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In the News (Sun 6 Dec 09)

  
  CBC: Life And Times
Mel Lastman leaves a legacy like no other when he steps out of the spotlight after more than three decades in politics.
And in 2000, after his second-term victory, Lastman shocked the public by admitting to a long-term affair with a former employee, Grace Louie.
Her adult sons, Kim and Todd Louie, brought Lastman to court in a high-profile paternity suit.
www.cbc.ca /lifeandtimes/lastman.html   (478 words)

  
 City of Toronto, Mayor Mel Lastman 1998-2003
Mayor Lastman launched the Toronto City Summit in June 2002, to strike a new deal with higher levels of government and shape an agenda to move Toronto forward over the next 5 to 10 years.
In response to the minister's request to have Canadians discuss and debate the proposed amendments, Mayor Mel Lastman has established the Mayor's Task Force on Young Offenders to consult Toronto residents.
Mayor Lastman presented a major paper on the diverse cultures of the new City of Toronto during a speech at the G-8 Summit of the Cities, a world gathering called to deal with municipal issues and policies.
www.toronto.ca /mel_lastman/initiatives.htm   (828 words)

  
 Stupid & dumb things. Mel Lastman at his finest
Lastman, who stood to defend his honour and quickly reverted to comical comments about stupidity and ugly threats.
Lastman allies Paul Sutherland, David Soknaki, Gerry Altobello (the previously mentioned nonentity), Lorenzo Berardinetti and Joanne Flint all joined in the rebuke.
Lastman has done steering such amiable politicians into his corner.
webhome.idirect.com /~jleeson/stupid_and_dumb.htm   (788 words)

  
  Mel Lastman Information
Melvin Douglas (Mel) Lastman (born March 9, 1933) was the mayor of the former city of North York, Ontario, Canada from 1972 until 1997.
Mel Lastman was born in Toronto in 1933, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland.
Mel Lastman continues to live in Toronto with his wife and will be returning to leading the Bad Boy Furniture chain in May 2006.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mel_Lastman   (1225 words)

  
  Mel Lastman
Lastman ran for and won the mayoral race for the new city, beating incumbent Toronto mayor Barbara Hall.
For example, Lastman injured Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games when he was asked whether he would go to a meeting in Mombasa, Kenya, and expressed concern about ending up in a pot of boiling water.
Lastman was also ridiculed for greeting and shaking hands with members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang when they held a convention in Toronto.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/me/mel_lastman.html   (342 words)

  
 Mel Lastman at AllExperts
Lastman entered poltics in 1969 when he ran for and was elected to the North York Board of Control.
Lastman was criticized for not being able to control city council, and for being too close to lobbyists.
Mel Lastman continues to live in Toronto with his wife and will be returning to leading the Lastman's Bad Boy Furniture chain in May 2006.
en.allexperts.com /e/m/me/mel_lastman.htm   (1249 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Canadian gaffe-prone mayor to retire   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mel Lastman, who once said he feared being boiled alive by natives on an official visit to Africa, announced his retirement after a 34-year political career, including two terms as mayor.
Mr Lastman courted controversy when he was photographed welcoming Hell's Angels motorcyclists to Toronto, and he was ridiculed for calling in the army to deal with a snowstorm in the city.
Two years ago, Mr Lastman was at the centre of a $4 million paternity suit, when a former mistress claimed he was the father of her two sons.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2659527.stm   (438 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - The Lastman challenge - 11.09.00
In the past, especially during his tenure as mayor of North York, Lastman's operation ran the way he wanted it to, because he was able to consistently bring back politicians he could count on.
Although Lastman is all but acclaimed as mayor, a number of his pals on council are quitting, meaning he needs Ootes' vote as much as his clean-up capabilities.
With Lastman unable to ensure protection for his deputy mayor, his ability to control council is compromised, and some people he used to count on are jumping ship.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_11.09.00/news/mel.html   (2097 words)

  
 Home Goods Online - Lastman takes control at Bad Boy
Mel Lastman, a flamboyant political personality who served two terms as mayor of the amalgamated City of Toronto and six terms as mayor of North York before that, will be honourary chairman of the newly renamed Lastman's Bad Boy.
Blayne Lastman and his father, Mel Lastman, former mayor of Toronto and the original Bad Boy announce the formation of Lastman's Bad Boy, after the former bought out his partners and took complete ownership of the high-impact promoter.
As honourary chairman, Mel Lastman will be involved in the advertising and marketing efforts and will spend time on the floor of each store working with the sales staff and greeting customers.
www.homegoodsonline.ca /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=214&Itemid=35   (872 words)

  
 Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman says city should not have to suffer rolling blackouts.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Toronto —; Saying Toronto is the economic engine of Canada, Mayor Mel Lastman insisted Saturday the city and its nearly five million residents should be exempt from the rolling flouts hitting the rest of the province.
Lastman said Toronto should be spared, even though he understood others in the province would have to do without power longer as a result.
Lastman intended to seek a guarantee on Saturday afternoon from Ontario Premier Ernie Eves that Toronto would be fully powered through the weekend and into Monday, as the city prepared to resume the work week in an effort to keep the already battered economy going.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/965306/posts   (884 words)

  
 Anecdotage.Com - Thousands of true funny stories about famous people. Anecdotes from Gates to Yeats
In June 2001, shortly before meeting with African Olympic officials in Mombassa, Kenya, Toronto mayor Mel Lastman was asked about his impending trip to the dark continent to promote his city's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Kenya's tourist board, however, was more understanding: "Mayor Lastman seems to be in enough 'hot water' already," they announced.
Lastman, Mel (1933-) Canadian politician and entrepreneur, mayor of Toronto, founder of Bad Boy Furniture & Appliances
www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=2470   (195 words)

  
 Mighty Mel Lastman--The mouth that roared   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Everyone knows that just because Mel talks does not necessarily means he is saying anything.
But Mel is still the mayor and in deference to him, an exception would have to be made for Bad Boy delivery trucks.
In some ways Mel Lastman resembles Pierre Trudeau who, as prime minister said anything he felt like saying.
www.canadafreepress.com /1999/9904a2.htm   (496 words)

  
 Straight To Mel !
Lastman was apologetic and concerned that her husband was not made aware of the incident.
Lastman spent the rest of the campaign fighting this image of insensitivity and callousness, and obviously still hates Adam Vaughan as a result.
Marilyn Lastman is the lady you saw staggering about the stage either drunk or medicated the night that her husband Mel was elected Mayor.
members.tripod.com /harriscide/mel.htm   (1115 words)

  
 Mel Lastman - TERB.ca
But I agree that Mel Lastman doesn't care about the health of foreign tourists and wants them to come here even when he knows that people are dropping dead left and right from SARS here in Toronto.
as for mel, i have never been impressed by him, but in past, he succeeded because of his ability to maekt himself and to connect to the "common man".
Lastman must be suffering from some sort of brain rot or something.
www.terb.ca /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=27349   (2523 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - The truth about Mel Lastman - 07.01.99
Being a member of the media, I just can't live with myself knowing that Mel thinks this, so I have decided to prove to him that there is at least one journalist out there who is not afraid to tell the whole truth, the absolute truth and nothing but the truth about Mel.
Mel has even been known to make an important decision when he has a migraine.
Mel is always there for us during a crisis, like with the Spice Girls last year -- it was he who tried to talk Geri Halliwell out of leaving the group.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_07.01.99/columns/necro.html   (740 words)

  
 Mel Lastman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mel Lastman currently holds the record as the longest-serving mayor of any major city in the world.
Iteventually went bankrupt, but was later resurrected later by his son.
Lastman retired frompolitics, due to his deteriorating health.
www.therfcc.org /mel-lastman-59380.html   (206 words)

  
 World Health Organization. (Brickbats).(ignorance of Mel Lastman, mayor of Toronto)(Brief Article) - HighBeam ...
Toronto residents are buzzing about Mayor Mel Lastman's recent appearance on CNN to discuss that city's problems with SARS.
Lastman said he had not heard of the World Health Organization, didn't really seem to know how many SARS cases Toronto had, and suggested that 500 members of a religious group had been exposed to the disease in the Philippines, even though health officials say they were exposed in Toronto.
This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-105644249.html   (134 words)

  
 Death threats and threats to cause bodily harm in Canadian criminal law
A person in imminent danger or distress in the face of an aggressor may be justified in making threats as an act of self-defence.
If you don't leave them alone, I'll kill you." Former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman reportedly uttered these words to a television reporter during a city council meeting in May 1999.
It was said Lastman was angry with the reporter over a story published in a satirical magazine that alluded to the mayor's wife.
www.defencelaw.com /utter-threats.html   (643 words)

  
 Prince Edward Island: News Release (Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman Thanks PEI with an Official Visit)
During his visit to the Island, Mayor Lastman will attend a reception at the Delta, take part in a tree planting ceremony and tour the Province House.
At the Monday evening reception, Mayor Lastman will announce a donation of trees to PEI from the City of Toronto to replace trees knocked down by Hurricane Juan.
Mayor Lastman will officially step down as mayor of the city at the end of November after serving two terms — the longest-serving mayor of any city in the world.
www.gov.pe.ca /news/getrelease.php3?number=3333   (457 words)

  
 Toronto's super-salesmen: Mel Lastman and Ed Mirvish
Lastman now is on a campaign to win recognition for Toronto as "the most multi-cultural city in the world" as well as a place "where people can work, play, have fun and live in peace."
Though Lastman tries to be interested and friendly with all groups, the mayor has had his share of arguments.
One cartoon on the wall shows a small Lastman hanging onto the premier's nose, with a doctor telling the premier about his diagnosis of this unusual growth: "We are sure it is Mel-ignant, but you should be able to remove it in about three years," the doctor says.
www.jewishsightseeing.com /canada/ontario/toronto/19990820-toronto_salesmen.htm   (3440 words)

  
 Mel Lastman - The Huffington Post
The day before the first meeting of the new board, which was now without Mel Lastman, the then chairman of the board, Alan Heisey, told me there would be no problem extending my contract for another two years....
at council (she opposed the vehicle registry tax), said she and other councillors who supported tax freezes under former Mayor Mel Lastman were partly to blame for the city's fiscal mess.
Here's a sample of more than 50 respondents, who were almost evenly divided in their opinion: Mel Lastman gave us the Sheppard Subway which has turned into a multi-million-dollar waste of money.
www.huffingtonpost.com /topics/Mel+Lastman   (515 words)

  
 Mel Lastman
Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino nearly had a fit when he heard that Mayor Mel Lastman went down to a local hotel that was hosting a biker's convention and shook hands with a member of a motorcycle gang.
He also knows very well that some do not, just as we know that not all business executives cheat and lie and then sell off their stocks and retire with millions in ill-gotten gains.
But I'll bet Mayor Lastman doesn't get any flack for shaking hands with Enron executives.
www.chromehorse.net /rants/rants02/lastman.htm   (335 words)

  
 Toronto Dollar Press Archives: Letter from Toronto's Mayor Mel Lastman 1999
Toronto Dollar Press Archives: Letter from Toronto's Mayor Mel Lastman 1999
Anniversary Note from Mayor Mel Lastman December 1999.
It was a pleasure meeting with members of your group to learn more about the Toronto Dollar project.
torontodollar.com /press/mlastman.php   (125 words)

  
 TIME FOR THE CITY TO MOVE ON FMTA
FMTA, which maintains a lock on city funding dating back for at least the last 10 years, enjoys an exclusive and even elitist "purchase of service" contract -- automatically renewed each January -- with no tender put out to competing groups, many of whom are sincere in their dedication to Toronto renters.
Lastman, is that it's still getting a $105,000 handout even though it represents only 0.3%-0.4% of all tenants.
Mayor Mel Lastman should appoint one of the three city bureaucrats now handling the FMTA account to study legitimate tenants' groups in a search to find a replacement for FMTA.
www.qaz.ca /torontotenants/tfp1999a.html   (739 words)

  
 Blues Matters! - Concert for Peace - Jul 29 - Mel Lastman Square
This event is part of a worldwide concert series to encourage people to think, talk, and promote themes of peace; create an environment of cultural acceptance and understanding for all people to live together in harmony.
WHERE: Mel Lastman Square is located at 5100 Yonge St., two blocks north of Sheppard Ave, located at the North York Centre subway.
WHAT MAKES IT TICK: The concert venue 'Mel Lastman Square' is a facility of the City of Toronto, thus admission must be FREE and there are no revenues from ticket sales.
www.bluesmatters.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2102   (392 words)

  
 Mel Lastman Square - Any good lunch places? - Ontario (including Toronto) - Chowhound
There's the Cuisine of India about a five minute walk up on the west side of Yonge from Mel Lastman Square.
'the owl' west side a couple of blocks north of mel.
across form mel, there is empress shopping mall/condo and they have a couple of rest.
www.chowhound.com /topics/320355   (454 words)

  
 NOW: , Jun 5 - 11, 2003
sophisticated swing Mel Lastman Square, 7:30-9 pm, free.
bobby herriot band Mel Lastman Square, 7:30-9 pm, free.
fabulous crooners Mel Lastman Square, 7:30-9 pm, free.
www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2003-06-05/music_justannounced.php   (288 words)

  
 Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman Proclamation of Kids Day - Kids Day America / International & the World Children's ...
Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman Proclamation of Kids Day - Kids Day America / International and the World Children's Wellness Foundation
WHEREAS: this year's event will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Canada and Variety Village; and
NOW, THEREFORE: I, Mayor Mel Lastman, on behalf of Toronto City Council and the 2.5 million people of our great City, do hereby proclaim May 17, 2003 as "Kids Day International" and encourage all residents to increase their awareness of the importance of health, safety and environmental issues affecting our children and our community.
www.childrenswellness.com /proclamation-toronto.html   (217 words)

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