{"id":508,"date":"2006-02-02T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2006-02-02T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=508"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:20:49","slug":"who-runs-this-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/02\/02\/who-runs-this-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Runs This Town?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\/images\/whorunsthistown_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Website Launched Today: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\">Who Runs This Town?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With one election over, another is just beginning!<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Toronto&#8217;s municipal elections have suffered from low voter turnout, lack of debate and a small pool of candidates.  Some Councillors even got a free ride and won their seat without having to campaign because no one challenged them!<\/p>\n<p>Lack of participation results in a stale political culture characterized by dull debate at Council, misplaced priorities, alienated citizens and poor decisions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re hoping to inject some energy into our local democracy be encouraging people to get involved early.  This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\">new website<\/a> provides information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\/getinvolved.htm\">how to get involved with campaigns<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\/candidates.htm\">who is running<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\/run.htm\">how to put your own name on the ballots<\/a>  as well as providing  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whorunsthistown.to\/issues.htm\">links to resources to learn about local issues.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s our city. It&#8217;s our election.  Let&#8217;s raise our expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Website Launched Today: Who Runs This Town? With one election over, another is just beginning! In recent years, Toronto&#8217;s municipal elections have suffered from low voter turnout, lack of debate and a small pool of candidates. 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