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Dec. 7 - Dec. 14, 2003 |
Italian-Canadians at Toronto City Hall
Returning are Pantalone, Mammoliti, Giambrone, Nunziata, Altobello, Li Preti, Di Giorgio, Del Grande and Augimeri
Originally Published: 2003-11-23
The recent municipal elections saw Italian-Canadian candidates Joe Pantalone, Giorgio Mammoliti, Gerry Altobello, Maria Augimeri, Peter Li Preti, Frances Nunziata and Frank Di Giorgio holding on to their ridings as Toronto councillors. Newcomer Adam Giambrone, at 26, is the youngest member of City Hall.
Joe Pantalone
Joe Pantalone, one of Toronto's most appreciated City Councillors and likely Deputy Mayor in the new David Miller administration, is clearly very satisfied with the vote. "Miller's victory, like those of other progressive councillors, is an opportunity," he says, "to leave the litigious past behind and look ahead." According to Pantalone, "we must reach unity within the council in order to do what needs to be done for the good of Toronto." Pantalone remarked, "Miller has a clear vision of the future of this city and he deserves everybody's support. We must concentrate on the message, not the messenger." He lists the main problems of Toronto and asserts that they can be solved, "provided that we are united in pressuring the other levels of government."
Giorgio Mammoliti
This election left a bittersweet aftertaste in Giorgio Mammoliti's mouth. He got acclaimed in his Ward due to nobody challenging him, "but I feel very sorry about John Tory's defeat." Mammoliti was a supporter of Tory, "and his defeat will create many problems for the City of Toronto." According to Mammoliti, in fact, "Miller will concentrate on downtown Toronto, and there will be little attention to the suburbs."
The councillor is anyway very satisfied with the support displayed by his electors and by Italian-Canadians in particular. "I can proudly say that a majority of the votes in my Ward went to John Tory, and for this I'm grateful to my supporters."
Gerry Altobello
Gerry Altobello is happy but not surprised of winning. "I never worried about losing my seat," he says, "although it surprised me that two colleagues, Sharine Shaw and Ron Moser, were defeated." Altobello thinks they were victims of the desire for change that surfaced during the last Provincial election.
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