Rob Ford's Toronto

[adma]

For better or worse, he's been able to get a lot of the Ford agenda passed--things council would've rejected if Rob was still mayor. Like the Gardner--council would've voted to tear it down if Rob was still in charge.

And conversely, Rob's successes over his first few months were generic "rightward" stuff, i.e. not far from what would have been a "John Tory agenda", had *he* been elected in 2010...

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

For better or worse, he's been able to get a lot of the Ford agenda passed--things council would've rejected if Rob was still mayor. Like the Gardner--council would've voted to tear it down if Rob was still in charge.

Well, he got Pam McConnell, the ward councillor of the project on side so there is that.

AoD

 

[DSCToronto]

Well, he got Pam McConnell, the ward councillor of the project on side so there is that.

AoD

Pam was in favour of the Option finally selected only because it was better than the other two on the table. In an ideal world she wanted the whole damn thing removed.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Pam was in favour of the Option finally selected only because it was better than the other two on the table. In an ideal world she wanted the whole damn thing removed.

Of course - but the very fact that she defaulted to vote for the project instead of voting against it is telling as well. She didn't have to go for the carrot.

AoD

 

[Jimmi T]

This is apparently a pilot for a show inspired by Ford. It's by a former Letterman writer. It looks pretty funny!

 

[pattycakes]

I don't think this has been posted yet:

"THE SHEPHERD FROM RAMALLAH AND ROB FORD"

"And there you have it. The notoriety and explosive character of our one-time mayor was known from the streets of Etobicoke to the Judean hills."

http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/the-shepherd-from-ramallah-and-rob-ford

 

[Jimmi T]

I don't think this has been posted yet:

"THE SHEPHERD FROM RAMALLAH AND ROB FORD"

"And there you have it. The notoriety and explosive character of our one-time mayor was known from the streets of Etobicoke to the Judean hills."

http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/the-shepherd-from-ramallah-and-rob-ford

I was chatting with a guy from Australia. Ford was apparently huge Down Under too!

 

[Videodrome]

Jennifer Pagliaro
@jpags
Next speaker asks everyone stand for one minute of silence for Rob Ford. Karygiannis says it is out of order. Palacio agrees.

Cabbies loved Ford...

 

[pattycakes]

Cabbies loved Ford...

And Rob loved them too. Especially the cabbies from Pakistan.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Rob Ford would have had the Uber/Taxi meeting in a committee room and allow only only 3 minutes each for delegates, instead of 5 minutes each in the council chamber.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Cabbies loved Ford...

Make it a vow of silence on his behalf/memory - then we can put an end to the deputations over Uber and get on with it.

AoD

 

[animatronic]

And Rob loved them too. Especially the cabbies from Pakistan.

Pretty sure Rob thought all cabbies were from Pakistan.

 

[W. K. Lis]

 

[pattycakes]

Someone posted this up thread. It's actually quite funny in spots and I was thinking about that. If I had watched it before Rob's adventures, I doubt I could have watched the whole thing. Too unbelievable and ridiculous to be considered funny. Shit, we lived through that. Amazing.

Jonathan GoldsbieVerified account‏@goldsbie
A longtime Letterman writer created a pilot presentation for a series inspired by Rob Ford: http://bit.ly/1Sk1zqx It is very good

 

[EagleEye]

I agree, just watched it now and it's very good. But something like that can never happen in real life...