If you’re on twitter and you follow Toronto politics you’ve probably already heard the news: our Senior Editor Shawn Micallef was the person behind the anonymous satirical twitter account @rebelmayor. It was a surprise to all of us, as Shawn didn’t tell anybody in the Spacing office. For those that weren’t following along on Twitter here’s the deal: Toronto’s first mayor and the guy behing the Rebellion of 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie, returned from the 1800s and ran for mayor in 2010. Since last November, @rebelmayor has been tweeting his way around Toronto on what has ultimately been a losing “write-in” campaign. Read the Globe and Mail and Torontoist stories on Shawn & Rebelmayor for the low down.
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Anyone remember the Art vs Art Mayoral Campaign?
I do. I avoid twitter during elections, thats when it is most unreliable.
scottd> Rebelmayor was *extremely* unreliable.
Thanks Shawn for bringing something special to this otherwise depressing and demoralizing campaign.
William Lyon Mackenzie served only one one-year term as Mayor, after being selected by the rest of city council. Ah, for the good old days.