I think they call this a circle jerk. In a two-sentence letter to Blair today, which Blair released to the media, Lewis wrote: “I have reviewed the three Toronto Police Service recordings you provided. I can confirm that the statement you made in a public release on October, 28, 2011,
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford Continues To Waste Your Money Hiding His Crime
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1118538–mayor-rob-ford-s-lawyer-calls-audit-order-a-waste-of-money?bn=1 Rob Ford’s lawyer, in yet another desperate plea “to prevent an audit of his [Rob Ford’s] campaign expenses” … “told a judge the forensic audit would be “a waste of taxpayer’s money”. If Rob Ford was innocent, he would cooperate with the investigation instead of doing everything he could
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the rewriting of Rob Ford’s budget by Toronto’s City Council should serve as a reminder that legislators at all levels of government can do more than merely rubber-stamp the whims of the executive. For further reading, see the Star’s report on the Toronto budget, and compare to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Three Happy Lessons for Progressives
In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford sees his reckless budget derailed. Who says you can’t fight City Hall? Torontonians who successfully pushed back against Mayor Rob Ford’s reckless cuts are the real winners in this year’s budget process. By the hundreds, they came to all-night public meetings; they inundated city councillors
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Prevails Over Ford Nation in Budget Vote
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
Continue readingthe reeves report: Whither the ‘Liberals’ on Toronto Council?
Toronto Councillor Shelley Carroll Back in July, 2011, a remarkable thing happened. Councillor Shelley Carroll, a progressive and vocal critic of Mayor Rob Ford, sent a letter to her riding association in Ward 33 (Don Valley East) which she has represented since 2003. Beyond her stated opinion that the City’s
Continue readingEdwin Current: Happy New Year 2012 and Impeach Mayor Quimby (Rob Ford) Update
2012 is here! Some think it is going to be the end of the world but I think it will be the beginning of a new world. I predict many exciting things will happen and I am looking forward to it. I just wanted to post an update in my
Continue readingEdwin Current: Happy New Year 2012 and Impeach Mayor Quimby (Rob Ford) Update
2012 is here! Some think it is going to be the end of the world but I think it will be the beginning of a new world. I predict many exciting things will happen and I am looking forward to it.I just wanted to post an update in my efforts to …
Continue readingLeDaro: Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford: Endangered Species
He is safe. He qualifies as an endangered species of owls.
Continue readingthe reeves report: Rob Ford’s ‘Gravy Lane’
Cyclists on the Jarvis St bike lane Back in July of 2011, the Toronto Cyclists Union led the attack against the vote in City Council to remove the bike lanes on Jarvis St. that had been installed only 12 months previously under Mayor David Miller. The Bike Union was ultimately
Continue readingDriving 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 readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Big Lie
Well at least we know one thing eh? When Rob Ford called 911 because he felt threatened by the comedian Marg Delahunty. And then used the F-word when talking to a dispatcher, because police didn’t come quickly enough. It wasn’t because they didn’t know where he lived. According to numerous
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Classy! (Photo from Dammit Janet.) There’s something wrong with Rob Ford. We all know he’s trash. But there’s an undercurrent of rage surrounding the man that’s almost Alec Baldwinish. Marg Delahunty is one thing; drunken threats another. On Christmas, Ford’s mother-in-law called police between 4 and 5 a.m. to report that the mayor had
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Classy! (Photo from Dammit Janet.) There’s something wrong with Rob Ford. We all know he’s trash. But there’s an undercurrent of violence and abuse that’s almost Alec Baldwinish. This man should not be mayor, let alone husband or parent. Then again, the man is king of Toronto; he gets to
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford: Coward of the Year
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,
Continue readingIs the CBC ombudsman’s ‘review’ of the Rob Ford/Marg Delahunty kerfuffle politically motivated?
“Eek, it’s a Marg Delahunty. Hi Marg, how’s the kids? Wait you’re asking me questions? 911!!” Something fishy here. The timing, I mean. With QMI’s current witch-hunt on the CBC and all. And do the Conservatives Rob Ford really want this can of worms overturned again? You didn’t come out smelling so
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Toronto’s ‘Emergency’ Warning
Toronto: it’s time to stand up to Ford’s lies.
Continue readingDriving 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 readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Mayor rips Star in Hogtown pulp slapdown as hicks, slicks trade kicks
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford squares off against Toronto Star Board Chairman John Honderich in a cage fight. Actually, Hogtown politicians and media personalities may not be exactly as illustrated, but the picture really does come from a story about Toronto politics on the front of the Star’s website. Below: Mayor
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
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