JWBF
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Rob Ford's Toronto
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vic
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Which one? The crack smoker, the hash dealer, or the PCP-induced nose eater?
Jimmi T
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How much does this remind you of FordFest?
salsa
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On a similar note, check out this altercation between Ted Cruz and Trump supporters. Much like Ford Nation, these people are as dumb and stubborn as a pile of bricks.
Jimmi T
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Man, embarrassing!
Videodrome
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subways, subways, subways!
fishie
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It has that air of "cut and paste". Cut "Rob", paste "Michael". Cut photo of Rob, paste photo of Mike. Plus the "scruff" - probably grown to make him look older but instead he just looks unkempt.
Videodrome
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Has anyone been acclaimed in a by-election before? I know it has been a while since any councillor has no opponents.
Roy's Square
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He's not invincible. Why do you think they're coming on so strong before the race has even begun?
John_Dee
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You know, elections/by-elections aren't exactly cheap. How much is this going to end up costing us just because this clan of narcissistic sociopaths insisted on running a man last time that they knew was deathly ill, and likely wouldn't even end up finishing the full term, let alone be able to do his job properly? More of the Fords' fabled "respect for the taxpayers," eh? Has anyone in the media bothered to point this out?
Mikey may be a decent enough young guy - compared to the rest of his loathsome family, I'm sure he is - but it doesn't speak well of him that he's going along with this garbage. He's just a kid, and to put it politely, there's nothing about him that suggests he's anything special. If he'd actually continued working as a TDSB trustee for a while, and then decided to try his hand at public office, say, 10 years down the line, I think he'd be considerably more justified. But this? It just stinks of his family's typical epic hubris and casual presumption. He has no business running for public office with nothing to recommend him but his (rather cynically adopted) name.
Mikey may be a decent enough young guy - compared to the rest of his loathsome family, I'm sure he is - but it doesn't speak well of him that he's going along with this garbage. He's just a kid, and to put it politely, there's nothing about him that suggests he's anything special. If he'd actually continued working as a TDSB trustee for a while, and then decided to try his hand at public office, say, 10 years down the line, I think he'd be considerably more justified. But this? It just stinks of his family's typical epic hubris and casual presumption. He has no business running for public office with nothing to recommend him but his (rather cynically adopted) name.
Roy's Square
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According to this document from City Staff, the cost of the by-election will be $175K, plus another $50K in rebates to whomever gives donations to the candidates.
Then there's the additional cost to refill the seat that Mikey is vacating, which means yet another election, but in this case one that covers two wards . . . surely not another $350K!
Add an audit of campaign irregularities to that, and we're talking at least one subway stop.
r937
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Bob But Not Doug
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$20 says Mikey has more or less been bullied into all of this. Even if he wins the byelection (which I imagine he will), I don't think he's all of a sudden going to turn into the Second Coming Of Rob. I mean, Doug might force him into voting against everything just like Rob, but do you think he has it in him to be as big a grandstanding, obstructionist jerk? That's who Rob *was*...with Mikey it seems like it would be an act, and if he can even pull it off it will seem forced.
Fromafar
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Wow, guess I am naive and I am not from Toronto so not technically my business but I sure am repeatedly shocked by the slimey questionable antics at city council, is nobody accountable ever for the Ford pandering and waste of money and loss of dignity?
I realize the big shew at city hall for the king lying in state was an attempt to placate the brain dead ford nation voters, after all that is 300,000 potential voters for next elections for mayor.
My goodness bad enough they allowed a half dead man to run knowing full well he couldn't do his job but now he is gone and this is certainly an opportunity to regain some pride and function for the city by quickly just eliminating the Ford effect. Why did they not just select a replacement, non Ford, and be done as they would know full well that a Ford freak would run if an election was held given the sense of entitlement that clan demands. Certainly it would be useless for anyone else, decent , to throw in their hat. The financial, emotional and moral toll of catering to that Ford clan and FN nuts is impossible!
Will Toronto never tire of being the laughing stock of the world, or at least until Trump gets to be president in US and makes that country win the king of fools award.
It seems very crazy to me that a kid with no education, no business experience, no life experience or maturity and definately no speaking skills and a speech impediment no help and questionable actual intelligence by only parroting the Ford BS doctrine.....how can he be entitled to $100,000 of tax payer money to just be Dougs puppet and likely do absolutely nothing constructive for his electorate but guess they will love him anyway for his name!
Mikey will likely just be a silent place holder in council. Why doesn't he get a spine and some training and a job away from his sick family and have a proud life on his own as far away from that crew as he can get, but I guess easy money is easy money aye!
How can the city allow this. Is there no end to the Ford shame that they will cater to?
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