Liveblog: City Council’s Final Debate on the 2012 Budget The people of Toronto can breathe a sigh of relief (for now). For the most part, the majority of Toronto City Council voted against the mayor Rob Ford’s plan to gut city services. Centrist rookie councilor Josh Colle moved to reverse
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto City Budget – The Problem Is Ford
Numbers Game | Toronto Media Co-op The City budget is not and has never been in a financial crisis according to figures released by the Wellesley Institute, an urban health research and policy institute in Toronto.…Ford, along with the rest of the administration’s allies have often repeated the $774 million
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 readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Moron Nation
(click pic to enlarge)As I watched a storm sweeping in over Toronto this evening, I couldn’t help thinking about how Rob Ford is planning to turn the city I have come to love into a dirtier, uglier, place.It turns out that muni…
Continue readingDriving 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: Doug Ford pours on the lies. Will the public continue to bite?
Do you like Doug Ford’s preliminary plans for Toronto’s waterfront? – Your CommunityThey have to keep piling it up. One lie after another. The next one has to top the biggest one before. Regarding Doug Ford’s plans to mess up the Waterfront development…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Right wing group Toronto Taxpayers Coalition backs contest to win lunch with Doug Ford
Toronto News: Readers wonder: What’s lunch with Doug Ford without any gravy? – thestar.comThese groups that purport to be in support of taxpayers are nothing but a front for hard-right-wing conservatives and libertarians who care nothing for anyone b…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto – Shouldn’t the mayor be held to account?
Ford should have known he’d break promises on service cuts and layoffs – The Globe and MailAnd so should the people of Toronto during the election campaign.Excerpt:Mr. Ford ran for office claiming to be something different than the usual smooth-talki…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: If you mishandle this situation, you will not be sitting here four years from now
Toronto Spoke: “You’ve been very arbitrary with your choices,” says Jason Adam Robins « Ford For TorontoClick the link to watch the video.Here is the transcription of the video. Jason Adam Robins was one of the deputants to speak at Toronto City…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s bad math and lies continue to dog his steps
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs – thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train – he found there was no gravy train.Rob Ford promised to not cut services – he is working hard to cut s…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Where does he live – in a hole somewhere? Norman Jewison on Doug Ford
Toronto News: Norman Jewison wades into Ford-Atwood spat – thestar.comExcerpt:Acclaimed Canadian director Norman Jewison says he was “shocked” by Doug Ford’s dismissive comments on Margaret Atwood, accusing the city councillor of betraying the au…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ahem, Ford Nation. It didn’t have to be this way
City Budget: This isn’t about austerity & four other notes « Ford For TorontoHere is a great look into the current numbers game at Toronto City Hall. (read the link for the details)Excerpt:It’s been noted again and again, but a simple combinat…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford Nation planning to fill city boards with unqualified conservative cronies
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…
Continue readingDriving 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: How to stop Ford Nation
How do we stop the cuts to core services and the wasteful spending by Rob Ford and his supporters on city council?Talk to the councillors.Now, we know that there are basically 3 groups of councillors politically:1 – Right Wing – Ford Nation – these cou…
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