js97
Senior Member
The City did not flourish when Lastman was mayor, no.
How do you know? you where in oakville for most of it nes't pas?
On another note,
looks like Smitherman has taken off the gloves!
The City did not flourish when Lastman was mayor, no.
Smitherman's playing hardball with his campaign's new http://www.fordonford.com site:
I think everyone will be surprised who I vote for.
I think everyone will be surprised who I vote for.
Wow... home run for Smitherman's campaign. That's the kind of quotes people need to see. Rob Ford is Rob Ford's worst enemy, the other candidates just need to point it out. Finally somebody did.
I caught that interview too and didn't find her to be 'ranting' or belligerent at all, and quite the opposite in fact. It was Jerry who would barely let her get a word in edgewise and explain her point of view which presumably is why he had her on his show in the first place. The truly belligerent individuals were Jerry and Sue-Anne Levy who was nothing short of insulting, quite frankly.
If you managed to hear the viewpoint of Helen Kennedy over the rantings and ravings of the other two it was simply that she believes in a separation of religion and state (which is sort of fundamentally what we're about in N. America after all, no?) and that religious belief should never trump basic rights, no matter how much of a 'majority' any one religious belief may represent. The fact that Ford has a belief system is not a problem - we all do - but that he voiced or espoused one while running for office is unacceptable. The mayor is elected and paid for his/her ability to serve all citizens regardless of perspective. Quite simply, his comments call into question his judgement and his ability to do this. In the context of previous comments he has made this is not an unreasonable doubt.
While everyone else is attacking you from another front (and making good sense while doing it), I'd like to challenge your claim that "dysfunctional behaviour" is running rampant these days. By what metric? Crime? Graduation Rates? Cultural achievements? What?
Says a lot that Rob Ford has got us arguing about gay marriage again. What direction would he take this city?
But I'm just some old, benighted conservative fool that dreams fondly of the good old days when people actually possessed some modesty and restraint.
If Mr. Ford wants to bring up behaviour at City Hall, he must prepare for others to question his own attendance — one recent meeting of the city’s audit committee lost quorum because Mr. Ford, who promised to be there, chose to sit in his office giving a television interview.