Well Scott, as you may have noticed from my other replies, I haven't been a member of a political party since 2006, so I'm not involved in candidate selection by any party, anywhere. I assume you're referring to Andrew Cash, and he'll have to manage the question about where he lives as he sees fit. I'm not aware, though, that he has gone out of his way to hide the fact, or obscure the fact and he might even be telling folks why he's running here. I don't know, I'm not involved.
and you may have noted my concern is not that Hema is running in a ward she doesn't live in, rather my concern is that ward 18 was her second choice. She didn't run in ward 13 because she was told to stay out. But that was her first choice. To present herself as "a long time west end resident" points to a conscious evasion of the fact she lives in ward 14. To continue to present herself as deeply interested in ward 18 and the issues facing this community when this community wasn't even on her radar until she was turned down in ward 13 raises questions about her motivations for running here. And these motivations are important to know. Misrepresenting them is, as I said above, cynical and just like the "politics as usual" Hema believes she has transcended.
Nothing that was said is untrue. If people like Kevin, they should vote for him. If they like Ana they should vote for her. These people will cast their vote the way they see fit regardless. Hema may live outside the ward, and running here is up to her. What is cynical about her campaign is that she decided NOT to run in her home ward, then wanted to run in ward 13 but decided against that . She picked ward 18 as her second choice and why? Because of her close connections to the place and the people? Because she thought she'd have a better chance of getting elected in an "open"ward rather than against an incumbent? She should tell the voters why she chose ward 18. But she hasn't, and in all my years involved in politics and government, that kind of manipulation of voters is what has contributed so much to voter cynicism and the growing gap between voters and those running for elected office.
I was a senior staffer to two Ontario cabinet Ministers from 1993 to 1995. At the time I was an "insider" of sorts and part of a "machine" (although a terribly broken one). Since then have not been an adviser to any political office holder, at any level, aside from my duties as a campaign manager, and I haven't been a member of a political party since 2006.
More importantly. I've learned over the years that honesty, even in electoral politics, clears the air and allows people to make informed decisions. If you don't agree with, that's fine. But you'll always know where I stand and why. Can you say that of all the candidates in ward 18?
The fact is people spend more time doing comparison shopping when buying a soft drink than they do when voting. Nothing I said in my phone message is untrue, although people may not like to hear it, and it isn't the cornerstone of my campaign. Visit joemacw18.ca and you'll learn more. In fact, the comparisons stand up pretty well.
I agree with Vics points and I felt that on the Rogers debate Joe came across as petty and counter productive, somewhat cheapening some of his points that made sense.
Joe MacDonald has been heavily involved in politics for years so all his talk of insiders,staffers, and party machines is rich. I find it rich as well that he criticizes a candidate for not living in the ward yet has been involved with a political party that keeps running a candidate in Davenport that lives in Mississauga and is never seen here.
This strikes me as pure attack and no substance. Not my kind of candidate.
Really? I'm very surprised to hear this given that during the year Nestle's doesn't even let non-employees purchase from their on-site store.
Anyway, it still doesn't bring the kids to our section of the street. I think we really need some advertising or something. Perth and Symington are always very busy.
Kevin came back the next day for the tear down and helped plus a few of his campaign workers came too. You can say all the political things you want but he took time out of his campaign to volunteer.
On the weekend I was part of the team who put up the Rail of Light exhibit for Nuit Blanche, and over the course of the night I noticed both Ana Bailao and Kevin Beaulieu roaming the exhibit. Someone said Frank de Jong stopped by too, and there may have been others. But only Kevin B. brought absolutely delicious samosas (or samosas of any kind) to offer to our volunteers.... Perhaps the way to a voter's heart is through the stomach?
Regarding Kevin Beaulieu: "City Hall insider who spent the last seven years as part of the problem not part of the solution". Total attack, but extremely vague. Plus, there are many people who actually like Kevin Beaulieu's work for the councillor's office, who support the current councillor, and appreciate Mayor David Miller.
Regarding Ana Bailao: "Former City Hall staffer backed by special interests and the political party machine." Being a former City Hall staffer shouldn't be a strike against anyone, in fact, it's a good sign of experience and knowledge with how things work (see also Kevin Beaulieu). The Liberal machine is definitely strong in this campaign though... But then again, Davenport has been Liberal at the fed and prov levels for a while now, so maybe that's actually somewhat representative of what people want.
Regarding Hema Vyas: "Doesn't even live in our community and won't give straight answers to honest questions." Out of all the candidates for council, Hema Vyas probably lives closest to me, and I actually bump into her once in a while, and not just at election events. She's very much a part of our community, even though she lives just outside the Ward 18 boundary. My own "community" doesn't end at the railway tracks. She doesn't have the most polished answers sometimes, but I think she answers people honestly.
Joe MacDonald jumps right into attack mode at every opportunity, just to launch into petty, simplistic jabs against the other candidates before even talking about his own platform. He's just striking out at those who appear to be the top three contenders in this election. Not very impressive at all to me.
Also...I find it funny that right after criticizing Kevin and Ana for being "city hall insiders" and "city hall staffers", he brags about being being an advisor to two Ontario cabinet ministers. If that's not being an "insider" or part of a "machine", I'm not sure what is.
Anyway, not sure why I bother reacting so much to him....
this video is quite impressive and well done. It also provides a historic record of the existing graffiti on the bridge base which was used for the "Rail of Light" project. And this is a good place to be able to find it.
I am looking forward to seeing this work peeking out of the 'screen' during the coming winter.
Automated phone calls certainly do nothing positive in this household. But this one may not be intended to. Attack ads are not designed to get people to vote FOR the candidate posting them. They are designed to lower voter turnout for the opponent. The net result is generally lower voter turnout.
However, we need to consider the message we send simply by voting. When you vote, you are saying at the very least you are paying attention. If you do NOT vote, you send the message that a politician could get away with lying cheating and stealing because citizens will not hold them accountable.
It is very important to overcome your disgust with vermin politicians and register a vote for someone.
I'm not sure what's up with Joe MacDonald. Seems that in the past week or so, his campaign has revolved around attacking other candidates. During opening statements on the Rogers TV debate, he just launched into an attack on the others, and did the same on Twitter recently.
Just listened to the phone message too.
As soon as someone comes out as being a crank who just criticizes others, they get dropped waaaay down my list of who to vote for.
Criticism is OK, but you can't make it the cornerstone of a campaign. I'd rather hear about what a candidate will do right, not what everyone else is doing wrong.
I got an automated call from Joe MacDonald critizing the other candidates that are running in our ward. I thought this wasn't allowed, I guess I am wrong. I also got a first hand look at Ana's follow up, never heard back. Is this a sign of how things will be run?
Maloneys made transformers for decades its brick walls surrounding land and other nearby buildings are saturated with PCB's and now the new owners with out seemingly any government oversite have gone ahead with no permitts posted and turned the indside of this PCB contaminated structure into a gym ... that whole building should be leveled and all the contaminated land and bricks should be SAFELY removed as to not further expose the community to PCB's... a gym would be nice on that spot but not in a building that has been saturated over many decades with PCB's.
Putting people and childrens health at risk just to make a profit in our community is a very touchy topic among the commuintiy,,,,, if your gonna build a strong community then do it right from the start, so in the long term we can all rest asured that we are no longer living next to or playing in a old building that may make us and this new generation of young children comming up in the hood all seriously ill years down the road....
why has no minsistry info been posted on the building or sent to local residents stating what proceedures, standards have been taken to ensure public safety ?
and simply why has the owner not so much as posted any work permits during his hasty rush renovation of the site...???
the community deserves an explanation of this from the government , this site is well know to all levels of government as well as other surrounding communities in the region for its extremely serious contamination which is basically why the owner was able to buy it so cheaply in the first place because of the hazardous material permiating that site and its surroundings..
We wanted everyone to know about the Halloween Bash at Boo Radley's on the Saturday (30th) of October! With a name like Boo its gotta be a killer party!!!
Great music, scary food & drink specials (how corny!) and prizes for costumes. All you parents, make sure you come by with the kids for a treat on Sunday as you know ... we are very kid friendly!
Look for very scary neighbourhood posters coming soon.
See you on the 30th! Actually, we'd like to see you tonight for a pint!!!
M&S
Junction Triangle might want to consider participating in the YIMBY Festival this year. See: http://www.gladstonehotel.com/events/exhibitions/yimby It would be a great way to promote the charrette. We now have a venue - Pastor Miller's church on Perth Avenue, so we can produce some flyers to that effect. Castlepoint has agreed to provide the venue and food, as well as remain independent and allow the community to engage in the charrette without any outside influence. They are also going to provide architectural and planning consultants to assist with the facilitiating and illustrating at the roundtable events. I will be contacting Kori Cleaver who has produced some excellent proofs for a flyer that can be distributed for this purpose. We just need to add the venue address and the fact that food will be served. We should get a great turnout I hope if we blanket the neighbourhood. We can discuss further as things progress.
Not sure if I have much to add, as I'm not in that specific area very often (I'm closer to Bloor and Symington). I think in general it's getting alot better around Davenport and Lansdowne, especially with all the new development around there. Earlscourt Park is pretty cool too, and the whole escarpment along there provides a nice view when out walking. I would feel comfortable living in that area.
Well Scott, as you may have noticed from my other replies, I haven't been a member of a political party since 2006, so I'm not involved in candidate selection by any party, anywhere. I assume you're referring to Andrew Cash, and he'll have to manage the question about where he lives as he sees fit. I'm not aware, though, that he has gone out of his way to hide the fact, or obscure the fact and he might even be telling folks why he's running here. I don't know, I'm not involved.
and you may have noted my concern is not that Hema is running in a ward she doesn't live in, rather my concern is that ward 18 was her second choice. She didn't run in ward 13 because she was told to stay out. But that was her first choice. To present herself as "a long time west end resident" points to a conscious evasion of the fact she lives in ward 14. To continue to present herself as deeply interested in ward 18 and the issues facing this community when this community wasn't even on her radar until she was turned down in ward 13 raises questions about her motivations for running here. And these motivations are important to know. Misrepresenting them is, as I said above, cynical and just like the "politics as usual" Hema believes she has transcended.
Indeed he was, I bumped into Frank and his wife while my friend and I were going up the foot bridge.
Nothing that was said is untrue. If people like Kevin, they should vote for him. If they like Ana they should vote for her. These people will cast their vote the way they see fit regardless. Hema may live outside the ward, and running here is up to her. What is cynical about her campaign is that she decided NOT to run in her home ward, then wanted to run in ward 13 but decided against that . She picked ward 18 as her second choice and why? Because of her close connections to the place and the people? Because she thought she'd have a better chance of getting elected in an "open"ward rather than against an incumbent? She should tell the voters why she chose ward 18. But she hasn't, and in all my years involved in politics and government, that kind of manipulation of voters is what has contributed so much to voter cynicism and the growing gap between voters and those running for elected office.
I was a senior staffer to two Ontario cabinet Ministers from 1993 to 1995. At the time I was an "insider" of sorts and part of a "machine" (although a terribly broken one). Since then have not been an adviser to any political office holder, at any level, aside from my duties as a campaign manager, and I haven't been a member of a political party since 2006.
More importantly. I've learned over the years that honesty, even in electoral politics, clears the air and allows people to make informed decisions. If you don't agree with, that's fine. But you'll always know where I stand and why. Can you say that of all the candidates in ward 18?
The fact is people spend more time doing comparison shopping when buying a soft drink than they do when voting. Nothing I said in my phone message is untrue, although people may not like to hear it, and it isn't the cornerstone of my campaign. Visit joemacw18.ca and you'll learn more. In fact, the comparisons stand up pretty well.
I agree with Vics points and I felt that on the Rogers debate Joe came across as petty and counter productive, somewhat cheapening some of his points that made sense.
Joe MacDonald has been heavily involved in politics for years so all his talk of insiders,staffers, and party machines is rich. I find it rich as well that he criticizes a candidate for not living in the ward yet has been involved with a political party that keeps running a candidate in Davenport that lives in Mississauga and is never seen here.
This strikes me as pure attack and no substance. Not my kind of candidate.
Really? I'm very surprised to hear this given that during the year Nestle's doesn't even let non-employees purchase from their on-site store.
Anyway, it still doesn't bring the kids to our section of the street. I think we really need some advertising or something. Perth and Symington are always very busy.
Kevin came back the next day for the tear down and helped plus a few of his campaign workers came too. You can say all the political things you want but he took time out of his campaign to volunteer.
Yes, Frank de Jong was there, and Hema Vyas was there too.
I will admit that I can be bribed with food, and I always like the samosas from the Dosa Mahal. :)
On the weekend I was part of the team who put up the Rail of Light exhibit for Nuit Blanche, and over the course of the night I noticed both Ana Bailao and Kevin Beaulieu roaming the exhibit. Someone said Frank de Jong stopped by too, and there may have been others. But only Kevin B. brought absolutely delicious samosas (or samosas of any kind) to offer to our volunteers.... Perhaps the way to a voter's heart is through the stomach?
That said, I would be interested in hearing what other people think are the good and bad points of each of the Ward 18 candidates and their platforms.
I'm pretty much decided on who I'm voting for, but I always make my final decision on election day.
Let's see what he says in these attack ads.
Regarding Kevin Beaulieu: "City Hall insider who spent the last seven years as part of the problem not part of the solution". Total attack, but extremely vague. Plus, there are many people who actually like Kevin Beaulieu's work for the councillor's office, who support the current councillor, and appreciate Mayor David Miller.
Regarding Ana Bailao: "Former City Hall staffer backed by special interests and the political party machine." Being a former City Hall staffer shouldn't be a strike against anyone, in fact, it's a good sign of experience and knowledge with how things work (see also Kevin Beaulieu). The Liberal machine is definitely strong in this campaign though... But then again, Davenport has been Liberal at the fed and prov levels for a while now, so maybe that's actually somewhat representative of what people want.
Regarding Hema Vyas: "Doesn't even live in our community and won't give straight answers to honest questions." Out of all the candidates for council, Hema Vyas probably lives closest to me, and I actually bump into her once in a while, and not just at election events. She's very much a part of our community, even though she lives just outside the Ward 18 boundary. My own "community" doesn't end at the railway tracks. She doesn't have the most polished answers sometimes, but I think she answers people honestly.
Joe MacDonald jumps right into attack mode at every opportunity, just to launch into petty, simplistic jabs against the other candidates before even talking about his own platform. He's just striking out at those who appear to be the top three contenders in this election. Not very impressive at all to me.
Also...I find it funny that right after criticizing Kevin and Ana for being "city hall insiders" and "city hall staffers", he brags about being being an advisor to two Ontario cabinet ministers. If that's not being an "insider" or part of a "machine", I'm not sure what is.
Anyway, not sure why I bother reacting so much to him....
While the phone message was an attack, no one seems to be denying the truth in Joe MacDonald's message.
this video is quite impressive and well done. It also provides a historic record of the existing graffiti on the bridge base which was used for the "Rail of Light" project. And this is a good place to be able to find it.
I am looking forward to seeing this work peeking out of the 'screen' during the coming winter.
Very cool.....
Automated phone calls certainly do nothing positive in this household. But this one may not be intended to. Attack ads are not designed to get people to vote FOR the candidate posting them. They are designed to lower voter turnout for the opponent. The net result is generally lower voter turnout.
However, we need to consider the message we send simply by voting. When you vote, you are saying at the very least you are paying attention. If you do NOT vote, you send the message that a politician could get away with lying cheating and stealing because citizens will not hold them accountable.
It is very important to overcome your disgust with vermin politicians and register a vote for someone.
I'm not sure what's up with Joe MacDonald. Seems that in the past week or so, his campaign has revolved around attacking other candidates. During opening statements on the Rogers TV debate, he just launched into an attack on the others, and did the same on Twitter recently.
Just listened to the phone message too.
As soon as someone comes out as being a crank who just criticizes others, they get dropped waaaay down my list of who to vote for.
Criticism is OK, but you can't make it the cornerstone of a campaign. I'd rather hear about what a candidate will do right, not what everyone else is doing wrong.
I got an automated call from Joe MacDonald critizing the other candidates that are running in our ward. I thought this wasn't allowed, I guess I am wrong. I also got a first hand look at Ana's follow up, never heard back. Is this a sign of how things will be run?
Maloneys made transformers for decades its brick walls surrounding land and other nearby buildings are saturated with PCB's and now the new owners with out seemingly any government oversite have gone ahead with no permitts posted and turned the indside of this PCB contaminated structure into a gym ... that whole building should be leveled and all the contaminated land and bricks should be SAFELY removed as to not further expose the community to PCB's... a gym would be nice on that spot but not in a building that has been saturated over many decades with PCB's.
Putting people and childrens health at risk just to make a profit in our community is a very touchy topic among the commuintiy,,,,, if your gonna build a strong community then do it right from the start, so in the long term we can all rest asured that we are no longer living next to or playing in a old building that may make us and this new generation of young children comming up in the hood all seriously ill years down the road....
why has no minsistry info been posted on the building or sent to local residents stating what proceedures, standards have been taken to ensure public safety ?
and simply why has the owner not so much as posted any work permits during his hasty rush renovation of the site...???
the community deserves an explanation of this from the government , this site is well know to all levels of government as well as other surrounding communities in the region for its extremely serious contamination which is basically why the owner was able to buy it so cheaply in the first place because of the hazardous material permiating that site and its surroundings..
Has no one else commented on this?! This is pretty cool !! I like it a lot....
We wanted everyone to know about the Halloween Bash at Boo Radley's on the Saturday (30th) of October! With a name like Boo its gotta be a killer party!!!
Great music, scary food & drink specials (how corny!) and prizes for costumes. All you parents, make sure you come by with the kids for a treat on Sunday as you know ... we are very kid friendly!
Look for very scary neighbourhood posters coming soon.
See you on the 30th! Actually, we'd like to see you tonight for a pint!!!
M&S
Yay Brunch! I'm very much looking forward to trying the creme brule french toast!
Junction Triangle might want to consider participating in the YIMBY Festival this year. See: http://www.gladstonehotel.com/events/exhibitions/yimby It would be a great way to promote the charrette. We now have a venue - Pastor Miller's church on Perth Avenue, so we can produce some flyers to that effect. Castlepoint has agreed to provide the venue and food, as well as remain independent and allow the community to engage in the charrette without any outside influence. They are also going to provide architectural and planning consultants to assist with the facilitiating and illustrating at the roundtable events. I will be contacting Kori Cleaver who has produced some excellent proofs for a flyer that can be distributed for this purpose. We just need to add the venue address and the fact that food will be served. We should get a great turnout I hope if we blanket the neighbourhood. We can discuss further as things progress.
Steve
Nestle's Hands out full Size Chocolate, Cars come from all over just to partake of the goods they give out!
Not sure if I have much to add, as I'm not in that specific area very often (I'm closer to Bloor and Symington). I think in general it's getting alot better around Davenport and Lansdowne, especially with all the new development around there. Earlscourt Park is pretty cool too, and the whole escarpment along there provides a nice view when out walking. I would feel comfortable living in that area.
Regarding rail traffic...I don't think that'll be much of an issue now, as there aren't many trains that use the north-south GO track there. But that will slowly increase over time, and there's potential for a major rail construction project at the Davenport Diamond where the north-south and east-west tracks cross each other. We'll find out more about that in the next couple of years. Some background:
https://www.junctiontriangle.ca/node/558
https://www.junctiontriangle.ca/node/516
https://www.junctiontriangle.ca/node/488
https://www.junctiontriangle.ca/DavenportDiamondOpenHouse1
Cheers,
Vic
Houses are close together and squished right up to the sidewalk. Would make for very fast candy collection.
Does the Nestle factory do anything for Halloween? I know a neighbour who grew up near a Laura Secord factory that was a goldmine on Halloween!
Tower Automotive could also be turned into a really awesome haunted house! ;)