Rob Ford's Toronto

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Another interesting observation from NP:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/0...-hit-areas-all-in-his-home-turf-of-etobicoke/

I suppose I should start calling it "Etobicoke special interest" from now on.

On a lighter note:

http://www.wheels.ca/news/toronto-l...ferrari-to-rush-to-case/#.Ud1rvzJXFrA.twitter

Now that's commitment.

AoD

 

[James_D]

Touring the damaged areas allows rob do what he does best. Stare at things and hand out business cards. There is almost something pathological about him and those cards. Not really much of a surprise that we didn't see him at King and Atlantic surveying the damage.

 

[Tee]

Massive rainfall? Oh yeah, terrible wasn't it? It was pourrrrring rain outside of my SUV. Here, take my business card.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

James_D:

Yeah, he was answering phone calls all night long on Monday in his SUV!

AoD

 

[voxpopulicosmicum]

Yea...but that is just classic Ford in action....humiliate yourself with words or actions....without realizing it. Even when what he is doing/saying isn't necessarily a bad thing, he will find a way to project bad optics.

I don't think we should overplay the drama on this flooding issue, as it dilutes the truly devastatingly bad job he is doing on more important matters.

I'm sure the man's IQ isn't high, but his problem involves a mental disorder (probably NPD comorbid with something else).

And while you are correct that he clearly is a complete moron, what's shocking, is that to a large quantity of Torontonians, he clearly isn't.

All correct, especially that last part. Beyond shocking. Judgement that poor destroys one's faith in democracy. It's one thing to disagree about policy; it's a completely different thing to believe that up is down and black is white.

 

[k10ery]

Back to crack...

I don't think anybody made reference to this story: http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2...nded_man_appearing_in_ford_photo_on_bail.html

Muhammad Khattak is out. He's not allowed to talk on the phone but I don't see why he can't answer questions from the Star about that photo of him and the Mayor. And please, Star people, don't sit on your wallets this time!

 

[Silence&Motion]

Touring the damaged areas allows rob do what he does best. Stare at things and hand out business cards. There is almost something pathological about him and those cards. Not really much of a surprise that we didn't see him at King and Atlantic surveying the damage.

Someone should start a similar blog for our Mayor: http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

I see someone else besides our lovable mayor has fallen afoul of the integrity commissioner

http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...ated_conduct_code_integrity_commissioner.html

 

[Automation Gallery]

I see someone else besides our lovable mayor has fallen afoul of the integrity commissioner

http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...ated_conduct_code_integrity_commissioner.html

Hmm, surprised Gord Perks wasn't thrown in the mix

 

[arvelomcquaig]

What's most disturbing to me is how successfully the Fords’ constant dismissal of the media (saliently the Star) has delegitimized all criticism; Ford supporters’ willful ignorance truly knows no bounds. It's really disconcerting, for instance, how in this Star article that demonstrates how the city has spent more under Ford, most commenters dismiss it as being part of the Star’s vendetta. It's unbelievable how gullible people can be and how much trust they put in a guy who sounds like a complete idiot. Ford discourse has created a vortex of bizarro logic where every strike against him is a strike for him, where the more obscene his behaviour, the more they love him. It's one of the most frustrating phenomena I've ever heard of. How will it ever end?

 

[Palma]

And what exactly do you want him to do?

I'm asking you to explain exactly what Ford could have done that would have made any difference.

What the mayor of calgary would have done and did do in Calgary (the complete opposite of what ford did). Does it have to be spelled out to you. Really!

 

[ShonTron]

Hmm, surprised Gord Perks wasn't thrown in the mix

It was right wing Matthew McGuire who made this complaint, hiding behind his "Toronto Taxpayers Coalition". It was a petty complaint, but McGuire is little more than a Ford cheerleader.

The two councillors apologized, and that's that.

 

[ShonTron]

What's most disturbing to me is how successfully the Fords’ constant dismissal of the media (saliently the Star) has delegitimized all criticism; Ford supporters’ willful ignorance truly knows no bounds. It's really disconcerting, for instance, how in this Star article that demonstrates how the city has spent more under Ford, most commenters dismiss it as being part of the Star’s vendetta. It's unbelievable how gullible people can be and how much trust they put in a guy who sounds like a complete idiot. Ford discourse has created a vortex of bizarro logic where every strike against him is a strike for him, where the more obscene his behaviour, the more they love him. It's one of the most frustrating phenomena I've ever heard of. How will it ever end?

That was a silly article on the part of the Star. One could make the case that the additional debt, which is from capital expenditures, is Miller's fault, as some of that includes the new streetcar order. To some degree, there's no point putting this on Ford. Of course there's nothing wrong with debt as long as it's managed properly and used for necessary and beneficial capital expenditures.

 

[voxpopulicosmicum]

It was right wing Matthew McGuire who made this complaint, hiding behind his "Toronto Taxpayers Coalition".

Well Played. Cue the Adam C-F witch hunt.

 

[vic]

Someone should start a similar blog for our Mayor: http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com

http://mayorrobfordlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

...though it was only active for one day more than a month ago.