zingerella | Facile Local Election Analysis (Reply)

This is a continuation of something I started on Facebook last night for

kchew

Toronto City Council Composition, Trolls vs Not-trolls.

Ward 1 Etobicoke North: Vincent Crisanti (a Troll) by a nose.
Ward 2 Etobicoke North: Doug Ford (a Troll)
Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre: Doug Holyday (a Troll)
Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre: Gloria Lindsay Luby (Kinda all over the map, but not a troll. More a rogue crusader?)
Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore: Justin DiCiano (a Troll)
Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore: Mark Grimes (supported the police, post G-20; environmentally failtastic; but has done good work on Mimico's waterfront; apparently not a Troll.)
Ward 7 York West: Giorgio Mammoliti (a Troll)
Ward 8 York West: Anthony Perruzza (strong tenants' rights record; progressive) by a nose
Ward 9 York Centre: Maria Agrumeri by a nose. She's apparently mostly self-interested but not actively trollish; NOW was backing her as a hold-your-nose candidate.
Ward 10 York Centre: James Pasternak (I have no idea; his website is really nicey nicey, so I can't really tell you what he's about. He believes in relief for ratepayers, so he may be Trollish).
Ward 11 York South-Weston: Frances Nunziata (not a Troll, but self-interested, right-wing, and generally useless. Expect him to ally himself with the trolls.)
Ward 12 York South-Weston: Frank DiGiorgio (not progressive)
Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park: Sarah Doucette (progressive)
Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park: Gord Perks (AWESOME)
Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence: Josh Colle (pragmatic; has some prog. cred.)
Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence: Karen Stintz (pro-developer, probably a Troll)
Ward 17 Davenport: Cesar Palacio (quoth NOW: "undistinguished and inaccessible).
Ward 18 Davenport: Ana Bailao who ran on the "vote for me, I'm Portuguese" platform. Not a troll, but not very specific either.
Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina: Mike Layton, son of Jack. Good progressive credentials.
Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina: Adam Vaughan who is AWESOME
Ward 21 St. Paul's: Joe Mihevc who is quite a decent sort
Ward 22 St. Paul's: Josh Matlow, who seems to be a McGuinty syncophant, so not a Troll, but pro-business and pro-Metrolinx
Ward 23 Willowdale: Josh Filion, pro-common-good.
Ward 24 Willowdale: David Shiner, Lastman-era buffoon, expect trollishness
Ward 25 Don Valley West: Jaye Robinson, not a troll
Ward 26 Don Valley West: John Parker, troll
Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale: Kristyn Wong-Tam who is pretty great
Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale: Pam McConnell, who is a functioning-city stalwart
Ward 29 Toronto-Danforth: Mary Fragedakis, who will be just fine
Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth: Paula Fletcher who is a Miller stalwart, if sometimes a bit scary
Ward 31 Beaches-East York: Janet Davis, supported Pants.
Ward 32 Beaches-East York: Mary-Margaret McMahon. Hard to tell. NOW seems to think she's an organic-foods Tory. I don't think she's a troll, but her interests seem firmly middle-class.
Ward 33 Don Valley East: Shelley Carroll. Seems a right good'un.
Ward 34 Don Valley East: Denzil Minnan-Wong, Troll
Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest: Michelle Berardinetti, self-described Liberal who hates bike lanes. A definite whiff of Troll.
Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest: Gary Crawford. Middle-class Tory, I predict he'll wind up on the Trollish side a fair bit.
Ward 37 Scarborough Centre: Michael Thompson, Troll.
Ward 38 Scarborough Centre: Glenn De Baeremaeker, very green, not a troll.
Ward 39 Agincourt: Mike DelGrande, Troll
Ward 40 Scarborough-Agincourt: Norm Kelly, Troll
Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River: Chin Lee, kite-banning Troll
Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River: Raymond Cho, not a troll
Ward 43 Scarborough East: Paul Ainslie, Liberal
Ward 44: Scarborough East: Ron Moeser, characterized by NOW as a "muted right-winger." Expect trollishness.