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…
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Driving The Porcelain Bus: Toronto Cuts Just Beginning
Here is a note Mark MacLennan posted on Facebook.Toronto Cuts Just Beginningby Mark MacLennanPlease circulate this any way you can. I took the time to read through all of this stuff so it would be less of a slog to get through for anyone who is inter…
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 readingThose Emergency Blues: Three Strikes and You’re Out, and By Out, I Mean Dead
This story was plastered above the fold in yesterday’s print edition of the Toronto Star: Gleb Alfyorov thought he was going to a hospital for help. So did the judge who ordered a 30-day psychiatric evaluation of the Pickering teen. “I want you to be with a team of specialists — nurses and doctors who […]
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Claiming you have saved $70 a week because you are making $70 less a week and have borrowed the difference.
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 readingTeam Ford’s malignancy: It’s not just the Jarvis bike lanes | #TOpoli #bikeTO
By now so much has been written and blogged and tweeted about yesterday’s clusterfuck at Toronto Council that there’s no point in rehashing it. Go read Matt Elliott’s summary at Ford For Toronto if you want a recap.
For Christ’s sakes. This isn’t just about the lack of any coherent policy justification, or the Machiavellian political . . . → Read More: Team Ford’s malignancy: It’s not just the Jarvis bike lanes | #TOpoli #bikeTO
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…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Hey Rob! Cutting these will result in higher costs down the road and result in insignificant savings
All Aboard the Gravy Train: Business, Culture, Employment, Medical Supplies – TorontoistCutting these services (listed at the link) will result in higher costs for Toronto in the future. And, they won’t amount to much savings for Toronto. It would make…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ford continues to nickel-and-dime while Toronto burns
City bosses face buyout offer in Ford’s quest for cuts – thestar.comRob Ford continues to make little cuts here and there while ignoring the elephant in the room of his own creation. While he nickles and dimes cuts to employees, he has also cut large i…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford does not compute
Ford’s expenses report questioned in complaint – thestar.comOne way for politicians to cover up bribes would be to funnel those bribes into paying for expenses and not keep track of those expenses or where the money came from. This is one of the reas…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: The Rob Ford supporters never paid attention
Mapping Toronto’s Wellbeing – TorontoistOkay, first, no one is surprised that they didn’t and don’t pay attention.Here is a smoking gun of inattentiveness:Scroll down to “Overcrowded TTC Routes”. Notice that the most overcrowded public transit routes a…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Ontario
Flew to Toronto on Monday morning, and slept along the way, still only giving me a few hours of sleep, as I was wound up and doing chores I hadn’t done due to wedding preparations. Rented a car downtown after taking the TTC, and went back to the airport to pick up our friend who […]