Rob Ford's Toronto

[basic]

Why couldn't they arrest Ford now and then the other guys later?

 

[Dubster]

Why couldn't they arrest Ford now and then the other guys later?

Exactly. This idea that it all has to be done in one shot doesn't sound very police-y to me.

 

[stoobiedood]

Does he (Fantino) still have any pull?

Don't confuse "pull" with "suck." He's got lots of the latter.

 

[hper]

Another fun rumour out there lately has been that Fantino tried to meddle with investigation to protect Ford.

Fantino. That ghoul. Man, how many stakes do you have to put in that damn Dracula? What f'ing dog does he have in this crapshow?

Vaughn has to be one of the most corrupt shit holes in the GTHA to levitate that vapid, authoritarian corpse to any semblance of political authority.

 

[sno man]

heh...surprised Jim Flaherty did not try to do the same

I'm sure he did, to the extent he could, the OPC and CPC are both shredding apart, Flaherty has been cast adrift and has limited influence. As things are now. He'll be fine after keeping his head down for a while.

 

[jml]

Another fun rumour out there lately has been that Fantino tried to meddle with investigation to protect Ford.

This is probably what MetroMan has been talking about.

 

[pud99]

All right, I've got Dissent's The Passion of Rob Ford open in one tab and Metafilter's thread on it in another.
Metafilter led me to http://thewalrus.ca/the-story-behind-the-rob-ford-story/, which I'm not sure has been linked here, so I'm off for a ponder.

Thanks for the link to the piece in The Walrus. It has not been posted here before.

 

[newearthling]

This is probably what MetroMan has been talking about.

So Russian mafia = Italian cops?

 

[OSS 117]

Vince Hawkes, the new OPP commish,

That's a great name for a police commissioner. Sounds like something out of S.W.A.T.

 

[sno man]

Fantino. That ghoul. Man, how many stakes do you have to put in that damn Dracula? What f'ing dog does he have in this crapshow?

Vaughn has to be one of the most corrupt shit holes in the GTHA to levitate that vapid, authoritarian corpse to any semblance of political authority.

It helps they got a $10M kickstart from Harper for the Vaughn Hospital just weeks before the election. Never mind the Feds can't fund hospitals (provincial only) AND that the $10M evaporated into a trust run by Fantino's lead fundraiser. He is greasy. His associates are greasy....

 

[jml]

So Russian mafia = Italian cops?

Not the Russian mafia part, that part I think is just MetroMan blowing something out proportion. I mean his whole part about hearing rumours of higher ups slowing the arrest down and trying to politically isolate themselves from the shitstorm.

 

[casita]

That's a great name for a police commissioner. Sounds like something out of S.W.A.T.

Sorry, couldn't resist!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iwp1d7eKbA

 

[Dubster]

Okay, I believe Jimmi T now

https://twitter.com/TorStarEditor/status/451556265613742080

EDIT: though it's only a front page, it seems to imply Ford was the victim. Puts charges in doubt more than Jimmi's account.

 

[pud99]

Not that Ford's supporters would care (even if they had the facts), but:

Is there an easily-accessible record of councillor (and mayor) requests to have votes reopened? And if so of votes for and against allowing the same? (It goes without saying that Robinoccio's repeated claim that 'it happens at every single council meeting' is Doug Ford-grade horse shit, but how often does it happen - and how often has Robinoccio opposed the very thing he was asking for?)

 

[adma]

Maybe he should see a doctor?

Somehow, I'd think RoFo's the sort whose preferred treatment for a cold is to stick a Vicks Inhaler in his nose for hours on end.