James: Toronto elected a mayor, not a priest – thestar.comThose huge numbers of supporters who argue that the mayor should have the right to go where he wants and support whichever events he chooses, choose to forget this: Tomorrow, you will be the one…
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The Wingnuterer: Toronto by Bike, Toronto by Night – Canada Day, Gay Pride
Well it was a great long weekend, and even better if you were not stuck in your car trying to get around Caronto, The Ford Nation,… Seriously, didn’t Rob Fraud Ford say he was going to fix this traffic gridlock thingy that was causing all the car drivers major grief? Look don’t get me wrong, […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Toronto Councillor Tapes Parade, Tries To De-Fund Pride
I hope all my friends in Toronto partied it up at Pride over the weekend, because it could be seriously jeopardized if a Toronto city councillor gets his way! Giorgio Mammoliti—along with his bestest friend in the whole-wide-world, mayor Rob Ford—wants to take Toronto Pride off the books and into the gutter. I guess he’s […]
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": I Don’t Judge A Man…
By his sexual orientation, but by the state of his dress. Charles Adler gives a hysterical “Some of my best friends are Gay” defense of Rob Ford. This is a case where the defense is about as stupid as the original offense.
Continue readingOn second thought, Rob, stay at the cottage | #PrideTO
The whole idea of Mammoliti at the Dyke March just seems … wrong.[View the story “Watching Mammoliti at #PrideTO: Ya know what, Rob? Stay at the cottage” on Storify]
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford: blundering on, tearing down Toronto bit by by while his fans cheer him on.
Hume: Under Ford, city’s reputation for tolerance is strained – thestar.comWhile Ford’s hordes cheer him on in the most unseemly manner, cutting off their collective nose to spite their collective face, they have little to offer aside from insults …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Time to Say Goodbye For Now
I realize it’s probably not the best time to leave Canada. Canadian summers are so short eh?But the truth is I can’t wait to leave, because politically speaking this has been the worst summer EVAH. First the Cons got a majority, and then it started to …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Gay Pride Parade
Well I see that Rob Ford has announced that he’d rather get drunk at his cottage, than march in the Pride Parade.Rob Ford is skipping the pride parade to spend his Canada Day weekend at the cottage, ending a long tradition of participation by Toronto m…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford – Ignorant, mean, or both?
Free nurses? No thanks, says Mayor Rob Ford – Healthzone.caWell, from our knowledge of Ford so far, we know that he is both mean and ignorant.This time, he is turning down the offer from the province, of 2 free nurses who would work with new immigrants…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Even Ford’s budget chief says Rob’s math is hurting Toronto
Don’t kill land transfer tax, budget chair advises – thestar.comIsn’t it curious? All those people bad-mouthing David Miller and his governance of Toronto. Yet, Miller managed the finances well and ended up with a surplus. Now, those who bath-mouthed…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Even Ford’s budget chief says Rob’s math is hurting Toronto
Don’t kill land transfer tax, budget chair advises – thestar.com
Isn’t it curious? All those people bad-mouthing David Miller and his governance of Toronto. Yet, Miller managed the finances well and ended up with a surplus.
Now, those who bath-mouth…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Ford and his lackies are stifling the city
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Torontoist
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Rob Ford and many on city council do not yet seem to have a grasp on this concept of the living city. It was Ford, after all, who proposed during his mayoral campaign that we discourage immigr…
Blunt Objects: Fordmania/Slight-Dipper-Mania in Toronto
As noted by BigCityLib, a Forum research poll for the City of Toronto shows some relatively interesting numbers today, both on the municipal and provincial scene.
Let’s start with Rob Ford’s approval ratings:
As you can see, there isn’t a huge dip in…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford wastes city money painting over art the city had paid for
Artist says city erased mural it paid him to paint – thestar.com
Methinks Ford wanted to paint over the art that was commissioned by an old political foe – Adam Giambrone.
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Oh, suddenly Rob Ford DOES have something to hide.
Ford asks court to halt audit of his campaign finances – thestar.com
Last week Ford told the Toronto Sun “There is nothing to hide so let them audit all they want”.
This week, he asked his lawyer to ask the court to halt the audit of his campaign finan…
Driving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s lies and bad math catching up to him
Road toll ‘reality check’ stirs up Toronto council – thestar.com
Rob Ford reduced the city income, cancelled a cross-city fully-funded transit plan and then expected to pay for his subway dream with what? In his campaign promises his math was obvio…
Slap Upside The Head: Toronto Approves Pride Funding, With Caveats
Despite threats from Toronto’s mayor to pull its funding, a city council committee has unanimously voted to continue supporting the city’s annual Pride festival. Toronto Pride is Canada’s largest Pride celebration—a massive tourist draw, and one of the city’s largest festivals overall. Mayor Rob Ford had threatened to pull all city funding from the festival, […]
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: Jabba The Ford Gets Email
Last Thursday there was a story being aired on 680 News that Rob Ford was going to get rid of the Bike Lanes on Jarvis. The 680News went out of it’s way to find and interview motorists and cyclists who were against the bike lanes. Later on Ford’s office claimed it was all rumours and […]
Continue readingFord’s right-wing governance: no vision, no soul, no future
This little corner’s taken its whacks at the Ford “vision” before, but the saga of the Fort York bridge just underlines it all over again.
The context for the discussion is ably set up by cityslikr over at AFUITBS and by the comments on this piece b…
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