With hovering municipal elections, left leaning Toronto Star is operating full time to malign Rob Ford any way it can. It believes that the educated class will not vote for Ford.

Check out these links

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/862978--james-nervous-city-builders-seek-a-ford-slayer

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontomayoralrace/article/860961--hume-don-t-confuse-road-rage-with-transit-policy

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/861510--text-of-richard-peddie-s-speech

As a politician, I wonder if Ford will be able to keep all the promises he is making now. Also, his so called "anti-immigrants" slurs might probably rob him of ethnic votes. But then what choice does Toronto voters have? They missed their chance to have John Tory as mayor in 2003. Ontario residents missed their chance to have him as Premier in 2007.

Perhaps as a newbie to Canadian politics, I am not fully aware of the ramifications of having conservatives in power at the provincial or municipal level. When I came to Canada, Mike Harris was the premier, but at that time, I was too busy settling down in this country and was hardly concerned with Canadian political scenario. Now at federal level, I doubt if Michael Ignatieff would perform any better than Stephen Harper.

I think people living in 905 might be perhaps in more dilemma, as media hardly gives any coverage to those municipal elections. As a "905er" myself, even I am not fully aware of the mayoral race in my own city. Also, except for the gridlock and urban sprawl, I cannot think of any other major municipal issue that may affect my voting choice.

What do CDs have to say on this issue? How many CDs actually take time to vote? I think majority of CDs come from India and might be fully aware of the seriousness of the election process.