Rob Ford's Toronto

[the lemur]

why the f would you spin a question about a child's death into a smack at Eglinton Connects?

It would be easy to attribute that to opportunism but since there's more to it than than I'm just going to say he did it because Rob Ford.

I think this is going to turn a lot of people away from Ford, if the story gets traction, that is.

I don't know if he knows the parents of the little girl (her father is president of the PC Party of Ontario), but I doubt they're thinking Eglinton Connects, the LRT under construction or even lane closures are to blame.

 

[Yaitsme]

Lol, nice one!

Thanks He really does inspire comedy greatness lol

 

[W. K. Lis]

So, like, anyway, like, RoFo is on the front pages of the Globe & Mail and The Star, captions "I'm sober as a judge".

I guess that's front page news.

I would check to see what's hidden in his judges' robes.

[video=youtube_share;3hIcKkKID8k]http://youtu.be/3hIcKkKID8k[/video]

Maybe Rob will become a judge after October. Heaven help us!

 

[westyvt]

Ford's proctologist called - message: "tell Rob I found his head"

 

[LowPolygon]

I wanted to post a credit after the verse, but apparently it's not known who actually wrote the song, dates back to the late 1800s!

Leadbelly, the best version, is from 1944

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MkfTYPmLlA

 

[Videodrome]

It would be easy to attribute that to opportunism but since there's more to it than than I'm just going to say he did it because Rob Ford.

I think this is going to turn a lot of people away from Ford, if the story gets traction, that is.

I don't know if he knows the parents of the little girl (her father is president of the PC Party of Ontario), but I doubt they're thinking Eglinton Connects, the LRT under construction or even lane closures are to blame.

I wish that would happen.

 

[Les Nessman]

a few pages back, but didn't someone else tweet that they saw Ford driving around that neighbourhood late at night?

Put the dots of connecting points together

 

[hawc]

Just got Rob Ford's weekly email where he write 'folks...' a lot. Please address the two items bolded. What is he talking about and is he correct?

Dear Friends,

Since 2011, my administration has been highly critical of the dealings at Waterfront Toronto.

I have repeatedly said that there is a complete lack of respect for taxpayers’ money at Waterfront Toronto.

I must stress that Waterfront Toronto does not report directly to me, or to Toronto City Council.

I assure you, that if they did, we wouldn’t be seeing any of this none-sense.

But at the end of the day, all government bodies are responsible to the taxpayers, who pay the bills.

Now, we are learning that Waterfront Toronto wasted $600,000 on a single public washroom facility.

That is roughly the cost of an average home in Toronto.

This included over $175,000 on design of the washroom alone.

This is simply the latest example in a pattern of blatant disregard for taxpayer’s money at Waterfront Toronto.

We recently learned that $1,000,000 was squandered on 2 rocks and 36 umbrellas at Sugar Beach.

Folks, this is not how taxpayers want their hard earned money spent.

The reality is, since 2001, we haven’t seen value for taxpayers’ money at Waterfront Toronto.

Under my predecessors, the City handed Waterfront Toronto $500 million of hard earned taxpayer money.

I have regularly raised my concerns with a lack of oversight over how this money is being spent.

I have repeatedly asked how much of this money was spent on consulting fees at Waterfront Toronto, since 2001?

Unfortunately, I still haven’t received a straight answer to this simple but important question.

However, what I have uncovered is truly shocking.

From 2011 to 2013 alone, over 33 lucrative consulting contracts were awarded by Waterfront Toronto.

Since 2001, Waterfront Toronto executives approved almost $75 million in “Corporate Costs”.

If taxpayers cannot trust the leadership of Waterfront Toronto to build a washroom, how can we trust them with billions of dollars to revitalize one of Toronto’s most important assets?

This latest example is the last straw.

The CEO of Waterfront Toronto must step aside and allow for the corporation to be steered in a new, fiscally responsible and accountable direction.

 

[expat]

speaking of, anyone got any ideas what rob and doug's angle of Waterfront TO is? seems like they've been trying to unilaterally take over since day one.

my assumption is that they're realizing they hate elected politics - doug especially. something public-sector but unelected (like waterfront TO) would give them the ability to push big contracts to friends without having to deal with all the fuss and muss of an actual council.

anyone else?

 

[JWBF]

For some time now there has been posters that condemn the mere mention of children in relation to this topic... Robbie just broke the cherry on bad taste, being desperate for attention.

I and my wife are livid... taking a tragic event... I don't want to think about any more lest I bust something.

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The fords won't stop until they get their Ferris Wheel and monorail.

 

[westyvt]

if you break off a needle between them .... just thinking

Yep. A few years ago I stubbed my toe quite badly - half my foot was bruised, the toe itself was disturbingly swollen and even more bruised - but when I called Telehealth Ontario, they advised that while it was probably at least fractured, if it wasn't sticking out at a weird angle, there was probably no point in going to a doctor. I can't imagine what kind of damage Ford could have that would require surgery, whether next week or three months from now.

 

[sweetlou]

speaking of, anyone got any ideas what rob and doug's angle of Waterfront TO is? seems like they've been trying to unilaterally take over since day one.

my assumption is that they're realizing they hate elected politics - doug especially. something public-sector but unelected (like waterfront TO) would give them the ability to push big contracts to friends without having to deal with all the fuss and muss of an actual council.

anyone else?

Doug has made a spectacular mess of Build Toronto. Needs a new toy.

 

[the lemur]

I wish that would happen.

It seems to have been reported but it may take a while for people to realize that Ford's desperation to repeat talking points at the most inopportune moments and on the most tenuous of grounds shows how unscrupulous and disturbingly lacking in empathy he is.

I'd like him to explain his position to the kids who gathered to remember Georgia Walsh, but it would only give him another opportunity to be appalling and mercenary.

And of course there will be a few FN trolls who talk about how 'brave' of Ford it actually was to stand up to Big Transit, or something similarly asinine.

Maybe we can finally have a reasonable public conversation about traffic safety in this city, at least.

 

[Scarberian]

For some time now there has been posters that condemn the mere mention of children in relation to this topic... Robbie just broke the cherry on bad taste, being desperate for attention.

I and my wife are livid... taking a tragic event... I don't want to think about any more lest I bust something.

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The fords won't stop until they get their Ferris Wheel and monorail.

Don't forget the casino. And thank you for reminding me of Thug's Waterfront plan.

http://www.thegridto.com/city/politics/doug-ford’s-waterfront-sells-us-out-for-the-short-term-money/

You screwed it up Toronto. You could've had a beautiful thing. Venice of the North folks.

 

[Riverdale Rink Rat]

Gout?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout


/also not a doctor

I'm a gout sufferer -- a couple of days of pills and it goes away. No surgery necessary. Just sad looks from your wife about your wine drinking... despite the fact that that's a rumour.