2011 Villain: Rob Ford | NoIndex | Torontoist Rob Ford campaigned on lies, and blatant lies at that. A tough man in his position would fess up and admit he was mistaken about Toronto’s finances (or, alternatively, admit that he purposefully deceived the Toronto electorate so he could become mayor,
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Rob & Doug wasting Toronto Money – Again
Toronto agency backed by Mayor Ford spent $55,000 on single-source contracts – The Globe and Mail Asked if there was a discrepancy between his anti-sole-source rhetoric and his backing of sole-source waterfront proposals, he said “it all depends” before referring all further questions to Michael Kraljevic, president and CEO of
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford = Fundamentally Undemocratic
Toronto mayor feuds with Canada’s biggest daily Conter likened Ford’s war against the media to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s tight limits on media access during the recent election race, during which he only allowed five questions from reporters at each daily news conference during campaigning. “With the five questions, it
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s Budget Con Job – "a giant scam being perpetrated on the citizens of Toronto."
The Grid TO | Budget 2012: Rob Ford’s sleight of hand If Rob Ford hadn’t cut or cancelled all those taxes, we’d have enough to cover the entire budget hole without eliminating a single bus route, library hour or arts grant, without laying off a single staff member, and without
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto G20 Protests – Police Officers Were Given Orders to Make Illegal Arrests
Toronto News: Man settles G20 lawsuit, claims police brass ordered false arrests – thestar.com Officers detaining Wall on June 27, 2010, told OPIRD investigators they were instructed to arrest people wearing bandanas, masks or gas masks concealing their identity. One officer said he was told to search anyone with a
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: More gangster politics/backroom dealing from Ford Nation
NOW Magazine // Daily // News // Mammoliti slams door on councillorsGiorgio Mammoliti, acting on behalf of the mayor, barred councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam and Janet Davis from the recent Child Task Force meeting. The meeting was supposed to be an open m…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto mayor Ford still confused after provincial election. Better chance now for Transit City comeback
NOW Magazine // Daily // News // Transit City’s minority reportExcerpts:The results of the provincial election have encouraged progressives still holding out hope for the resurrection of Transit City. Councillor Adam Vaughan is among the devotees wa…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Aid blackmail in Palestine
Aid blackmail in Palestine – Opinion – Al Jazeera EnglishExcerpt:Once again, Palestinians are being punished for daring to exercise a choice.It happened before in 2006, when they took part in what was deemed to be the wrong kind of democracy and picked…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Top 10 under-reported facts about a decade of war in Afghanistan
Top 10 under-reported facts about a decade of war in Afghanistan | rabble.caExcerpt regarding “Women’s Rights”The “women’s rights” rationale has been exposed as a cynical sham. I’m not sure who really takes this fraud seriously anymore, but it’s import…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Analysis of ON 2011 Election Results vs My Prediction
My prediction vs the election results.
Party – Prediction – Election
Lib – 50 – 53
PC – 31 – 37
NDP – 26 – 17
I was pretty close with my Liberal prediction, but off in my PC and NDP predictions significantly.
NDP prediction
I put too much credence …
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Election Predictions Oct 2011
My predictions
(based on riding projections from 308.com, recent polls, polling trends, individual riding polls)
Liberals 50 seats (minority government)
PC 31 seats
NDP 26 seats
threehundredeight’s predictions
LIberals 57 seats (majority government)
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Reasons to vote NDP in Ontario on Oct. 6, 2011
Here is what the NDP will do for the people of Ontario:Economy, Taxation, JobsRolling back corporate tax cuts. History has shown that lowering corporate taxes does nothing to create jobs. In fact, often, what happens is the corporation uses the new mon…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: NDP Finance Critic Peggy Nash’s motion passes unanimously
NDP finance critic hails symbolic economic victory over Tories – The Globe and MailIt’s rare, and non-binding, but it’s a positive step. The motion calls for “the government to act immediately to create jobs and keep Canada out of a recession.”Excerpt:…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath
A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath – YouTubeNDP momentum is spreading. Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. Put people first, vote NDP! A message of support from Olivia Chow for Andrea Horwath
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: ON Election Fact Check: NDP spending least, PC spending most
In this new article, Tim Hudak claims that the NDP is a “big spending” party. Let’s look at the facts.
Both the PCs and Liberals have committed to spending almost $2 billion dollars on another wave of corporate tax cuts. But the PCs go further by comm…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Andrea Horwath the real winner of the debate
Horwath Wins Ontario Debate: MSM Miss the Boat | rabble.ca
Ethan Cox writes about what the MSM missed – that there was a large improvement of opinion regarding Andrea Horwath’s performance in the debate by those who were interviewed before and after. …
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Doug Ford’s backroom sweetheart dealings on waterfront breaks Ford Nation campaign promise and the Toronto Municipal Code
Toronto News: Doug Ford’s mall dealings spark complaint – thestar.com
Doug Ford claimed to various newspapers that he had been in talks with The Westfield Group regarding proposals for the Toronto waterfront development of the Portlands.
This has …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford Nation is now a little clam. And, Tim Hudak is as out of touch as ever
Toronto News: Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford – thestar.com
According to the Toronto Star, Rob Ford’s popularity has been steadily since the election in Oct. 2010.
Ford’s popularity is sinking, according to polling data, as his h…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Doug Ford is not representing the will of the people
Toronto News: Australian firm eyeing waterfront mall – thestar.comThe driving force behind a member of city council should be the people he represents, the people of Toronto, not some rich foreign company!An Australian company that’s one of the world…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Police Services Board shows some spine
Toronto News: Police board refuses to promote G20 officers – thestar.comGood for the board! The Toronto police b…
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