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Rob Ford's Toronto

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TOareaFan said:
Funny that...but I was impressed that he takes the train.

I live on that line and have been told by my MPP that they do not take the train because of the limited schedule (Editorial note.that had not led them to stand up once in the house and speak for expansion of that service :( )....I honestly was pleasantly surprised that a member of Ford's inner staff actually uses public transit to get to work.
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Not to start any sort of wild speculation, but there are other (legal?) reasons where one may not have the option of getting in a car and driving to work, even if they wanted to. Might explain his frustration.
 
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The Star - Olivia Chow: Can Rob Ford catch her?: Hepburn
...In head-to-head matchups against Ford, she is the overwhelming favourite of voters in all parts of the city from Scarborough to Etobicoke, on all the major issues and on all leadership measurements, according to the latest poll conducted by Forum Research. She leads in all income levels, all educational levels, all ages and with both renters and homeowners.

She beats Ford on questions on who can best handle the city budget, on who has the best vision for the city, on getting council to work together and leaving the city better than they found it.

She also leads in virtually all neighbourhoods of the city in multi-candidate polls against Ford, talk show host John Tory and city councillor Karen Stintz...
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Makes it sound a little too easy. I don't expect the landslide that this opinion piece is alluding to, but I am genuinely curious as to what Ford's concession speach is going to sound like. Rather, what faction of people he will blame for his defeat. Will it be the influx of his supporters in Etobicoke in to condos in downtown ridings, and how their votes are now drowned out by the "looney left"? Hmmm...
 
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ShonTron said:
Every morning? I'm surprised though he gets the train that gets him into work before 9, his boss certainly isn't much on punctuality.
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The 7:41 he was trying to get on gets him to Union at 8:48 ...twelve minutes to walk/subway to Queen...doable. He was forced on (in the incident noted in the article) to the 8:03 which gets him to union at 9:08....maybe he was angry because he hates being late!
 
eastcoastanddown said:
Not to start any sort of wild speculation, but there are other (legal?) reasons where one may not have the option of getting in a car and driving to work, even if they wanted to. Might explain his frustration.
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I love statements that start with "Not to ....." then do the precise opposite. When someone starts a conversation with me with the words "No disprespect,.....) I assume they are about to disprespect me ;)

That said, are you implying the only reason that someone would ever use public transit is because of some legal (I assume you are suggesting a drunk driving conviction) reason? We would be better, then, if the Premier's new panel just suggested diverting transit funding to fighting the scourge that is drunk driving!
 
TOareaFan said:
I love statements that start with "Not to ....." then do the precise opposite. When someone starts a conversation with me with the words "No disprespect,.....) I assume they are about to disprespect me ;)

That said, are you implying the only reason that someone would ever use public transit is because of some legal (I assume you are suggesting a drunk driving conviction) reason? We would be better, then, if the Premier's new panel just suggested diverting transit funding to fighting the scourge that is drunk driving!
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It comes off less tongue-and-cheek than I was intending it to, but my line of thought was that if someone is a well-seasoned transit rider they would probably be used to things like missing their GO train by now. His fits of rage implies (in my head) that he is new to this and doesn't have a choice. Wild speculation on my part, indeed!
 
TOareafan:

No one will really fault him for driving to work if his boss does the same with an even closer trip (not to mention, like you've said, transfers does exist). Besides, at issue is his behaviour in a public setting, not whether he rides to GO to work or not.

AoD
 
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eastcoastanddown said:
It comes off less tongue-and-cheek than I was intending it to, but my line of thought was that if someone is a well-seasoned transit rider they would probably be used to things like missing their GO train by now. His fits of rage implies (in my head) that he is new to this and doesn't have a choice. Wild speculation on my part, indeed!
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But the article clearly says he is not new to this....he is regularly seen there...and often angry....so while he is someone who appears to be struggling with anger issues...he is not new to transit. Most angry people at GO stations are because they miss trains....and, as I said, this is exacerbated on the non-lakeshore lines were being 1 minute late can make you hours/days late.

In this case (and, as I said, I have seen this in others) the anger is magnified likely because he actually was not late for his train but a presto failure made him late.

I have no reason to defend this guy and it does seem like he has issues. That said there are actually two kinda positive things to see here:

1. he uses transit and
2. when presto failed (as it does sometimes) rather than get on and try and ride for free (as many do/would) he tried to get it fixed.

No reason to get all abusive but he ain't alone...trust me.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
TOareafan:

No one will really fault him for driving to work if his boss does the same with an even closer trip (not to mention, like you've said, transfers does exist). Besides, at issue is his behaviour in a public setting, not whether he rides to GO to work or not.

AoD
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I know his mode of commute was not the main issue...and I apologize for the sidetrack...I just found it interesting that a member of Ford's inner circle (given what the general perception of the "regime" is around SUVs and transit and all) uses transit....lots don't out there because the line is so restrictive.
 
eastcoastanddown said:
Makes it sound a little too easy. I don't expect the landslide that this opinion piece is alluding to, but I am genuinely curious as to what Ford's concession speach is going to sound like. Rather, what faction of people he will blame for his defeat. Will it be the influx of his supporters in Etobicoke in to condos in downtown ridings, and how their votes are now drowned out by the "looney left"? Hmmm...
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I am willing to put large sums of money and perhaps my firstborn down that he will blame the media parasites at the Star, Globe, etc. The pinkos will certainly get a mention, but it's Daniel Dale and his merry band of socialists that will earn the vast majority of the Ford rage.
 
2. when presto failed (as it does sometimes) rather than get on and try and ride for free (as many do/would) he tried to get it fixed.
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Where does it say his presto card failed?
 
TOareaFan said:
I love statements that start with "Not to ....." then do the precise opposite. When someone starts a conversation with me with the words "No disprespect,.....) I assume they are about to disprespect me ;)
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One of my favorite lines from Game of Thrones is along the lines of "You know a very smart man once told me, nothing that you say before the word 'but' really counts"
 
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