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Rob Ford's support would fall away if responsible civic leaders stepped away from him, if they demanded he answer for his actions. But as long as other politicians and media continue to frame all this as our team against their team, and over-zealous scrutiny of the Mayor, his support will stay strong.
In an editorial today, the Sun says they support the mayor's fiscal agenda, and says the Star has a jihad against him. Remember this, the Mayor was drunk driving last weekend, and this weekend we learn that he sent out two enforcers - one being paid by the Mayor's office, the other who appears to be a drug dealer and has been charged with violence - into drug dens to scare up potentially incriminating evidence, and the Sun still legitimizes him as leader.
I no longer live in Scarborough, so Gary Crawford is no longer my representative, but if he was I'd probably be writing an email saying how about instead of painting the Mayor's picture for his mother, and playing in the band at the picnic, you act like a leader and demand he answer questions about his substance abuse and his associations with skeezy characters. "Anything else?" isn't good enough.
Jaye Robinson is really the only person who has stood up on this. As long as everyone else, individual and organization, continues to hedge and pretend this is just about political differences and off-the-clock personal behaviour, or something they can't comment on at this time, then everyone in the public will stay with their team. The dominant narrative gives them that freedom. But if the media began calling the rot for what it is, and more people with clout stepped out to label it that, Ford's support would lose the somewhat moderate people who just don't want to pay more taxes or feel guilty for driving everywhere.
Maybe we need to quit blaming voters in the suburbs, and blame the organizations, politicians, and civic leasers who legitimized him, and who now either by active enabling or just silence, won't hold him to account when he is so obviously unfit for the position he holds.
In an editorial today, the Sun says they support the mayor's fiscal agenda, and says the Star has a jihad against him. Remember this, the Mayor was drunk driving last weekend, and this weekend we learn that he sent out two enforcers - one being paid by the Mayor's office, the other who appears to be a drug dealer and has been charged with violence - into drug dens to scare up potentially incriminating evidence, and the Sun still legitimizes him as leader.
I no longer live in Scarborough, so Gary Crawford is no longer my representative, but if he was I'd probably be writing an email saying how about instead of painting the Mayor's picture for his mother, and playing in the band at the picnic, you act like a leader and demand he answer questions about his substance abuse and his associations with skeezy characters. "Anything else?" isn't good enough.
Jaye Robinson is really the only person who has stood up on this. As long as everyone else, individual and organization, continues to hedge and pretend this is just about political differences and off-the-clock personal behaviour, or something they can't comment on at this time, then everyone in the public will stay with their team. The dominant narrative gives them that freedom. But if the media began calling the rot for what it is, and more people with clout stepped out to label it that, Ford's support would lose the somewhat moderate people who just don't want to pay more taxes or feel guilty for driving everywhere.
Maybe we need to quit blaming voters in the suburbs, and blame the organizations, politicians, and civic leasers who legitimized him, and who now either by active enabling or just silence, won't hold him to account when he is so obviously unfit for the position he holds.
