But I would be one of those people to suggest that de-amalgamation would be a solution to this mess.
Yes, but that's because you have no interest in urban politics in a non-electoral sense.
Hatman isn't wrong to be wary of amalgamation. It leads to inequitable and disastrous zoning policy as often as it leads to improvement. Cohesion is no remedy for the ailments of urban mismanagement.
Also, I get the sense that posters here are drastically misinterpreting the polling information. There is a huge pool of Chow-Ford swing voters: low income, visible minorities really like Ford but should also be prone to many of Chow's appeals. The problem is that Chow's ability to make more populist leftist appeals should be undercut by her need to edge out Tory.
