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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com “It’s a simple thing, right?” That’s Nick Kouvalis – the marketing and campaign manager who helped Rob Ford win the mayor’s race in 2010 – on the trick to running a winning campaign for the top political job in Toronto, and arguably the highest-profile municipal
post in Canada. Getting that post routinely requires a war chest of more than $1 million and a commitment of all or most of a year to a political marathon that has defeated cabinet ministers, CEOs, city councillors and even former mayors as they vie for the hearts, minds and ultimately votes of almost three million Torontonians.
The finish line for the upcoming marathon campaign is a little over a year from now: Oct. 27, when Toronto voters decide on a new council and mayor. And rumors are swirling as to who is likely to run. Ford has indicated he will run, and New Democrat MPP Olivia Chow and Councillor Karen Stintz are said to be working on assembling campaign teams.
Former councillor and mayor David Miller-era budget chief David Socknacki said he is exploring a candidacy. And political observers are watching to see what radio host John Tory and councillors Shelley Carroll, Adam Vaughan and Denzil Minnan-Wong will do. At this point, Kouvalis doesn’t plan on being involved in any >>>RUNNING, page 7
A series of small parkettes along 1.5 kilometres of Dundas Street has been awarded an Urban Design Award for Small Open Spaces. The Dundas Street West Parkettes were given the Award of Merit for the eight tiny parkettes, which were created in formerly neglected nooks along the street. Completed in 2011, the Dundas Street West Parkettes are intended to provide a rhythm of special moments along the street, injecting trees and planting and furnishings for residents to pause and participate in the street life. “It was something the community really deserved,” said Sylvia Draper Fernandez, a former chair of the Dundas West Business Improvement Area, who had a hand in bringing these parkettes to life. The corner parkettes feature benches, planters and bike racks. “You see a lot of people sitting there, women there with kids and strollers,” Draper Fernandez said. “Just in general it improves the quality of life to have something nice to look at as you are walking down the street.” Designed by PMA Landscape Architects Ltd., the parkettes were sponsored by the Dundas Street West BIA and Toronto. Sixteen Awards of Merit and one for a Special Jury Award were handed out at the awards at Palais Royale Sept. 12.