Rob Ford's Toronto

[GeekGirl]

My Ward is "Ford Nation," but Thompson was actually a vocal critic of the outgoing mayor.

True, but it took a lot of emails and constant following up. It was incredibly frustrating to know that an incredibly intelligent smart business man would take so long to take a decisive stand against Rob Ford. I have to say I have more respect for him now. Not nearly enough to overlook his political ideology but enough to not be angry he is still councillor. We really do need term limits though.

 

[casita]

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FN has some of the creepiest looking people I have ever seen.

 

[YPQ]

I don't know that we ever determined the other letter was from Iola.



Today's letter, definitely the same writing.

Why do all these Ford Nationals write in shakeyhand all caps? Do they get it from Rob? Say, come to think of it, some of this stuff has a very RoFo cadence & phrasing.

 

[Strange Advance]

LinkedIn lists an Earl Cowan as a farmer from Etobicoke. Must be the one.

 

[Videodrome]

True, but it took a lot of emails and constant following up. It was incredibly frustrating to know that an incredibly intelligent smart business man would take so long to take a decisive stand against Rob Ford. I have to say I have more respect for him now. Not nearly enough to overlook his political ideology but enough to not be angry he is still councillor. We really do need term limits though.

I emailed him about Ford Fest and while he couldn't be too critical, he disliked what they were trying to do. He got 83% of the vote last time and I don't think that changes on October 27.

christie blatchford @blatchkiki
The rest of what Mr. Cowan said, when people objected to his remark, was, "She's Chinese, she's not Canadian."

 

[ehlow]

Chow is no better unfortunately.

"90 degree turn"

among other things.

It's not even anywhere close to 90 degrees lol

 

[adma]

Nevertheless the whole scene was depressing, no? You would hope that even the crappiest Toronto mayoral campaign would never descend to that level.

Under the circumstance, I think it was more *depressing* that it didn't descend further still--though the relative non-presence of the "shirtless" foil may explain that, i.e. Ford Nation reps were left to hoot and holler all by their lonesome, relatively unchecked, unprovoked, notwithstanding the fuzz tackling Iola, Dave Price et al. Otherwise, the bloody-soccer-riot scenario I've long warned about would have come to pass--certainly the "energy" was there to trigger such a thing...

 

[soimelk]

I like your style.
I'm not from TO, and impressed how much this thread has (sneakily) taught me about TO geography, history and muni politics.

Could you please give me a top 10 Assholes of Toronto list?
(Would Woms make the list?) Thanks.

1: Rob Ford
2: Doug Ford
3: Diane Ford
4: Joe Warmington
5: Sue Ann Levy
6: The Ghost of Doug Ford Sr
7: David Price
8: Mark Towhey
9: Nick Kouvalis
10: CP24

 

[casita]

"Toronto the Good is a Myth. Our city is full of racism, sexism & ignorance bread by politicians who'll say/do anything to get a vote"
https://twitter.com/PureShakti/status/514605672198316033

Ain't that the truth. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets.

 

[animatronic]

"Toronto the Good is a Myth. Our city is full of racism, sexism & ignorance bread by politicians who'll say/do anything to get a vote"
https://twitter.com/PureShakti/status/514605672198316033

Ain't that the truth. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets.

If our city is full of Ignorance bread it must be some kind of gluten-free fad.

 

[freshcutgrass]

I think you know well that these days it's not about the truth, it's about whoever yells the loudest.

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Doug won tonight, Tory has a fight on his hands for the next month. He needs to maintain his lead because Doug is not going down without a fight.

Doug is the only one dealt a knock-out punch on that Pride question. But confirming his homophobe status on live tv isn't much a revelation I'm afraid.

 

[CalgarianExOntarian]

former MP from Calgary Whatever

My bad, I think. A bunch of Web searching suggests that Ezra was never an MP. I may have him mixed up with local MPs and long-time associates Jason Kenney, Rob Anders, and the current Prime Minister.

 

[Kat_YYZ]

Why do all these Ford Nationals write in shakeyhand all caps? Do they get it from Rob? Say, come to think of it, some of this stuff has a very RoFo cadence & phrasing.

maybe they think it makes their 'handwriting' more generic and less distinctive. but this person's block caps are pretty distinctive. The "G"s that look like sixes, the "N" with the very pronounced curve. On top of that you have the bad grammar and punctuation, inability to distinguish "you're" from "your"...

 

[animatronic]

Doug is the only one dealt a knock-out punch on that Pride question. But confirming his homophobe status on live tv isn't much a revelation I'm afraid.

Got another Forum phone call tonight, asking about my views on school board trustee for a ward I haven't lived in for five years.

 

[inyyz]

Ok, it was so depressing that we turned the debate into a drinking game. Every time Thug said "Folks"...*hic*.