- Tom Jakobek
Tom Jakobek is a former member of the
Toronto City Council . He was first elected to council in 1982cite news|url = http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/torontovotes2003/candidates/profiles.html|title = Toronto Votes 2003 - Candidates|publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] after serving as a school trustee, and remained a member until 2000.Jakobek was for many years a bulwark of the council's right-wing. He became city budget chief in 1990, and held the position for the next ten years despite an attempt by
Barbara Hall and others to oust him in 1994. In this capacity, he delivered nine consecutive budgets with no tax increases. Following the city's amalgamation in 1997, Jakobek emerged as a prominent ally of newmayor Mel Lastman . He retired from politics in 2000 and served briefly as a vice-president atToronto East General Hospital .He ran for
Mayor of Toronto in 2003, but garnered barely 5,000 votes across the entire city, less than one per cent of the total votes cast. [cite news|url = http://www.cbc.ca/toronto//features/2003/to_election.html|title = Miller wins mayoral race|date =November 10 ,2003 |publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] His candidacy was hurt by allegations of improper conduct in a computer leasing deal between the City of Toronto andMFP Financial Services . [Paul Hutchings. Jakobek happy to be out of political life. Town Crier. 18 Feb, 2004. [http://www.towncrieronline.ca/main/main.php?rootcatid=&direction=printstory&storyid=3336&rootsubcatid=] ] In prior testimony at theToronto Computer Leasing Inquiry , Jakobek had admitted to lying about his involvement in a controversial computer leasing deal between the city and MFP. [James Rusk. Domi misleading probe to protect Jakobek, lawyer for city says. The Globe and Mail. 21 April, 2004. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040421/TMFP21/TPNational/Toronto] ] [Toronto Votes 2003: Candidates. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2003. [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/torontovotes2003/candidates/profiles.html] ]In 2008, Jakobek and his family appeared in the Canadian reality TV show "
Spoiled Rotten " on Slice, which showcased the family's lavish lifestyle. [Spoiled Rotten. Slice TV (formerly the Life Network). April 2008. [http://www.slice.ca/Shows/ShowsPage.aspx?title_id=116302] ] The show was panned by "Globe and Mail " TV critic John Doyle, who characterized the show as being "so appalling that normal people will just want to turn it off." [John Doyle. People who make you turn off the tube. Television: Reality TV: Egotistical and Self-Absorbed. "The Globe and Mail". April 28, 2008.]References
External links
* [http://www.toronto.ca/inquiry/finalreportpage.htm Bellamy Report]
* [http://www.infoukes.com/politics/toronto_2003/jakobek/ 2003 interview with Tom Jakobek]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.