{"id":8290,"date":"2009-12-11T21:22:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T02:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=8290"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:11:32","slug":"councillor-rae-not-to-run-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/12\/11\/councillor-rae-not-to-run-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor Kyle Rae won&#8217;t run for relection in 2010; Rossi to run for mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8297\" title=\"kyle-rare-tanja-tiziana\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/12\/kyle-rare-tanja-tiziana.jpg\" alt=\"kyle-rare-tanja-tiziana\" width=\"499\" height=\"468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Centre-Rosedale <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/councillors\/rae1.htm\">city councillor Kyle Rae<\/a> has informed friends and colleagues that he does not intend to run for re-election in the 2010 municipal election. In his letter, he wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Last week, I began my 19th year as City Councillor for Ward 27. After lengthy and thoughtful consideration over the last year, I have decided that I will not run in the 2010 municipal election.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My time on Council has been a remarkable partnership with the residents and businesses of Ward 27. We have transformed the central core into a place where families and entrepreneurs can thrive. That was not so 20 years ago. Families, couples and singles, many of whom are new immigrants, have decided to call the downtown their home. The central core&#8217;s population, which shrank from the 1950&#8217;s through to the 1970&#8217;s, has increased very recently to pre-World War II levels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I spent the first two terms on council being described as &#8220;the first openly gay City Councillor of Toronto,&#8221; in just about every press story. From this vantage point, I was able to calm the fears of many a councillor, who had never knowingly known, or worked with a queer person. Being at the decision making table has allowed me to change people&#8217;s attitudes, and I am grateful for the opportunity to transform homophobia into acceptance. Leadership on equality issues for queers, using Toronto City Council as an ally, has repeatedly advanced the queer community&#8217;s agenda for equality. I am proud of the work we achieved on a local level which has influenced provincial and federal governments.\u00a0 We have become THE city in the world with the least restrictions on same sex marriage, so that now, the world&#8217;s gays and lesbians come here to wed; then take their marriage certificate to their homeland to demand equality there. Toronto has a proud place in queer history.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have not decided how the next phase of my work life will look. I know that local public service, though rewarding, is particularly relentless in a constituency that is so vibrant, diverse, and has a healthy mix of commercial, residential, and institutional interests. I look forward to new challenges and new opportunities, but will certainly not miss parking complaints, oversized fences, noisy neighbour issues, garbage questions and dogs in parks.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><!--more--><\/em><em>I wish I could say that I have left the City in a better state than I found it. I arrived before the Harris amalgamation and download. Queen&#8217;s Park has hobbled the City&#8217;s ability to deliver municipal services. Downloading provincial programs and services onto the municipal taxpayer has wrecked havoc on our parks, recreation centres, libraries, community services and culture. The federal and provincial aversion for responsible tax policy and appropriate tax increases has resulted in more than 15 years of cowardly downloading onto the City.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In many ways, Ward 27 has been able to weather the provincial storm. Each of us will have our own accomplishments that we realized together, such as: a new home for the Lesbian &amp; Gay Archives; remaking of Seaton House; transformation of Bloor Street; a space for Buddies in Bad Times to call its own; defending the Pussy Palace; legally skinny dipping at Hanlan&#8217;s Point; restoration of the St. Charles Tavern Tower; creation of Build Toronto; development of the MaRS Centre; redesign of the Cumberland subway entrance; new research facilities at St. Michael&#8217;s and SickKids hospitals; the new Women&#8217;s College Hospital; redevelopment of Maple Leaf Gardens; expansion of the 519 Church Street Community Centre; redevelopment of the Wellesley Hospital site for housing; formation of the St. Lawrence, Downtown Yonge, Church-Wellesley Village and Rosedale Main Street BIAs; the phenomenal growth and embrace of Pride festivities; and most importantly &#8211; the continued evolution of the downtown into a place where people choose to live, invest and play.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In another 2010 election development, Liberal Party national director Rocco Rossi says <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/liberalrocco\/status\/6586689109\">via his Twitter account<\/a> he&#8217;s running for mayor. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/senior-federal-liberal-quitting-to-run-for-toronto-mayor\/article1398032\/\">Globe and Mail <\/a>and National Post both have short <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/toronto\/archive\/2009\/12\/12\/liberal-party-s-national-director-may-run-for-mayor.aspx\">article on it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tanjatiziana\/2611482662\/\">Tanja Tiziana Burdi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Centre-Rosedale city councillor Kyle Rae has informed friends and colleagues that he does not intend to run for re-election in the 2010 municipal election. In his letter, he wrote: Last week, I began my 19th year as City Councillor for Ward 27. After lengthy and thoughtful consideration over the last year, I have decided<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/12\/11\/councillor-rae-not-to-run-in-2010\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Councillor Kyle Rae won&#8217;t run for relection in 2010; Rossi to run for mayor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[94,13864,655,4690,408,13150,313,1277,1767,8499,426,2602,13865,641,13862,316,10726,13860,2322,314,19,5320,894,10185,13863,13861],"class_list":["post-8290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-2010-election","tag-church-street-community-centre","tag-city-councillor","tag-community-services","tag-councillor","tag-gay-archives","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-kyle-rae","tag-liberal-party","tag-mars-centre","tag-mayor","tag-municipal-services","tag-national-director","tag-national-post","tag-pussy-palace","tag-queen","tag-rocco-rossi","tag-st-charles-tavern-tower","tag-tanja-tiziana-burdi","tag-the-globe-and-mail","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-centre","tag-toronto-city-council","tag-twitter","tag-wellesley-hospital","tag-womens-college-hospital"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Councillor Kyle Rae won&#039;t run for relection in 2010; Rossi to run for mayor - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/12\/11\/councillor-rae-not-to-run-in-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Councillor Kyle Rae won&#039;t run for relection in 2010; Rossi to run for mayor - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Toronto Centre-Rosedale city councillor Kyle Rae has informed friends and colleagues that he does not intend to run for re-election in the 2010 municipal election. 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