Rob Ford's Toronto

[adma]

Maybe he should see a doctor?

Somehow, I'd think RoFo's the sort whose preferred treatment for a cold is to stick a Vicks Inhaler in his nose for hours on end.

 

[TOBorn]

I may be missing something here, but how is what he said crude or racist? I mean it's clearly just another off-the-cuff Doug Ford lie like "he's a social liberal" or "he's the white Obama", but I don't really find there to be any racism in his comment. Mandela fought apartheid which specifically segregated black people; Mandela was black; so he said "no guys listen we support the black community".

It's dumb (HOW does he support them?) but it's not racist.

The entire Ford family seem to be only fluent in 'stupid'.

 

[jml]

Michael Cooke just tweeted:

https://twitter.com/TorStarEditor/status/451556265613742080/photo/1

 

[EagleEye]

Okay, I believe Jimmi T now

https://twitter.com/TorStarEditor/status/451556265613742080

EDIT: though it's only a front page, it seems to imply Ford was the victim. Puts charges in doubt more than Jimmi's account.

Ugh. Still, it shows that he's involved with criminals while Mayor of Toronto and has put himself in a position to be blackmailed.

 

[betty183]

Okay, I believe Jimmi T now

https://twitter.com/TorStarEditor/status/451556265613742080

EDIT: though it's only a front page, it seems to imply Ford was the victim. Puts charges in doubt more than Jimmi's account.

When would this get posted, 12am?

 

[OSS 117]

Okay, I believe Jimmi T now

https://twitter.com/TorStarEditor/status/451556265613742080

EDIT: though it's only a front page, it seems to imply Ford was the victim. Puts charges in doubt more than Jimmi's account.

Suddenly, handing this over to the OPP doesn't seem like such a great idea.

 

[MertonGuy]

Woah, big news in the star tomorrow

Edit: D'awww, beaten! Can't wait to read it though...

 

[OSS 117]

When would this get posted, 12am?

Usually ends up online around 3:00 or 4:00.

 

[LowPolygon]

73,000 views in less than 24 hours. That represents 20% of the number of votes Ford got in 2010.


ag

 

[West of Spadina]

Us forty pagers are on page 1337

And the thread has now become the downtown elite that Rob warned people about.

 

[casita]

https://twitter.com/TheTweeknd/status/451558705968865280

according to @ddale8 OPP and Toronto police =fighting over Ford investigation and as OPP has final say Ford may escape @MetroManTO #TOpoli

 

[pud99]

ddale8 Read the first chunk of the Star's exclusive on the Ford-related investigation: http://t.co/p7FcZRTvNk 14-04-02 11:17 PM

 

[newearthling]

Not the Russian mafia part, that part I think is just MetroMan blowing something out proportion. I mean his whole part about hearing rumours of higher ups slowing the arrest down and trying to politically isolate themselves from the shitstorm.

Ok that makes more sense.

 

[sno man]

Not that Ford's supporters would care (even if they had the facts), but:

Is there an easily-accessible record of councillor (and mayor) requests to have votes reopened? And if so of votes for and against allowing the same? (It goes without saying that Robinoccio's repeated claim that 'it happens at every single council meeting' is Doug Ford-grade horse shit, but how often does it happen - and how often has Robinoccio opposed the very thing he was asking for?)

There is one glaring example from last year when Pam McConnell mis-voted on the bike lanes on University, anyway she actually stood up right away (not 25ish mins later) to admit the mis-vote and The Mayor refused to allow a re-vote.

 

[soimelk]

Hoping someone can clarify something for me. Regarding the whole Russian mafia thing, I saw where someone linked to an article that said Hotmail Lawyer had represented a Russian mobster 10 - 15 years ago. Is that what this whole thing is based on, someone found that (or a similar) article and then passed the information on to MM and that's what he's basing the Russian connection on, or did MM hear it independently from someone with insider status, and then someone else found the article after MM's information came out?

An excellent point. sometimes it gets very hard to know when what is being shared is 'insider info from an inside source', and what are educated guesses and inferences.