<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>ha. Try living in Vaughan. The "City Above Toronto" that has been essentially ungoverned for years. </div><div>Despite this by many accounts a successful municipality.<br></div><div>Our choices aren't great either.</div><div>David<br></div>
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Subject: Re: [TLUG]: today is the day<br>
From: Christopher Browne <<a href="mailto:cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">cbbrowne@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, October 25, 2010 2:37 pm<br>
To: <a href="mailto:tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org">tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</a><br>
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Timothy Hildred <<a href="mailto:timhildred-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">timhildred-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> for voting! just a friendly reminder not to let the forces of idiocy<br>
> position their mascot above us in triumph.<br>
><br>
> NO FORD!<br>
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I'm sufficiently unhappy with the options out there that I wonder if<br>
his "temporary triumph" wouldn't be a well-deserved expression of<br>
contempt for the city. Historically, it seems pretty common that our<br>
democracies get the kind of leadership that they deserve, particularly<br>
when that leadership stinks.<br>
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I find the prospect of the city having completely doubled back on<br>
political tendencies (e.g. - shifting from re-electing NDP-biased<br>
Miller to the "conservative-ish" Ford) makes me consider the result<br>
compromised. People don't swing that far, that fast. If they do, we<br>
should be expecting the federal Tories to take over most Toronto<br>
seats, which seems implausible.<br>
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And I'm with Clifford - if you are keen to call a very large number of<br>
people "idiots," then whatever you are, it's not "friendly," and you<br>
shouldn't try to mistake yourself as such.<br>
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My best idea thus far has been to consider expressing my contempt for<br>
the campaign by spoiling my ballot. That's not a terribly friendly<br>
option, but I haven't seen a candidate I actually want to vote for.<br>
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