John Stall

It’s not like the Mayoral race is a delegate convention where, when one of the candidates for leader of a party drops off after 2 or 3 ballots, they walk across the floor in a symbolic deliverance of their and their delegates votes.  Most often, most of the delegates at a leadership convention (chosen to attend [...]

So, Sarah Thomson revealed to me this morning that although she has made no decision yet, the idea of dropping out of the race to support one of the other candidates in an attempt to block Rob Ford’s romp to victory is something she would consider, and that she has met with all other campaign [...]

Rob Ford sits back like a real godfather (as opposed to in my view the juvenile and ill-conceived ad caricature we’ve been subjected to), and slyly nods knowingly that he is well on the way to overcoming that hurdle in this election as well. Today’s endorsement of Ford by former mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti is more proof [...]

I know a lot about Boccie, we play it all the time on our personal court at the cottage, fuelled often by somebody’s homemade wine. Actually, it’s not a very complicated game at all — you have two choices with each of your four shots: “go close” (meaning deftly roll your ball closer to the smaller target ball [...]

With this kind of lead, the mayoral race is Rob Ford’s to lose, and given the tolerance that people have for his personal foibles, that is not likely to happen unless there is a massive “anybody but Ford” movement that coalesces around one of the other four candidates. Here are the latest numbers from Nanos [...]

We’ve heard a lot this week from pundits and pollsters that Rob Ford’s mojo is the result of the same kind of voter anger that took a chance on Mike Harris’ “common sense revolution” back in 1995, in response to revulsion over the Bob Rea/NDP Government. I don’t know about you, but I find it [...]

Last night’s mayoral debate at the MaRS Centre, co-sponsored by 680News with the Board of Trade, was in my view full of content and more substance than most. The Board of Trade set some debate rules that prevented the annoying cross-talk and personal attacks, which may be entertaining for some on occasion (especially the media, which uses [...]

When Hazel McCallion confirmed to me this morning by phone that she was indeed running for one more term as mayor of Mississauga, there was a hint of anger and revenge in her tone. Anger that Mississauga council has become dysfunctional and that some councillors (they know who they are) have had the knives out [...]

I couldn’t help going down memory lane this morning while reporting on hurricane Earl’s path.  As I write this, it is still south of the Hatteras Islands and heading toward the Carolina Coast. If it remains a category 4 storm and  doesn’t bump to the east and back out to sea overnight then it will be a [...]