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Doug has probably still been at Deco, working. He hasn't done anything as a councillor. His last public meeting, as listed on his, er, sparse city council website, was May of last year.
 
Daniel Dale ‏@ddale8 9m

Paula Fletcher rises to allege that the mayor is being disrespectful by doing football-pool stuff on council floor during ice storm meeting.

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Josh Colle and Joe Mihevc are involved in Ford's football pool and were involved in the Fletcher-alleged disrespect. All calm now.
 
ShonTron said:
We hear complaints as to how UT leans left, how other voices are drowned out, yadda yadda. But most of the few Ford fans aren't exactly articulate, thought-provoking, and civil. The best Ford arguments are from those playing devil's advocates or trying to get in the heads of the "Ford Nation" types.
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Yeah, most of the Ford supporters who pop their heads in here during the week or two between scandals seem to be like Jubokeh, who usually only contributes a few lines of "Rob Ford respects Scarborough, yo!" nonsense.
 
It is my honor to tell you that the Golden Duke trophy was delivered Friday afternoon.

Following our many unsuccessful efforts to find Mayor Rob Ford and present him with the Golden Duke award for the best scandal of 2013, TPM's Toronto delegation gave the trophy to Ford's brother, Councillor Doug Ford, who promised he would pass the award along to his sibling.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/mission-accomplished--4
 
thedeepend said:
Or Doug's recent "we need to get streetcars off the streets" thing. Its nothing but trolling. Completely random, stupid, never going to happen, "pro-car", "anti-people", all of that--but it's designed for one thing only--to wind his enemies up. I really believe we give these guys way too much credit if we look at them through the prism of political ideology. They're trolling city politics, and sadly, Toronto made the mistake of feeding them. Now they won't stop.

This all became crystal clear on the day that Council stripped Ford of his powers, with Doug and Rob marauding around the Chamber like drunken Visigoths, berating and verbally attacking spectators, knocking over Pam McDonnell, screaming and yelling--and loving every minute of it.


Trolls are driven, at least in part, by a desire to feel important. One way to accomplish this – a healthy way – is to do something worthwhile. Another more trollish way is to tear down someone or something who is already respected. Doing that certainly gets you noticed.

All by itself, the desire to be respected and acknowledged is not necessarily unhealthy. In fact, it's a pretty basic human need. But in trolls, this need manifests in very unhealthy ways. To a troll, any form of attention – even anger or fear or hatred – seems better than no attention at all. Besides, emotions such as anger, fear, and hatred are very powerful emotions. If a troll can evoke something this powerful in others, it must mean the troll is pretty powerful too, no?

To a troll, reality has very little objective meaning. What matters, perhaps to the exclusion of all else, is the troll's perception of reality, and the amount of feedback the troll gets from other people. If a respected institution or individual is suddenly seen as being little better than the troll, this lifts the troll's self-image. So tearing down respected people and respectable activities and institutions is a favorite trollish pastime.*

*EXCERPT from Chapter 7 of Identifying Trolls: A Field Guide.
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Why Public Transit Is Better Than Cars In 1 Perfect (animated) GIF

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/1...to-streetcar-ttc_n_4304258.html#slide=3128607
 
jusbokeh said:
of course not.
its just makes it so simple to make it look like a witch hunt

Optics is everything in politics.
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At this point there isn't really anyone who can accuse Ford of anything, sue him, criticize him or be opposed to him generally, regardless of their own track record or political affiliation, and NOT be accused by Fordites of being, or having become, a leftie, a member of some elite, a tax-crazed spendthrift or just an all-round terrible person for daring to suggest Ford did something wrong. You only have to look at how die-hard Ford supporters have turned on people like Kelly and Minnan-Wong, whom they previously endorsed.
 
Mayor backs down on threat of legal action after being stripped of powers

In an interview with CP24 on Friday, Ford indicated he doesn’t plan to follow through on that threat because he is tired of spending his own money on legal fees.

“We’ve spent over half a million dollars going to court,” Ford said.

Since Ford was elected mayor in 2010, lawyers have represented him in a conflict of interest trial, defamation lawsuit and an audit committee hearing.
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http://www.cp24.com/news/mayor-back...tion-after-being-stripped-of-powers-1.1633709
 
EagleEye said:
Daniel Dale ‏@ddale8 9m

Paula Fletcher rises to allege that the mayor is being disrespectful by doing football-pool stuff on council floor during ice storm meeting.

Daniel Dale ‏@ddale8 8m

Josh Colle and Joe Mihevc are involved in Ford's football pool and were involved in the Fletcher-alleged disrespect. All calm now.
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Mihevc has since explained that Ford was offering to re-include him into the football pool from which Ford had previously booted him. Robbie will take his ball home unless you play the way he wants.
 
evvabeing said:
Mayor backs down on threat of legal action after being stripped of powers

http://www.cp24.com/news/mayor-back...tion-after-being-stripped-of-powers-1.1633709
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what mammoliti says in the following, contradicts what rob said in the video above...

North York Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti told reporters Toronto’s bid for disaster relief is “going to be a hard sell now†because an emergency wasn’t declared in December, something for which he blamed senior staff advising Mayor Rob Ford.

Ford, though stripped of some mayoral powers last year, still had sole authority to declare an emergency, but Mammoliti said the mayor, who repeatedly dismissed the idea, was following the advice of staff who “made a lot of mistakes.â€

Mammoliti pressed senior staff at the meeting on what happened, as did St. Paul’s Councillor Joe Mihevc, who added he thought the storm fit the official definition of an emergency.

“Who’s call was it not to make the call?†Mihevc asked.

Deputy City Manager John Livey said a day after the storm the province was expecting a declaration and “was indicating†they might need a declaration to release certain resources.

He said he told Ford this, but the mayor said no to a declaration. “He gave me that answer,†Livey said. “I did not insist on that.â€

Later, though, city staff were assured they would not need a declaration. “The absence of a declaration does not mean an emergency doesn’t exist,†Pennachetti added.

Kelly, who said he would have declared an emergency if it was up to him, was preparing to meet other GTA leaders next week.
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http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-s...al-provincial-governments-for-financial-help/
 
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