Cross-posted from Spacing Votes
As we’ve mentioned, Spacing is teaming up with Eye Weekly to bring you The Political Party (Monday, Nov. 6th), where Miller and Pitifeld will outline their vision for Toronto’s public spaces and face questions from our panel of John Lorinc (Spacing Votes), Ed Keenan (Eye Weekly), and Dale Duncan (Spacing editor & Eye contributor).
Keenan also wrote the cover story of this week’s issue, framing the choice voters’ will have at the ballot box. [ read the full article ]
Three years ago, David Miller rode his broom into the mayor of Toronto’s office on a wave of optimism inspired by his clear-thinking, neighbourhood-minded campaign. Back then, the ballot-box question (as political strategists put it) was, “what kind of city do you want to live in?” Miller’s answer – cities are for people, not airplanes; city hall should invite citizens not lobbyists – carried the day.
As we head back to the polls at the end of Miller’s first term in office, the relevant question comes in two parts: do you think Miller has adequately delivered on his promise of a cleaner (metaphorically and physically) city? And if not, do you think it is possible that Jane Pitfield, Miller’s only serious opponent, could do a better job?
