Rob Ford's Toronto

[pud99]

I'm hoping Robbie wears his red tracksuit...

 

[DSC]

I'm hoping Robbie wears his red tracksuit, and that Nunziata bitchslaps him every chance she gets..

Maybe when he is City Hall he will remove his signage from his office window?

 

[riffraff]

Maybe when he is City Hall he will remove his signage from his office window?

He's hanging on to that signage like a kid with his security blanket. To remove it would be tantamount to removing him from office?

 

[salsa]

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For a moment I thought that was a gun he's holding in his right hand.

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/04/power-women-and-ford-damage-all-in-a-week

As MPs returned to the Hill last week, I ran into some Conservative MPs from Ontario who said they were gob-smacked -- and not in a good way -- when they saw Stephen Harper team up at a rally with former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in the final week of the campaign.

"I lost five points in three days," said one.

"What the hell was headquarters thinking," said another.

They were deluged by angry calls and e-mails from supporters. One insider told me that, a week before election day, Conservative Alex Nuttall was set to win by a few thousand votes in the new-for-2015 riding of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte. But supporters abandoned Nuttall after they saw Harper and Ford together. In the end, Nuttall won by a razor-thin 86 votes and only after a judicial recount.

I has been waiting to hear how some safe CPC people lost support thanks to Rob Ford. Dropping five points in three days is huge.

 

[JWBF]

For a moment I thought that was a gun he's holding in his right hand.

Not to worry, Robbie pulled the trigger on his career a while ago.

 

[W. K. Lis]

As long a Ford, any Ford, is in city council, there will be blogs, gossip, rumors, stories, etc. about the Fords (plural). All of which is bad for anyone who supports a Ford.

 

[Videodrome]

My dad thinks that by the time 2018 rolls around, there won't be a significant Ford factor in the municipal elections.

 

[evvabeing]

http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/...-broken-up-toronto-trustees-staff-warned.html

I am putting this here because a Ford is on the TDSB.

from that article...

It also urges that the roles of trustees and senior staff be clearly spelled out, and ongoing professional development provided, “because the blurrred [sic] lines of responsibility contribute” to the poor working environment and governance issues.

While panel members looked at options such as appointing trustees or having them elected city-wide — instead of to 22 individual wards — they also heard how elected officials can be great advocates who helped parents find resolutions to issues from a large, too often unresponsive bureaucracy.

However, the panel does recommend trustees not overstay their welcome, limiting them to three consecutive terms, or about 12 years.

Details of Hall’s report come the same day that Quebec tabled legislation that would keep school boards, but get rid of elections and instead create councils of parents, teachers, staff and community members.

with reference to the part i made bold... i'm guessing that's the main issue here. imagine (for example) being senior staff (therefore having all the knowledge and experience that comes with that) and having newbie trustees think they know better... that would be tough to navigate.

what is a trustee's mandate? all i can really find are references like this...

whether trustees have expanded their role beyond their mandate.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/16/education-minister-unveils-new-tdsb-panel

but can't find a clear summary of what their mandate is. anyone know?

 

[evvabeing]

 

[evvabeing]

https://twitter.com/RyersonReview/status/672883661461544961

 

[evvabeing]

https://twitter.com/RobFordWatch/status/672956339371556864

 

[evvabeing]

http://jezebel.com/this-summer-i-had-a-sex-dream-about-rob-ford-yes-tha-1746329007

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

this thread is still going? wow .... lol

 

[Roy's Square]

this thread is still going? wow .... lol

If evvabeing's last post didn't just kill it.

Ugh!