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Giambrone officially enters Toronto mayoral race – The Globe and Mail

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

Councillor plans to keep job as TTC chair during the campaign; says ‘I’ve got a lot of unfinished work to do’ Read more…

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Introducing Anthony Furey’s National Post election column

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

Received this this morning from Anthony Furey – looks interesting.

Dear friends,

I wanted to let you know about the first installment of my municipal affairs column with the National Post.

From now until the election I, along with Chris Selley and Jonathan Goldsbie, will be debating all facets of the urban experience. The three of us represent the three spectrums of political taste to guarantee a balanced but exciting debate (I’m the guy in the middle).

Please check it out here:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2010/01/31/introducing-the-posted-toronto-political-panel.aspx

In the months aheads our panel will evolve to be hosting various events, posting podcasts, providing commentary and generally causing the sort of political ruckus you might expect out of three angry twentysomethings!

Feel free to contact me with any questions or news releases you might have.

Sincerely,
Anthony Furey
anthony.furey@utoronto.ca
twitter.com/anthonyfurey

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Who’s Running?

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

We’re nearly a month in, click on the link below to find out, as of now, who’s running for (re)election in your ward. Don’t know your ward number? Handy link for that too.

Who’s running?

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Adam Giambrone endures bumpy ride in his run for mayor

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

Oh dear, it was supposed to be a pleasant interview Sunday with city councillor Adam Giambrone before Monday’s announcement read more...

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Sarah Thomson Becomes First Woman To Join Mayoral Race

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

As a desperate teen she crashed on friends’ couches, and when none were available, she braved the streets of Toronto. But from that humble beginning, Sarah Thomson turned her life around read more…

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Smitherman nails down union’s support

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

George Smitherman managed to wrestle away some ink from mayoral challenger Rocco Rossi yesterday, with news that the Carpenters’ Union is endorsing him. Read more…

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Mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi targets TTC, unions

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

Put planned transit lines on hold to ensure money is there Kill planned bike lanes along major routes such as Jarvis St. Outsource certain city services, such as garbage collection…read more

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The top Arts Related issue in the City IS…

By sue | Published: February 1, 2010

As the Mayoral and Council candidates start to line up, we’re starting work on the Survey that we’ll send to all incumbent Councillors and their challengers, and for the Mayoral candidates. Answers to the Survey questions help us determine each individual’s grade for the ArtsVote Report Card. What do you think is the top arts-related issue in the city? What question would you ask in the Survey? Email us at info@artsvotetoronto.ca

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Am I On The Voters’ List?

By sue | Published: January 6, 2010

You can go check!

http://www.toronto.ca/elections/voters/voter-info.htm

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So Far, Who’s Running and Who is Not

By sue | Published: January 6, 2010

Click here for the City of Toronto webpage on candidates:

A collection of links for you, but if you’re in a hurry:

Running for Mayor

As of January 5th, The Following People Have Filed to Run for Mayor:
George Smitherman
Rocco Rossi
Rocco Achampong
Douglas Campbell
Stephen Feek
Monowar Hossain
John Letonja
Ange Maniccia
Mark State
Sarah Thomson

Giorgio Mammolitti

Running For Council

As of January 5th, the following people have indicated they will run for City Council:

Adrian Heaps (Ward 35, Scarborough Southwest)
John Parker (Ward 26, Don Valley West)
Howard Moscoe (Ward 15, Eglinton-Lawrence)
Michael Del Grande (Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt).

NOT Running For Council:

Kyle Rae
Giorgio Mammolitti (running for Mayor)
Case Ootes

For more news-y type info, see below. If you have a link that you think should be posted in a non-partisan, newsy fashion, post in the comment and then we can bump it up to the main post.

http://torontoist.com/2010/01/in_todays_election_news.php

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/elections/article/746666–giorgio-mammoliti-s-in-case-ootes-calls-it-quits

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontomayoralrace/article/746264–mammoliti-enters-race-for-mayor-targets-finances-crime?bn=1