Well, we never say we told you so but we did endorse Alex Munter for Mayor prior to the last election. Bob Chiarelli was a bureaucrat Mayor who had long overstayed his welcome and the city was ripe for a change. We also thought that Larry O’Brien would be a good change. I still think he deserves more time to prove himself.

Last time round, our Editor really liked Larry O’Brien whereas several of my staff and I preferred Alex Munter. Our Editor felt that Munter was too left and too “everything to everyone” to be an effective Mayor.

He felt Larry O’Brien would shake the tree. I felt that Munter had ample experience and a record at City Hall that would make him a good Mayor along with some private sector experience that gave him a perspective that would shield him from doing some things that some of the more left-leaning spending obsessed Councillors wanted to pursue.