Enza Anderson joins the race for Rae's seat

[Shana A]

DAVID NICKLE
Jan 20, 2010 - 1:02 PM

Enza Anderson joins the race for Rae's seat

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/507690--enza-anderson-joins-the-race-for-rae-s-seat

Transgendered columnist, broadcaster and sometime political candidate Enza Anderson has thrown hat to ring and is running to replace Kyle Rae in Ward 27.

"I think I'm going to do great," said Anderson after filing her nomination papers at Toronto City Hall Wednesday, Jan. 20. "I'm going to win. I'm going to put a lot of work into this election. I'm ready to make a great new career change. It's all about showing people you have the confidence to do the job."

Anderson, 45, has never been shy of confidence - or shy, for that matter.

[Natasha]

A model candidate

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2465921
Natalie Alcoba
1/21/2010

She lives in Ward 27, in the heart of the gay village, but said that she wants people to look beyond her gender and consider her ideas. (For the record, Enza is "transitioning" into a woman. That means she has not yet had a sex change, but she lives as a woman.) "When I got hired at Metro it wasn't my gender they were looking at," she said, referring to her social-scene column in the commuter daily.

[Allamakee]

Enza Anderson joins the race for Rae's seat
InsideToronto.com
by David Nickle
Jan 20, 2010

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/507690--enza-anderson-joins-the-race-for-rae-s-seat

She ran against Mel Lastman and Tooker Gomberg for mayor in 2000, coming in third; and in 2003, she tried to unseat Rae from the Ward 27 seat on council.

Known from those elections for over-the-top costume and comments, Anderson struck a different pose as she came in to register, wearing simple black pants and blouse and armed with the beginnings of a platform that was almost mundane: better transportation, a consultative approach to development and an approach to taxes that gives homeowners a break.

(NB: another trans candidate, Susan Gapka, also announced her bid for the council seat:
http://www.xtra.ca/blog/national/post/2010/01/21/Crowded-race-to-replace-Kyle-Rae-in-Torontos-Ward-27.aspx)