Toronto News: Ford accused of stacking public appointments – thestar.comEarly this year, we saw Case Ootes appointed to completely replace the TCHC board, and then Gordon Chong (part of Rob Ford’s transition team) was appointed to to a job for $100,000…
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Sun: let’s make Toronto worse
How Rob Ford could improve T.O. | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunThe Toronto Sun suggests outlawing panhandling, scrapping the bag fee and licensing bicycles are ways to improve Toronto. Let’s look at these:Outlawing PanhandlingThere is already …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Hey, Mayor Mud! I want my vote back!
Toronto News: James: A thousand times no – thestar.comFor those who couldn’t or wouldn’t see the writing on the wall during the election campaign, and ended up believing Rob Ford’s promises and voted for him, many now want their votes back. Ford said h…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Can you balance the budget (for Toronto)?
Meat or gravy: Can you balance the budget? – thestar.comThe Toronto Star has put together this interactive budget calculator. Although it seems they put this together with good intentions, they are missing some key items:Missing as a choice from the Re…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford sleeps through deputations
Just saw this on FB via Mark B “Rob Ford sleeps through … on TwitpicOn July 28, 2011, The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council, agreed to hear citizen deputations, as invited by the mayor, Rob Ford. 344 people managed to register to speak. Ori…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford refused to pay election fines
City officials waived fines related to Ford’s election campaign – The Globe and MailRob Ford was fined $13,362.25 for 483 infractions of the bylaw governing the placement of election signs. He delayed almost a month past the due day for appealing the…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Is Mayor Rob Ford a liar, con-man or just ignorant? The facts say yes
The Grid TO | Top five Ford truthiness fact checks of the weekMost of the article by Edward Keenan at The Grid:This week, the brothers Ford have had a particularly bad week with fact checkers. Here’s a rundown, in no particular order, of their greate…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Poster > Cyclist response to "Rob Ford’s Bike Plan"
Fuck Ford poster protests Rob Ford’s bike planAt the link is a poster created in response to Rob Ford’s bike plan (removing bike lanes from convenient streets for cyclists, and then building bike lanes in out-of-the-way places).Ironic how Ford’s bike p…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford will raise taxes next year
Ford opens door on 3% tax hike | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunAfter promising to not raise taxes or cut services, and, after finding that there is/was no waste at City Hall, and, after squandering over $533 million, Rob Ford is eyeing raising …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Trying to make sense of Rob Ford
Trying to make sense of Rob Ford, his followers on city council and the reasons behind the cuts and spending.We now know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is/was no significant waste at city hall in Toronto. The Service Review done by the consultan…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford continues to lie to the public as he wastes more money and increases the deficit
Ford’s financial numbers don’t add up – The Globe and MailRob Ford claimed the other day to have saved the city $70 million in the first six months. In this Globe & Mail story, they reported that most of that was the money from the vehicle regi…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Torontonians to Rob Ford: Hands off our libraries!
Poll shows Torontonians oppose closing local libraries and library privatization – councilors take note < Libraries, Privatization, Ontario | CUPEThe Toronto Public Library Workers Union commissioned Forum Research to ask Torontonians about Ford’s…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford’s consultants: Miller was right
The Grid TO | Ford’s consultants: Miller was rightLook wait-and-give-him-a-chance people and Ford followers: even the consultants, who Ford wasted a lot of money on, agree with David Miller, 1/3 of the councillors, and just over half the people in Toro…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Possible explanation for Rob Ford’s ignorant blunders
Is he running a government or making widgets? – Peace, order and good government, eh?This is Ford explaining to talk radio host John Oakley why he thinks Toronto’s labour costs are too high and there should be large reductions in staffing:In business, …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Noncommittal Rob Ford brushes off $130 million + $49 million wasted in cancelling Transit City
Metro – Ford deals death blow to Transit CityToronto must pay at least $49M to cancel LRT planI was waiting for more numbers to come in before posting this. So far, we have a waste, by Ford, of $179 million.From the Metro article:Ford was noncommittal …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s Gravy Train – another $43.4 million please
City takes over debt-ridden Leafs practice facility – thestar.comThe City of Toronto will take over interim management of the debt-plagued Lakeshore Lions Arena while it seeks to find a new operator for the four-pad rink that opened two years ago.The f…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Must Go – Campaign to Impeach Mayor Ford
Rob Ford Must Go – Campaign to Impeach Mayor Ford – Petition Online CanadaRob Ford definitely won’t be impeached due to this petition (I don’t think the mayor can be impeached. I think he can be removed from office if he breaks certain laws – see Oh, s…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Jarvis Bike Lane dead. Ford’s war on cyclists continues
Jarvis Bike Lanes Saved for One Year, Birchmount and Pharmacy Bike Lanes to be Removed – TorontoistToday, Toronto City Council voted 28-19 in favour of removing the Jarvis, Birchmount and Pharmacy bike lanes.Excerpt from the link:As per the language in…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford: Bad math and police layoffs
Layoffs loom for police and city staff – thestar.comBack in May 2011, Rob Ford gave the Toronto Police a big raise. Now, he wants to lay them off. The need for police layoffs could have been greatly reduced if he hadn’t given them such a big raise. For…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Could the vote on the Jarvis Bike Lane be a turning point for Ford’s support on council?
Fighting for Bike Lanes at Toronto City Hall: Pt. I « the reeves reportEarlier today, Mayor Rob Ford voted against all the community grants, while council voted unanimously to continue the grants (with one vote exception where Doug Ford voted along wi…
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