Rob Ford's Toronto

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Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 5m5 minutes ago
Spotted Rob Ford's chief of staff Dan Jacobs outside today's Stephen Harper event in Etobicoke #TOpoli #cdnpoli

Councillors don't have a chief of staff!

https://twitter.com/reporterdonpeat/status/653929868913082368

Scouting the new job!

Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 17s17 seconds ago
"Justin Trudeau just wants to tax, tax, tax" Doug Ford #cdnpoli #TOpoli

I am sure that the CPC is thrilled that Doug is now speaking for the party!

Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 2m2 minutes ago
Crowd cheers for Rob Ford as he arrives at Stephen Harper event #cdnpoli #TOpoli

Katie Simpson ‏@KatieSimpsonCTV 23m23 minutes ago
Smallest crowd I've seen on the campaign (and I've traveled with all 3 parties). Conservative event in Etobicoke

This is going better than I expected!

 

[tiffer24]

RF: Stephen Harper's ok as Prime Minister... but he sure ain't no Doug. Wait, when do I get to talk about my cancer?

 

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Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 2m2 minutes ago
Stephen Harper event ends. The Fords leave. No public handshake between Fords and Harper #cdnpoli #TOpoli

Katie Simpson ‏@KatieSimpsonCTV 7m7 minutes ago
Rob and Doug Ford sat front and centre to support Harper. Harper didn't interact with them in front of the cameras.

So Harper kept some distance after all.

David Rider ‏@dmrider 3m3 minutes ago
.@TorontoRobFord, an acknowledged addict of illegal drugs while T.O. mayor, is welcome at events of @CPC_HQ which is tough on drug users

David Rider ‏@dmrider 1m1 minute ago
Of course @TorontoRobFord has by all accounts beaten his addictions, but I have not seen anything in party platform saying ex-users are okay

 

[Jimmi T]

Can you imagine Doug as PM?!

 

[fishie]

Maybe Moe Belec is being prepared for Kayla/Kyla Ford. (Hey, his site says he has 2 kids, but it says nothing about a present-day spouse.)

Looks like Kayla is dating this guy: https://instagram.com/alexcostanzo/
(Going solely by some of his Instagrams, I don't really see the attraction.)

Oh look! It's Doug from earlier this year demonstrating all he knows about gun safety: https://instagram.com/p/xSJzpuzNcF/?taken-by=alexcostanzo

 

[Jimmi T]

Looks like Kayla is dating this guy: https://instagram.com/alexcostanzo/
(Going solely by some of his Instagrams, I don't really see the attraction.)

Oh look! It's Doug from earlier this year demonstrating all he knows about gun safety: https://instagram.com/p/xSJzpuzNcF/?taken-by=alexcostanzo

WTF is that Doug's holding, an uzi?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

WTF is that Doug's holding, an uzi?

Best comment:

• reid3rDoug has to learn better range etiquette! Mag in, finger on the trigger, pointing at your foot. Lol

AoD

 

[JWBF]

Councillors don't have a chief of staff!

Actually they do have chiefs of staff.

 

[JWBF]

So Harper kept some distance after all.

Without Flaherty the Fords apparently have no cronies in the Canadian Alliance party.

 

[Roy's Square]

Actually they do have chiefs of staff.

Seems councillors can give members of their staff any title they choose, but a quick scan of the Councillor's pages shows that —aside from the Mayor—only two use the hifalutin title "Chief of Staff" . . . Josh Colle and of course Rob Ford. Most settle on Executive Assistant and Constituent Assistant.

For the record, Dan Jacobs is Chief of a staff of only two "special" assistants, which if Ford's time as mayor was any indication is an easy way to make very junior people feel important.

 

[Towered]

Looks like Kayla is dating this guy: https://instagram.com/alexcostanzo/
(Going solely by some of his Instagrams, I don't really see the attraction.)

Oh look! It's Doug from earlier this year demonstrating all he knows about gun safety: https://instagram.com/p/xSJzpuzNcF/?taken-by=alexcostanzo

LOL! So typical - vain, materialistic douches naturally go together.

 

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Actually they do have chiefs of staff.

He just thinks he is still mayor, hence the fancy title.

Without Flaherty the Fords apparently have no cronies in the Canadian Alliance party.

I love that word REFOOOORM!

 

[salsa]

 

[riffraff]

Without Flaherty the Fords apparently have no cronies in the Canadian Alliance party.

True to the Fords' tradition of being the "independent outsider" Little Guy reps they've cultivated! So they get the invite and are still treated like party crashers. Well done FoBros!

I did my bit yesterday to open the door for Doug's run at the Cons' leadership post election. We got to the Adv Poll at about 2 p.m. and had to wait about 40 minutes to actually cast our ballots, but the really good news is that I and my 2 friends seemed to be the oldest folks in the room. It was calm but since there's no viable Harpercon running it wasn't that exciting.

Spoke to the Elections Canada officer on the way out and she said the poll had been busy the 3 previous days and that by 2 o'clock over 1,000 voters had been through the doors, and the line up behind us was longer than when we'd arrived.

 

[JWBF]

Seems councillors can give members of their staff any title they choose, but a quick scan of the Councillor's pages shows that —aside from the Mayor—only two use the hifalutin title "Chief of Staff" . . . Josh Colle and of course Rob Ford. Most settle on Executive Assistant and Constituent Assistant.

For the record, Dan Jacobs is Chief of a staff of only two "special" assistants, which if Ford's time as mayor was any indication is an easy way to make very junior people feel important.

Still Chief of Staff no matter if the title is vestal (pun intended), I'm surprised he hasn't taken the title of commodore.