Discovering Toronto With Transit

So I am at the New Bloor Festival.

The original festival was called BIG ON BLOOR and it was a lot longer (it started around Christie). This year was different, new name as well.

The 600 metres from Dufferin Street to Lansdowne Avenue was the place for this wonderful festival.

I saw three Davenport South (Ward 18) Councillor candidates: Kevin Beaulieu, Frank de Jong and Hema Vyas.
I also saw former candidate Ken Wood who dropped out of the race due mainly to financial reasons. He is in the photo above.

The photo shows 3 elements of an election:

1. Former candidate
2. Current Fringe candidate
3. Current Media candidate

We had interesting conversation and I have to give Rocco Rossi credit when he deserves credit.

The four of us talked about different topics, one of the things I said to him (as a suggestion) is to grab a marker and a ride guide, start drawing your subway lines.

I also told him about how using labels like “Priority Neighbourhood” is destroying the people and the neighbourhood. I live in Kingston-Galloway. I moved there some months ago. Before that I lived on the border street of another so call priority neighbourhood, within the priority neighbourhood but my neighbour across the street does not live in a priority neighbourhood. Both our houses were identical and we both made roughly the same amount of money a year.

Rocco did his Mayor-a-thon and stop #7 was in my neighbourhood (Guildwood Farmer’s Market), he said that he would come again. Rocco, I am seriously going to hold you to it and to publish those times, so my neighbours are aware and they can talk to you (I like to get my neighbours informed).

Ken Wood talked about poverty (among others issues), Rocco was very receptive to Ken’s concerns.

I mentioned to Rocco about how he and Sarah Thomson were crying about that whole George Smitherman challenging Rob Ford and ONLY Rob Ford and calling other candidates background noise. I mentioned that he now knows what Himy Syed and others are feeling like. Himy Syed challenged Rocco Rossi to a debate, one-on-one. I don’t know if Himy was making fun of George‘s one-on-one with Rob Ford but a Syed-Rossi debate is something I would like to see.

I should mention something: Kevin and Hema were at their booths, Frank‘s booth was empty.

Bad thing about this thing: I have that exact shirt (that pattern), I have other similar but that pattern is in my closet. He has good take.
Good thing about this thing: I have more hair than Rocco. Sweet.

I wonder if Rocco and Himy would be up for an interview. BOTH of them at a local restaurant/coffee place at the same time.

Answer to question (title of post): They were involved in a good conversation with me.