Rob Ford's Toronto

[whatthe]

Xtra's! Margaret Webb with Robyn Doolittle on Rob Ford and homophobia.

Her predictions about charges not being laid are really quite discouraging.

 

[eyewonder]

Gets interesting around the 6:30 mark.

You talking about the click through link on the bottom of the vid?

Can't be what Doolittle is saying. Furthest thing from any of my interests.

 

[EagleEye]

So am I reading this correctly? They told the media the $1 billion in savings is a lie but Ford sent out an email later saying they confirmed he did save $1 billion?

 

[TOBorn]

He's shouting it out via email

So it is written, so it shall be done.

 

[whatthe]

Not sure what you are referring to.

She seems to have a good handle on what the police have and what they don't - and says they don't have enough at the moment to charge him. I don't doubt she's got credible sources.

 

[casita]

She seems to have a good handle on what the police have and what they don't - and says they don't have enough at the moment to charge him. I don't doubt she's got credible sources.

I agree with you, whatthe.

That is what I meant by, "Gets interesting around the 6:30 mark."

 

[DeathSilver]

She seems to have a good handle on what the police have and what they don't - and says they don't have enough at the moment to charge him. I don't doubt she's got credible sources.

Donovan has been awfully quiet lately...

 

[Dubster]

Donovan has been awfully quiet lately...

Meaning no new developments. I kind of don't think Doolittle is as ITK on the police stuff as you might think.

 

[sublime]

THE CITY: Mayor Ford’s taxpayer savings: the billion dollar question by David Nickle at InsideToronto.com:

...as city staff acknowledge, the ship of state kept an even keel in no small part because the Miller mayoralty had done heavy-lifting work: approving the land transfer tax and negotiating upload agreements with the provincial government.

When you roll in fare increases, user fees, the upload, everything, and call them all budget reductions (and this is how city finance staff look at the big picture) the second Miller term comes out a couple hundred million dollars ahead, having ‘cut’ $2.447 billion to Ford’s $2.162 billion...

And not that it matters to voters this election – but as much as he claims otherwise, Ford didn’t save taxpayers $1 billion.

 

[Jimmi T]

Meaning no new developments. I kind of don't think Doolittle is as ITK on the police stuff as you might think.

I think you're right

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

The only winning move is not to play.

It takes a lot of trial and error a near catastrophe to finally realize that, eh, Joshua?

 

[whatthe]

I kind of don't think Doolittle is as ITK on the police stuff as you might think.

I'm good with that! I much prefer your interpretation over mine.

 

[anonymoose]

The city is selling off old street signs. I have no idea what gives Rob Ford and his massive ego the right to "tag" these street signs that are decades old. It really shows the guy's massive ego that he thinks he's bigger than the city, that he has to stain classic street signs by tagging it, like it belongs to him and also interesting how nobody who works in the city offices can say NO to him.

To be fair, I think it's the liquidation company's idea to get local "celebrities" to autograph some of the signs and I think Ford won't be the only one.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/0...ryone-happy-some-will-be-signed-by-celebrity/

The mayor signed sixteen of the signs, which are being auctioned off by Platinum Liquidations on behalf of the city. He’s the first of many local “celebrities” expected to autograph some of the signs, said Steve Wagman, who owns the liquidation company.

...

Mr. Wagman suggested Mr. Ford’s “infamy” could boost the bids for the autographed signs.

http://www.platinumliquidations.com/sections/street-signs.html#.U173LvldVQi

A select number of signs will be autographed by prominent Toronto personalities

Sure, they could've started with just planning to have only Rob Ford autograph some of the signs and later changed it to personalities (plural) but I wouldn't put all the blame on Ford. I'm guessing they asked him to do this and he had no problem with it.

 

[casita]

"Mr. Wagman suggested Mr. Ford’s “infamy” could boost the bids for the autographed signs."

I wonder how much "Windsor Drive" will sell for? Autographed, of course!

 

[Cooper]

I think you're right

I agree. Reporters don't have magic access to info. Quite the opposite, really, which is why scoops are a big deal. I'm just guessing, but I think Robyn is more or less pointing to Daniel Stein's [sp?] comments from a while back: TPS probably doesn't have direct evidence of who said what to whom, and this isn't a case where circumstantial evidence will carry the day. That could change, but longer it drags out, the less likely that becomes. That's a very reasonable opinion, based on what we know. There are others.