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Joe Pantalone: Jiminy Crickets

John Tory Dept: The assessed values range from $395,000 to $1.7 million and the homes belong to the five leading candidates Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thomson, according to The Star. Compare this with London, England, New York or even Buffalo for that matter every city of any size in England, roared Lamport. What does the mayor get? Holy jumping jiminy crickets, I ll tell you what he gets. He gets a civic mansion free. He gets all his meals free. He gets all the food for his wife, his children and his guests, all the time free and barring unforeseen circumstances, or John Tory jumping in late, Toronto s next mayor will live in one of these homes . Homes have always played an important role in elections. In the 1955 Toronto mayoralty race, it was revealed that bon vivant former mayor Allan Lamport had spent, over two years, the equivalent of $370,000 in 2010 dollars of taxpayers money for a suite in the Royal York Hotel. As reported in the news.
@t george smitherman, sarah thomson