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Turning to Twitter for some new mayoral talent
One of the things that I've been hearing (and saying) a lot is how uninspiring the current crop of mayoral candidates are. Despite a plethora of debates, it seems that no one has really stepped up with a vision for the city that's captured the imagination of its citizens.
George Smitherman and Sarah Thomson have grand plans for our subway system (though few believe they're realistic), Rob Ford is something of a municipal Mike Harris, Joe Pantalone's just there, and Rocco Rossi -- for all of his team's social media savvy -- is wasting time talking about broken blenders and pool hours.
What to do? John Tory's not going to run (though that won't be a certainty until September 10). And despite mild rumours to the contrary, David Miller doesn't appear to have any plans to make a late entry.
Surely in a city of our size, with such talent and diversity, there's someone waiting to swoop in and save this race from the incredible boredom it's been defined by.
But who?
Well, here's some of the people our Twitter followers suggested. Some suggestions are genuine while others are sarcastic (see the one on Sarah Thomson), but I bet a number of them would stand a fighting chance!
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We would get someone in that knows and loves the city, have some awesome bands perform at some events (had to throw that in), knows politics, looks good when photographed (had to throw that in), would not embarrass the city when he tours around the world to do "mayor-stuff", is in tune with what the city wants/needs/doesn't need/doesn't want. Perhaps he will have the foresight to keep the pools open during a freaking heat storm (like what more does it cost to run it the whole day - a couple of lifeguards at minimum wage? WTF). He would keep the PanAm Games out of the city and instead build a sustainable mini-village where the athlete's village will be going (I'm only guessing he would do this, because he probably would). He would charge tolls for anyone coming into this city to work (because I think we could make a shit load of $$$ doing this). He would charge everyone to get a bike license (smart idea) because the city could make some bucks off of this, and perhaps some bikers would not act like jerks on the road because you could now report them for being jerks on the road. (FYI: I am an avid biker so I DO see the bike jerks on the road...yes, I also some car jerks).
So, who will vote for him???
The answer is obvious. Fred Lewis.