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Rob Ford's Toronto

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EagleEye said:
http://http://read.thestar.com/?origref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKOvpPMGRjO#!/article/537eb2d1ec06911ed1000685-muskoka-woman-s-links-to-ford-pique-residents-curiosity

She was driving the Escalade on the weekend and when she got out, he slid over and drove off.
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Her father, Bill McRobb, declined to comment at his Georgian Bay home, where he rents cottages and runs a marina. Asked if he wanted to say anything in defence of his daughter, he replied: “I know my daughter.”
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ouch.
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Meghan Gresham Riva, who is friends with (McRobb’s sister] Sarrasin…said…”I would say that if she was in rehab and he was there…because of his status and popularity, she would have gone towards that. She would have not been shy. “
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jml said:
Damn, forgot the football team. It's practically a country song.
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Personally, I've been trying to write this as the 'feel good movie of the year' (out of no love for the man, but fascination of the mythic quality of the tale). It's easy. Just subtract the prevailing drug use, self-destructive addictive behaviour, ridiculous enabling family, entitled wealth and criminal association! Oh, and he still coaches football.

Imagine, a man who everybody derides as an idiot, somehow becomes mayor of a large city. As mayor, 'the elites' and 'the press' try to bring him down. Despite this opposition, he keeps helping 'the little guy', railing against waste and corruption. All the while, of course, he's coaching his beloved football team. In that regard, Success! To a degree. He takes his team all the way to the finals. A whole city watches, Some hope he fails. Others wonder if the team might win. In the final moments, heartbreakingly, the team loses. So close! A great defeat, to be sure. But...in the denouement, his underdog credentials secured, he goes on to win the hearts and minds of the people, winning re-election.

TL/DR? It's "The Natural" meets "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington". With even less crack.
 
So heading down the rabbit hole I stumbled upon the "welcoming mayor ford back to city hall" facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/637199626359126/

Worth it to take a read. My personal highlight:

"Michael Weinberg: Gerry I don't know a lot of politicians so I never heard of that Warmington guy but this election is the first one I can vote in and I'm gonna vote for ford up to the max number of times we can. Everyone I know thinks ford is awesome bc he just seems so laid back and chill not like that Tory guy who seems like such a tightass jerk who I bet you never parties. GO FORD!!!!!!!"
 
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basic said:
And there goes my first and likely final 15 seconds of fame in this thread.
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Thanks for the "intel", Basic!

Would love to have asked about the alleged foot versus wall incident.

Sounds like there isn't anything wrong with him that a few miracles wouldn't cure. ;)

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thereverend said:
So heading down the rabbit hole I stumbled upon the "welcoming mayor ford back to city hall" facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/637199626359126/

Worth it to take a read. My personal highlight:

"Michael Weinberg: Gerry I don't know a lot of politicians so I never heard of that Warmington guy but this election is the first one I can vote in and I'm gonna vote for ford up to the max number of times we can. Everyone I know thinks ford is awesome bc he just seems so laid back and chill not like that Tory guy who seems like such a tightass jerk who I bet you never parties. GO FORD!!!!!!!"
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He must think voting in an election is like up-voting a comment he likes online.
 
Yeah I can buy this story was a situation of misguided benevolence. Not asking about Ford's comings and goings though strikes me as a lost opportunity.
 
EagleEye said:
http://http://read.thestar.com/?origref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKOvpPMGRjO#!/article/537eb2d1ec06911ed1000685-muskoka-woman-s-links-to-ford-pique-residents-curiosity

She was driving the Escalade on the weekend and when she got out, he slid over and drove off.
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Dude, you left out the best part!

Patrick Corrigan, who was visiting the area over the weekend, said he saw the mayor and a woman with “orangey hair†driving in Gravenhurst on Sunday.
Corrigan, a former Star cartoonist, said he saw the car turn into the entrance of the Marriott Hotel in town.
“They sit there five minutes, she jumps into hotel then returns in a bit leans in waves goodbye as Ford, now driving, heads off and back up northbound on 169. He never left vehicle so must have slid across seats to drive,†Corrigan wrote in an email.
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They went to a hotel. She goes into the hotel for a bit. Comes out, LEANS IN THE CAR. Ford drives away. Hello! Can you say drug buy??

Not to mention, Ford out and about on Sunday makes a liar out of the CEO of GreeneStone who said this to the CBC:

The CEO of the rehab facility said Ford has not been off the property in the last week except to attend, while supervised, an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

The CEO also told CBC News that Ford has been "clean and sober" and that his vehicle has not been at the facility.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-s-escalade-impounded-woman-charged-with-dui-1.2650013

The off-site AA meetings take place on Monday.
 
kaboi said:
Dude, you left out the best part!



They went to a hotel. She goes into the hotel for a bit. Comes out, LEANS IN THE CAR. Ford drives away. Hello! Can you say drug buy??

Not to mention, Ford out and about on Sunday makes a liar out of the CEO of GreeneStone who said this to the CBC:



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-s-escalade-impounded-woman-charged-with-dui-1.2650013

The off-site AA meetings take place on Monday.
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Well, we already knew that was a lie. He was in Muskoka on Friday banking and dropping off drycleaning. I'm kind of getting a little annoyed that the CBC is the new media organization that's passing on lies on behalf of the Fords (intentionally or not).
 
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