[LINK] "Sun on the Run"

[rfmcdonald]

Torontoist's Jamie Bradburn has a very informative post examining the histories of all of the various Toronto Sun columnists--Lubor Zink, Peter Worthington, et cetera--who have tried to run for public office without quite succeeding.

When voters go to the ballot box in St. Paul’s on Thursday their choices will include the latest in a long line of Toronto Sun columnists who have attempted to parlay their print personas into elected office, usually for parties that have matched the paper’s right-wing tilt. City Hall columnist Sue-Ann Levy’s run is part of a tradition that stretches back to the early days of the paper and was inherited from a large number of staffers from the Telegram that sought to represent the public. Some came to the paper during/after their elected stints (True Davidson, Douglas Fisher, Paul Hellyer, Morton Shulman), while others found the exposure didn’t hurt when they ran (Garth Turner).