Month: October 2000

To the Editor, Toronto Star, Oct. 26, 2000. What does a poor candidate have to do to be considered “serious” by the Star? When Royson James says there is “virtually no one challenging [Lastman] as […]

RE. Gregory Boyd Bell (Media column- Eye Magazine, Oct, 26,2000.) By Davis Mirza It’s refreshing to hear a reporter from a corporately- owed ‘alternative’ weekly find Tooker Gomberg’s green platform “admirable” yet troublesome, when in […]

Toronto – (October 25, 2000) In a stunning show of cowardice, at the last minute David Collenette, federal minister of Transportation, and minister responsible for the GTA in cabinet, dropped out of a forum scheduled […]

Toronto – (October 24, 2000) The campaign is pleased to announce that David Suzuki and Naomi Klein have endorsed our campaign. “Tooker Gomberg is one of the few politicians I have met who has a […]

Attention: Troy Reeb, by Kay Hubley. I was appalled last week when I heard Troy Reeb dismiss a serious candidate for mayor of Toronto as a man “who composts worms”. Troy did not even mention […]

Toronto – (October 22, 2000) At 12:01 a.m. Sun. Oct. 22, a dozen Torontonians established a Tent City in Nathan Phillips Square, City Hall, to protest the lack of action on the homelessness crisis. “We’re […]

Toronto – (October 21, 2000) At 11 am today, Saturday Oct. 21, 2000, members of the Gomberg for Mayor team will climb the tallest freestanding building in the world. “We’re going for the top of […]

Toronto – (October 20, 2000) Tooker Gomberg, candidate for Mayor of Toronto, today will join in the first of a series of information pickets directed at candidates for Toronto City Council who voted in favour […]

Toronto – (October 18, 2000) At just before 11 a.m. today Tooker Gomberg threw down the gauntlet to Mel Lastman to have a one-on-one debate before the upcoming municipal election on Nov. 13. The gauntlet, […]

Toronto – (October 17, 2000) Yesterday Candidate Tooker Gomberg sent a letter to Candidate Lastman requesting his commitment to take part in candidate’s debates. In the letter Gomberg states: “Our campaign has been receiving numerous […]