Of course one’s first response must be an overwhelming sense of relief. The Ford’s are gone from power in this town, even though Rob reclaimed his council seat out in Etobicoke. That’s a sideshow. Peak Ford has passed. Ford Nation is dead. Even though they turned out in full force
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Toronto Mayoral Election: A Brief Note
I just told a Doug Ford Robo-Call I’d vote for him. But I lied! Tee hee! #TOpoli PS. He’s now promising 32 K of new subway lines.— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) October 23, 2014
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: I Voted Out Of Fear Last Night
But I’m OK with it. And I followed my usual tradition of supporting the person whose name most reminded me of a terrorist for Councillor. So in that at least I remained true to my progressive roots.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Live Coverage Of Doug Ford Scarborough Focused Virtual Town-Hall: Dofo Might Remove Bicycle Lanes
Via my twitter feed. A bit of real news contained therein, perhaps. Whoa. Doug Ford live call. He’s telling me Chow/Tory going to put street cars down middle of road in Scarborough. #TOpoli— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) September 24, 2014 9 bil for transit, says Ford. . BUILD TO 45 mil sales
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Ford’s Prognosis
From the wiki for Liposarcoma: Prognosis[edit] The prognosis varies depending on the site of origin, the type of cancer cell, the tumor size, the depth, and proximity to lymph nodes. Well-differentiated liposarcomas treated with surgery and radiation have a low recurrence rate (about 10%) and rarely metastasize.[3] Five-year survival rates vary from
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: John Tory’s Statement Withdrawing From Upcoming Debates
“With Doug Ford entering the race and less than six weeks to go until election day, we have entered a new phase of the campaign. John has extraordinary demands on his time and, unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate every event and request.” Team Tory elaborates further at the other
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Toronto Set To Elect Henry Blake
Amiable, sort of clueless. The kind of guy who wanders around saying “the world is a square, the world is a square” until someone tells him its a rhomboid, after which he goes around saying “the world is a rhomboid, the world is a rhomboid.” Hopefully somebody tells him the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Lorrie Goldstein May Be A Kook, But
…he’s not necessarily wrong about this: Chow doesn’t want Ford out of the race because that helps John Tory: Chow stops short of calling for Ford to resign http://t.co/o6CXaAJfEL— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) May 1, 2014 You might make a counter-argument that in places like Scarborough, where there are a lot
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: TTC Chief Andy Byford On Scarborough LRT Vs. Subway
…or, at least, an LRT running underground: Andy Byford says that TTC is mindful of changing politics, is doing work on Scarb. transit that could apply to either subway or LRT— Ben Spurr (@BenSpurr) April 30, 2014 Byford: “What we’re trying to avoid is wasting money. Whether it were an
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: ROFO Campaign Kick-Off Wee Bit Of A Clinker
Let the Globe’s Ivor Tossell tell it: This is not a full room. pic.twitter.com/MWER1HiyVC— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) April 18, 2014 The view looking forward pic.twitter.com/vCW3nHINEj— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) April 18, 2014 The view looking back. pic.twitter.com/Z62P0fP5AA— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) April 18, 2014 It’s not that there aren’t people at Ford’s
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Because There’s A Difference…
@reporterdonpeat A “Free Ford Nation” t-shirt or a free “Ford Nation” t-shirt? Is he raising money for Mayor’s campaign or bail?— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) April 15, 2014
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: BCLSB Exclusive: John Tory Suspends Mayoral Campaign
TORY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN John Tory released the following statement this morning:There are some occasions so momentous that they rise above politics and therefore should not be sullied by politics. I will resume my run for the Toronto mayor’s office on Monday, April 14th.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: John Tory’s New Policy Initiative: As Mayor, I Will Not Smoke Crack
…and he’ll force union/civic action lobbyists to register with the city. But that’s it. That’s today’s big policy roll-out. Oh how low has the bar been set!
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Few More Notes on 1st Toronto Mayoral Debate
Rob Ford cradles imaginary crack pipe, and sweats: This is not John Tory’s real hair: Too sleek. Too ample. Too beautiful. Rumour is he borrowed a lock of Justin’s for the occasion–which will keep growing for weeks if properly watered–and glued it down over what’s left of the original. I
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The First T.O. Mayor’s Debate: The Definitive Analysis
I didn’t watch it; I was crawling East on the 401 the whole time, listening to a rock station out of…Hamilton…I think. They played “All Apologies” by Nirvana, and then “Hot Child In The City” By Nick Gilder. For a moment I was in heaven. In any case, I didn’t
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: John Tory On The Island Airport: I Choose "Maybe"!
The report, which was issued by city staff and set to be debated today, contains dozens of unanswered issues which need to be dealt with. Until there are answers to those questions, a fact based decision on the future of the airport will not be possible. Mayor Ford and NDP
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Life In Scarborough: Olivia Chow On Better Bus Service
Olivia Chow will take downtown, but she has to do OK in the burbs if she wants to win the T.O. mayor’s race. In fact, I would argue that she has to win Scarborough. And she can if she plays her cards right. Her pitch for better bus service is
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: John Tory, Man Of The People (The Rich People)
Canadian Fashion Designer @daviddixoninc and I after his fantastic show at #WMCFW #TorontoFashionWeek #TOpoli pic.twitter.com/BJ6iq7Mw8Q— John Tory (@johntoryTO) March 19, 2014 Appearances like this aren’t going to win him many votes out in Etobicoke or, as we Scarberians call it, “The Coke”.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Another Poll: Chow Ahead
Olivia Chow led the field of mayoral candidates in a poll conducted the day of her official campaign launch event.Chow had the support of 36 per cent of respondents, incumbent Rob Ford 28 per cent, John Tory 22 per cent. They all held wide leads over Karen Stintz at 5
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Olivia Chow On Scarborough LRT Vs. Subway
I am happy now. On radio this morning, Olivia Chow endorsed the cheaper 7-stop Scarborough LRT over the now-approved/funded 3-stop subway and tax hike.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2014 And here’s what a Leger poll back in February revealed about this issue: An independent survey conducted by Leger found
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