There is much hand wringing about the municipal state of affairs in Toronto right now, specifically whether this should the new mayor be appointed by council, or should there be a byelection. It should be a no-brainer at this point, in my opinion, in favour of a byelection, and that's where the momentum needs to be. Although the issue seems to make otherwise sensible and intelligent people temporarily foolish / insane.
I don't feel the need to write a lot about this issue, but I did want to point out something that was underlined in the great exhibit that Dave Meslin put on, "The Fourth Wall." Not long ago, we had 3 year terms municipally, and before that 2, and, up until 1956, elections were held. If we still had 3 year terms, as we did up until 2006, it would make sense to just appoint a caretaker mayor until an election this coming fall, and much of this crisis would have been averted. Part of the reason Ford's removal from office is such a big deal is possibly because our terms are too damn long. Now would be a great time to renew the call for shorter municipal terms. It seems like a no-brainer to me.
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