Toronto's citizenry will go to the polls on October 25, 2010 to elect a new mayor. Earlier this year, incumbent Mayor David Miller announced he would not seek a third term in office. Beside the obvious change of mayor, this election will bring another change, moving voting day to the fourth Monday of October from the previously traditional second Monday of November. Since this is a time for change, why don't we go whole hog? Let's hold back nothing in our pursuit of change here in Toronto. Let's take a page from the electoral book of the electorate of Reykjavik, Iceland, who recently elected Jon Gnarr as their new mayor. The 43-year-old Gnarr, leader of the "Best Party", will assume office on June 15 for a four-year term. So what, you might say, but that would perhaps be because you're missing some very important info about Gnarr and his Best Party. Gnarr is one of Iceland's top comedians and his political party was only established six months ago, but those in the know are theorizing that Gnarr's party benefited from voters' loss of trust in government. The Best Party's campaign video featured a music video on YouTube (included below for your viewing pleasure!) of its candidates singing to the tune of Tina Turner's "Simply The Best". Their key pledges included "sustainable transparency", free towels at all swimming pools and a new polar bear for the city zoo, as well as a "drug-free parliament" by 2020 and "topnotch stuff as a general rule".
The Best Party referred to the current politicians ruling Reykjavik as "blathering idiots" and suggested they all be sent to reside at the zoo. If we do that here in Toronto, (and it might be a good idea at that), we would need a local comedian to head up our own Best Party, and so I would like to be the first to nominate the mayor's replacement - Russell Peters. For those who know anything about Peters, the sagacity of the nomination will be more than evident. For those in the dark about the man's eminent suitability to fill the Mayor's chair at City Hall, there is nothing that can be said, other than to advise them to watch a few clips of Peters on YouTube, and then make up their own mind.
If we go the Reykjavik route, I say there could be no better leader to take us there than Russell Peters.
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While Peters may make a good choice, I don't think he would want the job. He's too smart to want to work with the rest of the gang at City Hall. In no time, he would lose his sense of humour. Here's hoping the Best Party doesn't lose theirs either.
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