Friday, January 21, 2011

City Councillor Websites

Curious to See Who Has a Website?
(All Official City Councillor Contacts can be found HERE

Mayor Rob Ford = no
Councillors:
Ainslie = http://www.paulainslie.com/  Ward 43 Scarborough East
Augimeri = http://www.mariaaugimeri.com/  Ward 9 York Centre
Bailao = no  Ward 18 Davenport (but she's working on one)
Berardinetti = no  Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest
Caroll = http://www.shelleycarroll.ca/  Ward 33 Don Valley East
Cho = http://www.raymondcho.com/  Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River
Colle = no  Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence
Davis = http://www.janetdavis.ca/  Ward 31 Beaches-East York
De Baermaeker = no  Ward 38 Scarborough Centre
del Grande = http://www.mikedelgrande.ca/  Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt
Di Giorgio = http://www.fdigiorgio.ca/  Ward 12 York South-Weston
Doucette = no  Ward 13 Parkdale-High Park
Filion = http://www.johnfilion.ca/  Ward 23 Willowdale
Fletcher = no Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth
Ford, Doug = no  Ward 2 Etobicoke North
Fragedakis = councillor_fragedakis@toronto.ca  Ward 29 Toronto-Danforth
Grimes = http://www.markgrimes.ca/  Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Holyday = no Ward 3 Etobicoke Centre
Kelly = http://www.normkelly.com/  Ward 40 Scarborough-Agincourt
Layton = no  Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina
Lee = no  Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River
Lindsay Luby = no Ward 4 Etobicoke Centre
Mammoliti = councillor_mammoliti@toronto.ca  Ward 7 York West
Matlow = http://www.joshmatlow.ca/  Ward 22 St. Paul's
McConnell = pammcconnell.ca  Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale
McMahon = no  councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca Ward 32 Beaches -East York weblink BlogTO 
Mihevc = http://www.joemihevc.com/  Ward 21 St. Paul's
Milczyn = http://www.petermilczyn.com/  Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Minnan-Wong = http://www.denzilminnan-wong.com/  Ward 34 Don Valley East
Moeser = councillor_moeser@toronto.ca  Ward 44 Scarborough East
Nunziata = no  Ward 11 York South-Weston
Palacio = http://www.cesarpalacio.com/  Ward 17 Davenport
Parker = no  Ward 26 Don Valley West
Pasternak = no  Ward 10 York Centre
Perks = http://www.gordperks.ca/  Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park
Perruzza = no  Ward 8 York West
Robinson = no Ward 25 Don Valley West
Shiner = no  Ward 24 Willowdale
Stintz = http://www.karenstintz.com/  Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence
Thompson = no Ward 37 Scarborough Centre
Vaughan = http://www.ward20.ca/  Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina
Wong-Tam = no  Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale
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About HALF of our representatives have no constituency website listed on main city site, although several still have their election campaign websites active. Shouldn't there be a 'past due' date on those?

... and, of course, negligent and disrespectful Adam Giambrone still has a website active saying he is still councillor for ward 18... here  sigh.

* Update: Here is an excellent video about social media, its use and misuse during the past city elections and comments about the usefulness of Twitter: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12574267 Yorkville Media Centre 02/09/11, intelligent discussions by people like Dave Meslin, Jonathon Goldsbie, Kelly Grant, etc
Tweet: Jonathan Goldsbie In which @kellygrant1, @meslin, @sbaranski, @heybrettbell (aka @toelectionews), and I finally had a #voteTO debrief:.

In summary - social media was not a 'magic bullet' for anyone to get elected, although it might be the place to re-energize and involve young voters. The majority of voters who actually show up to vote are over 45 and not that connected.