As reported in the Allderblob:

In Ward 29 (Toronto-Danforth), a previously a two-horse race between Mel Lastman lackey and anti-bikelane and Esso stockholder Case Ootes and Diane Alexopoulos (although there are 6 candidates in Ward 29 in total) has gained new definitely pro-cycling candidate!

Hamish Wilson has joined the race. A driving cycling force behind the TakeTheTooker Bloor-Danforth Bikelanes, Hamish is on the Toronto Cycling Committee and has frequent cycling articles in NOW magazine.

If you live in Ward 29, learn more about Hamish, but above all, vote on November 13th. There's a lot of apathy in municipal politics because people think it doesn't matter, but it effects you the most - it determines how safe your streets are for your kids to play on, it effects your garbage and recycling pick-up, and it effects how easily you get around the city.

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The Ootes Challenge - to prove that Toronto CAN be a city where the car (and planning for cars) doesn't suffocate everything else on our streets, since Ootes has insisted that in Toronto ...people won’t get out of their cars. It doesn’t happen. This isn’t that kind of city.

(if you missed them, you can also read parts ONE and TWO of the Case Ootes Challenge.)

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