Alexandre Franco - ANO: LXXV – EDIÇÃO Nº 3906 - Post Milenio

2 13 a 19 de Outubro de 2006
Post-Milénio... Às Sextas-feiras, bem pertinho de si!
13 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2006
64º "MAYOR"… QUEM SERÁ?
Entre 38 candidatos, destaque para:
DAVID MILLER, JANE PITFIELD E STEPHEN LeDREW
De 1834 a 1857 e de 1867 a 1873, os Presidentes da
Câmara Municipal de Toronto não eram eleitos pelo povo,
mas sim pelos Vereadores e os Conselheiros que escolhiam
entre si, um dos seus para "Mayor".
Nos anos não mencionados, os Presidentes da Câmara
Municipal de Toronto foram eleitos por voto popular, excepto
nas situações raras de um Mayor ser nomeado pelo
Conselho para preenchimento de uma vaga inesperada.
A Cidade de Toronto, em si, ao longo dos anos, tem
mudado substancialmente, divido à amalgamação com
comunidades vizinhas, em 1882, 1891, 1908, 1912 e 1967.
A mudança de maior impacto aconteceu recentemente,
em 1998, quando seis municipalidades passaram a fazer
parte da Toronto Metrolitana - East York, Etobicoke, North
York, Scarborough, York e a antiga cidade de Toronto (aquilo
a que se passou a chamar a Mega Cidade), através de uma
Lei do Governo Provincial.
A nova situação criada como resultado da formação da
Mega-Cidade substituiu muitos "Mayors" das municipalidades
da agora Toronto Metrolitana. Esta situação também
aboliu o escritório do Metro Chairman, a posição de maior
prestígio antes da fusão.
O então Mayor de North York foi eleito Presidente da
Câmara da Mega Cidade de Toronto, em 1997, e reeleito em
2000. A 10 de Novembro de 2003, David Miller foi eleito o
63º Mayor, tendo assumido o cargo a 1 de Dezembro de
2003.
Outgoing North York Mayor Mel Lastman was elected as
the first mayor of the amalgamated Toronto in 1997 and reelected
in 2000. On November 10, 2003, David Miller was
voted in as Toronto's 63rd mayor. He took office as Mayor on
December 1, 2003.
According to Victor Loring Russell, author of Mayors of
Toronto Volume I, 14 out of the first 29 mayors were
lawyers. http://www.torontofreepress.com/2004/spyros052004.htm
Prior to 1834, Toronto municipal leadership was governed
by the Chairman of the General Quarter Session of
Peace of the Home District Council.
The 2006 Toronto municipal election will take place on
13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors
in Toronto, Canada. In addition, school trustees will be elected
to both the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto
Catholic District School Board. The election will be held in
conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the
province of Ontario.
There are 38 candidates running for Mayor of Toronto
and 238 candidates running for one of the 44 city councillor
positions. To date, this represents the largest number of candidates
to ever run in a Toronto municipal election. In contrast
to the previous election (which had two acclamations),
there are no candidates running unopposed.
As of the close of nominations (29 September 2006), the
majority of local media coverage was focused around three
mayoralty candidates - current Mayor David Miller, outgoing
Ward 26 Councillor Jane Pitfield and former Liberal
Party of Canada President Stephen LeDrew.
Local activist Dave Meslin created City Idol - an initiative
and contest to encourage local citizens who were otherwise
alienated from politics to seek office in this election.
The contest ultimately selected four candidates to assist in
their quests for city council seats.
On September 27, 2006, former councillor Chris
Korwin-Kuczynski filed papers to run in his old riding of
Ward 14. However the next day he withdrew his nomination.
This allowed him to retain a fundraising surplus of $21,742
leftover from his last campaign. If he hadn't done this the
money would have flowed into the city coffers.
Stephen LeDrew lançou campanha
para Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Toronto
Stephen LeDrew launches campaign for Mayor of Toronto
Mayoralty candidate Stephen LeDrew launched his campaign
with the opening of a campaign office near Yonge and
Bloor (854 Yonge St., across from the Metro Reference
Library). The event saw the release of his campaign image,
themes and website. LeDrew is running on the slogan: "A
Strong Mayor - LeDrew for a Change."
Stephen LeDrew deu início
à sua campanha
"I passionately believe
that our city cannot withstand
the next four years under the
poor leadership of David
Miller," LeDrew said. He
observed, "Torontonians were
promised an open and transparent
government three years
ago, but the broom that was to
clean up the city has been lost
in a City Hall closet."
The continuing pattern of
a lack of transparency at City
Hall is a major theme of this
campaign. The secret landfill
deal, a sole-source contract to
Bombardier for subway cars,
the secretive monopoly
awarded to the Mega Film
Studio and the Mayor's reluctance
to release the report on the demolition of the Gardiner
Expressway for two years, were some of the deciding factors
in Stephen LeDrew's decision to enter the race.
"The lack of leadership at the City continues to foster an
atmosphere of cynicism, cronyism, favoritism and special
interests with special access," LeDrew stated before a crowd
of campaign supporters. "It is unconscionable that the most
important recommendation of the Bellamy Inquiry into corruption
at City Hall, a Lobbyist Registry, has failed to be
implemented because the Mayor would not require his trade
union friends to be registered," he said. "The opening of our
campaign office today is the first step in my goal to open up
City Hall to all Torontonians."
LeDrew launched a campaign website, www.strongmayor.to,
where his positions on important topics will be found
in video format. Currently running on the website are statements
concerning a new deal for Toronto, better waste management,
the Island Airport, vibrant communities, and clean
streets. "These are policy areas where I believe Miller has
failed the City of Toronto," he said. Content will be introduced
onto the website in an ongoing manner, and the input
and feedback of all Torontonians who have access to the
internet is encouraged.
LeDrew concluded his remarks by complimenting all
participants in each of the ward races for their civic contribution
to the future of our City.
Welcome to the campaign
and thank you for your support.
I want to be your Mayor so that we can get this City
working again. I invite every Torontonian to ask themselves
these questions: Is our City in better shape than it was three
years ago? Are the streets cleaner? Safer? Is TTC service
better? If the answer is no, then vote for me.
I will be a Mayor who will renew and refresh the quality
of daily life in our City.
Specifically, I will work closely with Police and community
leaders to promote successful, cost-effective programs to
engage youth in their communities, and not against their
communities, thereby cutting crime.
I will lead a "made-in-Toronto-solution" for our garbage
- not some half-billion dollar secret deal to ship our garbage
to someone else's backyard. I would immediately set about
serious planning for new approaches and processes to divert
up to 80% of our garbage, and derive energy from waste for
the remaining 20%.
As far as value for your dollar, I will immediately cancel
the St. Clair dedicated street car line - it divides communities,
it is not cost-effective, and the money saved will be better
spent in improving service in outlying areas of our City.
I will sit down with our great post-secondary institutions
to introduce deep-discount student fares for full-time students.
It is the very least we can do - public school students
receive it - full-time post-secondary students deserve it.
I will put an end to the secret deals and cronyism at City
Hall, where campaign managers receive City contracts, and
the fundraisers are the same guys who have been in business
at City Hall for the last 30 years.
I will lead proactive planning to preserve the rich diversity
of our neighbourhoods.
Every person here has their own individual example of
what is going wrong with this City. Just this past Saturday
we were shooting commercials in Kensington market, and
outside a terrific burrito restaurant on Augusta Avenue, we
happened upon an overflowing City of Toronto trash bin -
unsightly and a health hazard. Mike, the owner of the restaurant,
came over to tell me that it took years of calls just to get
the waste bin there - and then many more months of calls just
to get it emptied when necessary. This, on a beautiful sunny
Saturday afternoon at 2pm! And that is just one small example
of what is not working in our City. The lights are out at
City Hall, and no one is at home. We have unresponsive
politicians and a rudderless bureaucracy.
I will stand up and speak loudly for every citizen of this
City.
Thank you for coming today, and thank you for your support
- together we will get Toronto back on track!
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