Thank Occupy For Mayor Ford’s Big Defeat
Of course I know that it was a revolt by city councillors against the hare-brained, disastrous transit “policy” of Toronto Mayor Rob “I love gridlock” Ford. And it was the…
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Has Toronto’s Mayor Become Irrelevant?
Photo of Rob Ford by Tannis Toohey for The Toronto Star Yesterday, Toronto City Council took over the lead on transit planning in the city and voted to reaffirm most…
Toronto Councillors To Vote For the Return of Most of Transit City
TTC Chair Karen Stintz Moves To Bury Rob Ford’s Subway This Wednesday, Toronto city council will vote to bring back most of the Transit City plan. 24 members of council…
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Lacked Legal Authority to Cancel Transit City
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish released a legal opinion today concluding that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford did not have legal authority to cancel Transit City. The opinion concludes that…
Who’s a bigger idiot than Tim Thomas?
Rob Ford! That’s who! TORONTO – Mayor Rob Ford came out swinging at left-leaning councillors Tuesday. “These people are all two steps left of Joe Stalin,” Ford told AM 640…
Rob Ford: The Buffoon and the Opera
I suppose it was inevitable. He was born to be a comedian. First it was Rob Ford the Mayor, then it was Rob Ford the Cannon Doll, now it’s Rob…
OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis has Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair’s back who has Mayor Rob Ford’s back
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…
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 campaign expenses” … “told a judge the forensic audit would be “a waste of taxpayer’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford: Endangered Species
He is safe. He qualifies as an endangered species of owls.
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…
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…
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…
Rob Ford’s 911 problem
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…
Rob Ford’s 911 problem
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…