Rob Ford's Toronto

[JWBF]

Here's the official explanation via http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/1...rd-staffer-david-price-in-alleged-go-tantrum:

Edited link:

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/1...ord-staffer-david-price-in-alleged-go-tantrum

 

[ParkdalePetunia]

http://www.thegridto.com/blog-post/commenting-on-personnel-matters/

This is positively fantastic. Of course we're well aware of his hypocrisy, but it's really nice to see it spelt out in print.

 

[Johnny Au]

Mammoliti: I don't know who that guy behind me is (that person is Rob Ford).

 

[evvabeing]

So the lesson to learn here is: You can break all kinds of shit on GO property without the risk of repercussions.
Sweet!

then why do they have a by-law that states:

3.34 No person shall wilfully or recklessly cause damage to any Corporation property.

www.gotransit.com/public/en/docs/bylaws/ByLaw2.pdf‎

plus there's this...

Metrolinx could lay charges under the Provincial Offences Act, she said. Charges of willful damage or mischief would be subject to fines. The accused would have a right to an appeal, she said.

http://www.citynews.ca/2013/09/19/mayor-ford-staffer-being-investigated-by-metrolinx-report/

 

[dforthandbview]

Funny, Mammoliti looks like Brezhnev in that cartoon. A reference to his past commie rhetoric, perhaps?

 

[evvabeing]

You can't make this shit up:

http://t.co/QUVQ7qlNHo

It's Stop Workplace Harassment Day - Proclamation by Rob Ford!

i bet this will be his defense... how could he harass people in the work place, he's the mayor that declared stop workplace harassment day.

i also bet it was doug's idea.

 

[PinkLucy]

i bet this will be his defense... how could he harass people in the work place, he's the mayor that declared stop workplace harassment day.

i also bet it was doug's idea.

It's happening in other municipalities too. Not a Fordian idea at all. And it happened last year too.

 

[evvabeing]

Ainslie ain't screwing around https://twitter.com/reporterdonpeat/status/391236666301501440 Interesting to see what comes of this, but I do find it unsavoury that an elected official also gets a propaganda show once a week.

for those that would like to read ainslie's letter...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/177192016/Ainslie-Cbsc-Letter

 

[evvabeing]

It's happening in other municipalities too. Not a Fordian idea at all. And it happened last year too.

ah, ok, there's Ontario Stop Workplace Bullying and Harassment Day. so why did rob have to declare anything?

 

[PinkLucy]

for those that would like to read ainslie's letter...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/177192016/Ainslie-Cbsc-Letter

haha, he's pulling out the Twin Mayors card

 

[Jude]

The train station is Via's property, which is why GO can't pursue concerns about the door damage. Its focus was on treatment of staff and the welfare / safety of other customers.

 

[Electrify]

Don't know how far he will get with the news angle of his complaint, but the rest seems pretty solid.

I wouldn't mind listening to AM640 with some of these codes in hand. That waste of airspace is almost as bad as the Toronto Sun.

 

[evvabeing]

The train station is Via's property, which is why GO can't pursue concerns about the door damage. Its focus was on treatment of staff and the welfare / safety of other customers.

if it's Via's then they could use this...

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-79-817/FullText.html

 

[TinyTiny]

holy fuck is ford wasted at the aquarium opening!
http://www.citynews.ca/2013/10/16/mayor-fords-favourite-fish-is-the-great-white-shark/

can't believe people see this and don't immediately begin to wonder what combo of booze/weed/pills/other he's on.

Ludes? Whatever he is on here seems different than what he was on at Danforth, when he was talking a mile a minute...

 

[Lansdude]

http://www.thegridto.com/blog-post/commenting-on-personnel-matters/

This is positively fantastic. Of course we're well aware of his hypocrisy, but it's really nice to see it spelt out in print.

It almost makes it worse. These people will never yield to reason. They can't be argued with; the first step is to shame them directly. The softest touch is to criticize their position. They can rally from this easily, and worse, it provides them with the dignity that should only be accorded reasonable interlocutors. Reason is therefore counter-productive, it only strengthens their resolve. A firmer method is to accuse the other party of ignorance of the facts. This is better. This forces more inwardness. With hard case dumbasses, like Ford, the only possibility of victory them is to launch a campaign of full-on stupidity-shaming, abandoning any suggestion that the issues are worth discussing with them.