DeathSilver
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My wife is a real princess, never swears. Except today. She got a Dug Ford robocall. I think she broke the handset when she hung up....
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My wife is a real princess, never swears. Except today. She got a Dug Ford robocall. I think she broke the handset when she hung up....
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This came out a few days ago and may have been referenced above but if not it makes a rather scary picture of Ford nation. From Yahoo News: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/inside-fo...aith--fords-and-fish-and-chips-184856610.html
The following gives a flavour of it.
He points to the city's purchase of $2,500 chairs for a members' lounge as the kind of "frivolous" spending he believes the Fords are out to stop. And then, as he often does, he illustrates his point with a story of his own.
“We were going to buy chairs [for the restaurant] for $4,000. My wife and I were at Swiss Chalet, and they were renovating, so my wife goes, ‘What about these chairs?’
“[Swiss Chalet said], ‘Well we’ve got to get rid of them, so $10 each.’ So instead of spending $4,000, we paid $140,” he says, gesturing to the rigid, high-back booths and old-fashioned wood chairs that fill Golden Crisp’s modest, friendly dining room, decorated in shades of orange and brown for fall.
He views the role of mayor to that of a fish-and-chips shop owner: Make a good product, manage your money well and be a good member of your community. He takes the latter very seriously, hamming it up with the clientele from the minute the shop opens at 11 a.m., offering new neighbours access to his tools and volunteering on church committees.
(He also makes a point of taping a scrap from one of their brown paper take-out bags over the Sunshine Girl inside each day’s issue of the Toronto Sun. “The customers appreciate it.”)
He sees that same folksy brand of helpfulness in the Fords. He says he was “really impressed that Doug [Ford] got a chainsaw during the ice storm and was helping neighbours. I wasn’t sure if he cared about helping people, but that showed that he does.”
The following gives a flavour of it.
He points to the city's purchase of $2,500 chairs for a members' lounge as the kind of "frivolous" spending he believes the Fords are out to stop. And then, as he often does, he illustrates his point with a story of his own.
“We were going to buy chairs [for the restaurant] for $4,000. My wife and I were at Swiss Chalet, and they were renovating, so my wife goes, ‘What about these chairs?’
“[Swiss Chalet said], ‘Well we’ve got to get rid of them, so $10 each.’ So instead of spending $4,000, we paid $140,” he says, gesturing to the rigid, high-back booths and old-fashioned wood chairs that fill Golden Crisp’s modest, friendly dining room, decorated in shades of orange and brown for fall.
He views the role of mayor to that of a fish-and-chips shop owner: Make a good product, manage your money well and be a good member of your community. He takes the latter very seriously, hamming it up with the clientele from the minute the shop opens at 11 a.m., offering new neighbours access to his tools and volunteering on church committees.
(He also makes a point of taping a scrap from one of their brown paper take-out bags over the Sunshine Girl inside each day’s issue of the Toronto Sun. “The customers appreciate it.”)
He sees that same folksy brand of helpfulness in the Fords. He says he was “really impressed that Doug [Ford] got a chainsaw during the ice storm and was helping neighbours. I wasn’t sure if he cared about helping people, but that showed that he does.”
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DeathSilver
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What's up with the Doug Ford spam on Twitter, LOL.
casita
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BAAAHAHAHAAAHAAAA Stay Classy #StCatharines lmao lmao #OntarioStreet
https://twitter.com/Brooke_A_N/status/525999657420595201
https://twitter.com/Brooke_A_N/status/525999657420595201
DeathSilver
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He wore his magician outfit too.
JWBF
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Probably. It stills peaks my interest though, there are always bits and pieces of truth lurking in all delusions or fantasy, and with the Fords "reality engine"...
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stoobiedood
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casita
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r937
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animatronic
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once, i let it slide
twice, and i have to point out that it's piques, not peaks
Fucking elitists, your not fooling anyone...
Yaitsme
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Don't be disungenuous.
Lamport Davenport
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casita
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Somali greeters chant "Ford more years" as they walk the guest of honour into their packed party
https://twitter.com/powellbetsy/status/526110644387717121
https://twitter.com/powellbetsy/status/526110644387717121
pattycakes
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Yaitsme
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I don't get that. The Fords brought down the "heat" on that community - as with other communities. I don't get the support. What do we do if he really does win Monday guys? Or do I need another shot of vodka?
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