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14 August 2008

Hey, Maria...

You kiss Taliban Jack with that mouth?
Steps away from the massive propane blast that tore up her ward Sunday, local Councillor Maria Augimeri yesterday blew up at a constituent who questioned her commitment to the community, telling him to "shut up."
So who is Maria Augimeri anyway?
She first entered politics as a school trustee, and was elected to the city council of North York in 1985.

A left-leaning member of the council, she ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1987 provincial election in the riding of Downsview. (Her husband, Odoardo Di Santo, had held the riding for ten years before losing it in the 1985 election.)

In very a close race, she lost to Liberal Laureano Leone by only 174 votes.
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