityTV's political specialist, Adam Vaughn (whom I admire) suggested that City Council has picked up 4 more leftists, and a bunch of centrists. The right isn't currently popular, it seems. On the other hand, John Tory got scaringly close to winning.

I'm quite excited about the new mayor -- I, myself, had never voted for Mel Lastman -- but I'm kinda sad to see Barbara Hall so roundly defeated.

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[persimmon.livejournal.com]

And here in Mississauga, we have the recurring force of nature that is Hazel, in with more than 90% of the vote ...