Adam Giambrone Speaks at His Mayoral Campaign Launch (Video)

Today's must read: A Toronto Sun rebuttal of the wannabe Mayor. I hope he's listening:

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/sueann_levy/2010/02/01/12701096.html

Is this guy for real. He still has milk on his upper lip from breast feeding. This guy is tooooooo young.

Says the twenty-something who tried to sell me a hat at the corner or Kensington and Market.

Did you really just use a Sue-Ann Levy article in a debate?

...you can read, right?

That Sue-Ann Levy article was pretty grim, but the comments section was even more fun. My biggest problem with dolts like Miller and Giambrone is that they make it too easy for those on the right to characterize reasonable ideas like improved transit, environmental awareness and even bike lanes as "radical socialist plots".

Is it really Mel??? Can you run again? Please?!?! : )

Hey Mike, you're about as much fun as a twisted tit.

Is it just me or are blogTO readers quickly and quickly ruining what used to make this site interesting? I've joked before that the blog was turning into the Toronto Sun and now the first post is a Sue Ann Levy column?!?!

Real debate? There's no real debate here.

The fact remains, that Giambrone cost businesses money by taking parking meters away from the street. This, in order for streetcars to run faster.

Seems he's working both sides of the street, being Ward Councillor and TTC Chair? Conflict of interest? Hmmmm?

Fact also remains, he didn't heed the pleas of those businesses along Dundas street. His speech rings holllow when he states 'he listens', but goes ahead with his own agenda [or the TTC's].

Age is not proportionate to wisdom.

Yeah, it won't take much to knock Giam-PHONEY out! Just the fact that he believes he can win this Mayoral race, goes to show the Strategic Management Abilitites that he has.. No wonder the TTC is in the shambles that it is..

Not that Smitherman or Pantalone are much better.. Mini-McGuinty and Mini-Miller are both as useless as they come as well..

We need a change people! Still waiting for a candidate that's not more of the same..

http://jackandcokewithalime.blogspot.com/

God, he's a dick. If we vote him in, we get what we deserve, just like we did with Miller. These candidates seem to think a tenuous affiliation with the NDP is all they need to be elected. They're probably right. In the end, however, they'll just be become officious middle-managers, obsessed with parking-ticket revenues.

According to The Star, a TTC bus driver took an unscheduled coffee break, and got nasty with a passeger. Fortunately, it's all on cellphone video at http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/760176--ttc-driver-s-coffee-break-caught-on-video?bn=1

Scottd, I don't like much of what SueAnn Levy writes. But that doesn't mean that she was wrong to take Councillor Giambrone to task for having the chutzpah to say "I will listen while I lead." Yes, you may be one of those whom he listens to. His "listening" is very inconsistent -- with him, you have a higher chance of being heard if you tend to agree with him or are part of the trendy, artsy crowd or from one of the more affluent/gentrifying areas of the ward. Just because you have had positive experiences with him, doesn't mean that everyone has. I am not the kind of person who thinks a Councillor should only do what constituents want. BUT I do think Councillors have a DUTY to engage in public consultation (especially with respect to controversial projects) AND address concerns in an open and transparent manner. The facts are that with respect to the Lansdowne reconstruction project (yeah I can see you rolling your eyes), he brushed off criticism that he consulted with claims that he conducted a "door to door survey" (a survey for which no credible evidence was really produced AND which nobody on the surveyed street seemed to be aware of). Yeah, I'm sure he'd like to forget that whole episode... but it's part of the public record. Also part of the public record is that fact that in the ensuing court case regarding the lack of consultation on Lansdowne, the City was REQUIRED to hold a community meeting with residents.

For anyone thinking that I'm making this information up about the Court case, below is a link to a story in The Star.

http://www.thestar.com/GTA/Columnist/article/547492

I suggest that people read it before insisting that Councillor Giambrone 'listens'.

Yeah, I know those supporting Councillor Giambrone are going to be working these blogs furiously trying to suggest that those who would dare to criticize this man are certifiable. But the facts are not on their side.

adam is an epic fial. go home adam.