MY PRAYER FOR TORONTO

i pray for my city . that by the end of this day
as we choose our new mayor,let our hearts lead the way
may we vote our convictions , not led by fear
guided by hope, beyond all our despair
our city needs all the light we can give
let us share our belief for this place that we live
Toronto our name it means meeting place
a beacon of hope for the whole human race
more than 200 nations have come to this land
builders of dreams by thought and by hand
let our minds come together to bless the mayor to be
may he be guided by love and humility
may respect for each other be the clarion call
new inspiration pervade city hall
so as you go forth to cast your sacred vote
my blessings to you,and thats all she wrote

The Gomberg Effect!

Weird, or what? Every time Gomberg appears at one of the
Mayoral gatherings, one of the frontrunner candidates disappears.

Several months ago, Gomberg appeared at the Trinity-St.Paul debate. Gomberg sat in Smitherman’s place, as Smitherman was away in China. After his opening statement, then-candidate Giorgio Mammoliti responded: “How am I supposed to follow that?” The next week, he quit the race.

Two weeks ago in Scarborough, Gomberg made an appearance, and Sarah Thompson disappeared.

Last week, at the CBC debates, Rocco Rossi was asked “If not you, who should people vote for?” He responded “Howard Gomberg,” and then he disappeared.

Gomberg says “With time running out, if you give me the opportunity I can still get rid of some of the remaining candidates. Otherwise we are faced with a choice between the terrible, the horrible, and the inconsequential.”

When asked “Who will win the race?” Gomberg responded “I don’t know, but I know who will lose. You, me, and the rest of the city.”

Gomberg has just finished taping an interview with CBC Montreal, the InfoMan program. They are concerned that the madness that has gripped Toronto might be infectious.

THE MYTH OF DEMOCRACY

to the media mavens you know not what you've done
you have caused this disaster and when all's said and done
one will be winner whilst the rest of us lose
you made the choice that we had to chose
between the serpent the cyclops and the cute little prince
you have the chutspa and try to convince
there were none better ? no other choice?
no better vision ?no eloquent voice?
you made the decision right from the start
who'll be the front runner, who wont play a part
you determined for us for whom we should vote
jamming your candidates down all of our throats
and now it's too late the thought makes me cringe
you have crowned one of them and called us the fringe
i weep for toronto, but we will endure
you are forgiven, now go sin no more

CAUTION FEAR VOTE

friends, citizens,voters, lend me your ear
do not succumb to the mongers of fear
the media tells us we are wasting our vote
unless we choose the ones they shoved down our throat
we are forced to accept which evil is less
the terrible or horrible oy what a mess
but there are other choices other voices to hear
the only votes that are wasted, are the votes cast in fear
so i say unto you,when you enter that booth
cast your vote for a much higher truth
weather or not you vote for me
pray for the winner whoever it be

ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION

friends are you suffering from MAYORAL DYSFUNCTION or afflicted with ELECTILE DIFFICULTY then ask you doctor or political advisor about GOMBERG. if you are tired of SMALL minded visions, SOFT headed policy,QUICK fixes to the complex issues of the day, than consider GOMBERG he is a HARD act to follow, STIFF competition and LONG on new ideas. for an ELECTION lasting more than 9 months contact GOMBERG immeadiatly. GOMBERG FOR MAYOR he rubs you the right way

SALUTE TO ROSSI

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER AS SPOCK ONCE SAID FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CITY YOU MIGHT HAVE LED
YOU BIT THE BULLET ,SWALLOWED YOUR PRIDE. FOR THE LOVE OF TORONTO,STEPPED ASIDE THE CAMPAIGN YOU RAN WAS HONEST AND FAIR YOU HONORED THIS TOWN ,I KNOW ,I WAS THERE THANK YOU BRAVE SOUL FOR RUNNING THE RACE LONG LIVE TORONTO THE WORLDS MEETING PLACE

alert

alert today oct 12th 3:00pm a gathering of alternative mayoral candidates. at bloor united church 300 bloor st west. see you there

Howard's 180o Campaign - BEST for Toronto!

Mayoral candidate Howard Gomberg reaffirms his 180^o Campaign as best for Toronto

TORONTO – Mayoral candidate Howard Gomberg today reaffirmed his commitment to empower Torontonians to be the best they can be, with his multi-tiered 180^o Campaign that aims to harvest the collective wisdom of the city’s diverse residents and includes giving away part of his salary to keep top candidates on the payroll.

“As mayor, my job would be to bring out the genius of the people of Toronto to make the changes necessary to move the city ahead,” says Gomberg. “I don’t have the answers --WE have the answers -- this is not about my ego, but about being of service to this great city; everyone in Toronto is part of the same family.”

Howard Gomberg’s 180^o Campaign is based on his view that as a city, we need to “do a 180 in our thinking” and has four facets:

· A Breath of Fresh Air – Toronto to go green by 10% increments each year;

· Wisdom Buffet – experts from a wide range of fields conquer the city’s problems;

· City that Shares – mayoral responsibilities would be shared among those most qualified; and,

· City of New Mind – a plan to improve the way people think through inspirational, visionary leadership.

He counts his New Mind platform as the most important in his campaign, citing John F. Kennedy’s “To the Moon” speech as a template for forward-looking thinking. Paraphrasing a favourite Albert Einstein quote (“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”), Howard Gomberg believes that “If you continue to do what you've always done, you'll continue to get what you've gotten before.”

Admittedly a former member of the “why-bother-voting” demographic, Gomberg was motivated to seek the Mayor’s chair by a series of well-known events (e.g., air pollution deaths and the garbage strike of 2009) and that he took personally – as a senior, an immigrant and long-time union member – and calls on the voters of Toronto to stand up for the city they love and participate in the political process as never before.

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Media contact:

Sandy Zwyer, Publicist, 416-425-9912 /

Gomberg HQ – 416-538-1085

Email: worddogtoronto@gmail.com

media coverage

didja catch the end of the debate on CBC -- final question, "if not you,who?" Ford says Sarah Thompson; Smitherman says Joe Pantelone; Mr Pantelone says Rocco Rossi -- and Mr Rossi says HOWARD GOMBERG!!!! oowee and yippie skippie what a wonderful surprise!!!

Check me out at DigitalJournal.com and The Toronto Examiner - here are the links: http://digitaljournal.com/article/298599 and http://examiner.com/headlines-in-toronto/meeting-the-toronto-mayoral-candidates-howard-jerome-gomberg

My comments on CP24

1. What are your thoughts on Transit City?

"NYC and Montreal are light-years ahead of us. In twenty years we've only added four stations in this city, that's nuts. We're better than this. Every form of transit needs to be electrified and we need to be building more subways."

2. Bike lanes have become a heated topic during this campaign. Where do you stand on the issue?

"I look at the struggles between cars and bikes. It's a war out there, you have a bike lane that lasts two blocks and then war breaks out! We're better than that. We know other cities have adopted better approaches, we need to that. We just need to take something beautiful off the shelf from NYC, or Amsterdam, that's what we need to do."

3. How do you feel about the idea of charging road tolls?

"There has to be a pay as you go approach, I am in favour of road tolls."

4. What "big idea" do you have that will be part of your platform?

"We need to find new revenue. This city is the most multicultural in the world. Mayors of the world should send their staff here and we shall teach the people of the world how to build a great city, that's a cash-cow. We'll build the world's municipal university and each year tens of thousands shall send their civic workers here to learn how to build a great city."

5. How do you feel about the crime level in Toronto? How do you plan on addressing it?

"My job is about empowerment, everyone who lives here is my family, even the junkies, I have to care about them. We keep throwing money at the courts and police to a system that doesn't work, the current system is broken. It would be cheaper to send kids to college than prison."

6. What are your plans for the city's budget including property taxes?

"I think we should be making a profit, we should be calling on the entrepreneurial genius of this city. We're better than the debt we carry. We should be making a profit."

My Minute at Better Ballots (starting at 4:26)