She says Lastman was told months ago that they were scheduling a mayoral debate for that evening. The mayor's sudden debate phobia has caused him to be extremely picky about when and where he will appear. The mayor's camp apparently told her that while they won't rule out a debate, they would want to pick the date, time, place and moderator of any student-sponsored forum. The campaign trail has never been an easy haul for young aspiring politicians. While his young face may win him admiring glances and the occasional pinch on the cheek, it will by no means win him the election.
Truth be told, it's a bit of a liability.
They like the message. No, it's only the messenger's age that goes down the wrong way. Incumbent Raymond Cho's lacklustre performance at City Hall and failure to attract investment to this community struggling with high unemployment, plus a municipal restructuring that has shifted out almost all the ward's 30,000 East Asians, are making his re-election far from a cakewalk. The guy who can get the largest number of people who look like him to the polls will win. I detest that that is the case.