Just a short note about the Adam Giambrone Toronto Mayoralty campaign. As anyone who has been reading my blogs here knows, I have attempted to focus on the positive and interesting aspects of politics. Unfortunately, there are occasions when politicians do not meet me half-way. The collapse of Mr. Giambrone’s mayoralty campaign is somewhat an example of this.

To be fair, I don’t believe that Adam expected to become mayor. I think this campaign was designed to raise publicity and enhance his profile which in turn would help a future mayoralty campaign. It should also be pointed out that Mr. Giambrone is a young person. There are perhaps a few thirty-somethings out there who are experienced and competent enough to run a large city and are also shrewd enough to avoid scandal. However, there are probably not a lot of them. He is also guilty of what a lot of politicians and other members of the establishment are certainly doing.

Most of us have something in our background that we would not want printed on the front page of the Globe And Mail or posted on the informedvote.ca blog. When someone runs for office, there is always a risk that a journalist or blogger will print something unpleasant about the candidate. The allegation may or may not be true. And if unflattering, it still might be something that is true about a lot of people. Adam Giambrone has been been punished enough. He was right to end his mayoralty campaign. He may have to resign as TTC Chair. However, he should be able to keep his seat.

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