Election 2000

Alan Cairns, Toronto Sun, Monday, Oct. 9, 2000. The battle to bust Toronto’s garbage-hauling plans stretched from Northern Ontario rail lines to Mayor Mel Lastman’s front lawn yesterday. While hundreds protesting the Adams Mine dump […]

Michele Lansberg, Toronto Star, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000. I’M VOTING FOR the garbage guy. Oh, I know, mayoral candidate Tooker Gomberg has lots of other serious issues in his platform: traffic, transit, the arts, homelessness. […]

Toronto – (October 8, 2000)  On Sunday Oct. 8, 2000, at 3:00 p.m. Tooker Gomberg and campaign volunteers will install a compost bin at the Lastman residence. “Mr. Lastman wants to dump our garbage in […]

Toronto – (October 4, 2000)  On Wed. Oct. 4, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. in front of Toronto City Hall, Tooker Gomberg will announce his plans for an alternative “garbage train”. On display will be a […]

Toronto – (October 2, 2000)  On Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, at Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth, at 7 pm, a public debate will take place on the topic: “Should Toronto Ship Our Garbage to Our […]

This is a trailer (4:52) for “Playing with Democracy”, a video documentary of the Gomberg for Mayor campaign in Toronto, 2000. The video is a no budget production by Kelly Reinhardt of Boiling Frog in […]

Toronto – (September 29, 2000)  On Friday, Sept. 29 (E-45) at 6 pm candidate Tooker Gomberg will join Toronto’s monthly Critical Mass ride and will inaugurate the Campaign Army by presenting campaign flags. They will […]

James Rusk, Globe and Mail, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000. TORONTO — A coalition of environmental groups and politicians have set their sights on dethroning some of Mayor Mel Lastman’s key council allies this November, using […]

Paul Moloney, Toronto Star, Sept. 14, 2000. Need to divert more waste from landfill, works committee told Toronto’s new recycling plans to be trashed by environmentalists as too little too late. Toronto hasn’t done enough […]

Letter to the Editor, Eye Magazine, Sept. 14, 2000. Gomberg No One-Trick Pony For one brief moment I thought as usual John Sewell was up on the latest bombshell to hit Toronto — the advent […]