Eastern Canada - Toronto Mayoral Votes: As a Cyclist Who Should we Vote For?

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fixedvincefixed
10-17-10, 10:09 PM
Here's how the polls are looking so far

44% of Torontonians want Rob Ford to be Mayor
38% want George Smitherman
16% want Joe Pantalone
Sarah and Rocco have dropped out.

Obviously we don't want Ford, so it's Pantalone or Smitherman. What are their ideas for cycling in the city, and who should we vote for that will give us a better deal?

J T CUNNINGHAM
10-18-10, 09:27 PM
Fo r d .
NoReg
10-18-10, 11:24 PM
Right, the guy has a car named after him, or acts like it. One might want to vote for him, but not as a bike vote.

J T CUNNINGHAM
10-19-10, 07:10 PM
"but not as a bike vote." QUOTE. Peterpan1

Mmmm, do I sense a vested interest?

Regards,
J T
NoReg
10-21-10, 01:02 AM
huh? I'm not voting for him I live out of town. The point is he sucks on bikes, but that isn't going to loose the election for him. Most people don't care about bikes. It's amazing we have such crappy choices for mayor. But Toronto is a cycling paradise compared to the 905
electrik
10-21-10, 08:14 PM
Haha, bicycles are f'd if ford gets elected - he'll drag us back to the stone age.
NoReg
10-21-10, 09:39 PM
I don't know how much heavy lifting that body can take...
Spudd
10-22-10, 04:22 AM
I'm going to vote Smitherman just as an anti-Ford vote. Ford is a liar and is anti-bike, both things which do not endear me to him at all.
micah356
10-22-10, 09:43 AM
Apart from Ford's anti-bike position, he also just doesn't seem particularly competent.

Of Smitherman and Pantalone, I much prefer Pantalone's overall platform. That said, Smitherman's supposed plan to open up all hydro and rail corridors for bike paths is brilliant and something I've been advocating for years. I'm not at all confident he would come through on that, though.
lucille
10-22-10, 10:03 AM
If Ford wins *knocks on wood*, I can just see him painting over those bike lanes... :(
electrik
10-22-10, 07:15 PM
ford
hate

Hey, they're both four letter words. Maybe that is fitting because his whole campaign is based on teasing out the festering hate under the city and exploiting it to win... Toronto has serious issues because i don't think smitherman has much of a plan either at least he isn't all about four letter words though.
J T CUNNINGHAM
10-25-10, 07:53 PM
FORD wins, but we continue to be impailed by that communist, paula fletcher.

Regards,
J T
91MF
10-26-10, 04:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySs1cEq5rs

well, he is...
FROryder
10-29-10, 08:07 PM
Mel Lastman, and now this jackass. It's going to be a rough ride.
J T CUNNINGHAM
10-29-10, 11:38 PM
“Shoot low; they’re riding Shetlands!” QUOTE.
-Zappa

I guess that you never knew Frank; I did, and say he would approve!

Regards,
J T
FROryder
11-01-10, 01:41 PM
“Shoot low; they’re riding Shetlands!” QUOTE.
-Zappa

I guess that you never knew Frank; I did, and say he would approve!

Regards,
J T

Never met him, love his music an thinking!