Toronto Residents: Who Would You Vote For In The Mayoral Elections?

[gryphon]

Who are you gonna vote for in the fall?

[gryphon]

I'm probably going to vote for rob ford

[D-Roc]

If I lived in TO it would be Ford hands down

[gryphon]

anyone else?

[Andit]

It's too early to tell. As my friend (who has a Masters in PoliSci & used to be heavily involved in politics) says, at this point each of the candidates can throw away their chances. The last 4 weeks is when we discover what they're made of.

[feetfrown]

If I lived in Toronto, Rob Ford also

[Andit]

I just lost all respect for Smitherman. Here`s the press release regarding emergency services.
http://www.georgesmitherman.com/news.html

Suffice to say, that he is rather confused (to put it mildly) regarding this issue. I`ll stop here, before my blood pressure goes through the roof.

I hate stupidity.

[D-Roc]

Seems like a good idea and it makes sense.

[cabmonk]

I just lost all respect for Smitherman. Here`s the press release regarding emergency services.
http://www.georgesmitherman.com/news.html

Suffice to say, that he is rather confused (to put it mildly) regarding this issue. I`ll stop here, before my blood pressure goes through the roof.

I hate stupidity.

Speaking of confused at least you didn't vote for this guy.
Did you hear the story on Alvin Greene, he won the democratic primary in South Carolina by 59%. Apparently people saw his name first on the ballot and thought he was the singer Al Greene.

Just listen to this interview and see what a gem they voted for.

[Andit]

Seems like a good idea and it makes sense.

Nope, not when you consider that EMS is funded by the province & TFS by the city. That would mean taking on a whole whack of extra funding to pay for EMS services.

You would expect a former *Ontario Health Minister* to actually know these things.

Besides, the reason EMS takes longer is due to paperwork at hospitals - paramedics are stuck in emergency rooms. If *someone* did something about the paperwork, they'd have a much better response time.

It's nothing more than a sound bite that seems like a good idea, especially when not giving out any of the details of why it doesn't work.

[gryphon]

Nope, not when you consider that EMS is funded by the province & TFS by the city. That would mean taking on a whole whack of extra funding to pay for EMS services.

You would expect a former *Ontario Health Minister* to actually know these things.

Besides, the reason EMS takes longer is due to paperwork at hospitals - paramedics are stuck in emergency rooms. If *someone* did something about the paperwork, they'd have a much better response time.

It's nothing more than a sound bite that seems like a good idea, especially when not giving out any of the details of why it doesn't work.

i hate it when politicians do things like that

i hope he gets called out on it

[gryphon]

anyone else?

[Andit]

More dirty politics on the news the last couple of days. Not to mention a lot of sound bites taken out of context. A certain media outlet (who shall remain nameless) got the info completely wrong, almost to the point where it was the complete opposite of what the other media outlets were saying.

Apparently, ethics are no longer taught in journalism school.

Jury's still out for me. Although the behaviour of the candidates at last weekend's debate did show some true colours.

[gryphon]

who are you leaning towards?

[gryphon]

And apparently smitherman has been heading up a massive smear campaign agaisnt ford, who is being upfornt and brutally honest about everything and showing he isnt going to be a liar like smitherman, and yet is being made out to be an idiot.

Was that what you were talking about?