Rob Ford's Toronto

[EagleEye]

In light of the pathetic city budget announced today, it's nice to see Norm Kelly talking about important issues. [/YAWN].

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To be fair, he isn't the only one who is getting people to re-tweet and it is the last day of voting. But what was he talking about the other day with Meek Mill or whatever his name is?

 

[evvabeing]

http://iconosquare.com/p/1165524831359556472_206801365

 

[evvabeing]

Regarding Doug wanting to be CPC leader

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/0...pak-obhrai-conservative-leader_n_9012376.html

love it! he's basically saying dougie is unintelligent, inconsiderate, and lacks the ability to attract a majority from coast to coast.

Obhrai said he also thinks former Toronto city councillor and mayoral candidate Doug Ford is “the wrong candidate.”

He tweeted that Ford, who also let his name float as a potential candidate was not suitable for the Conservative Party of Canada.

“I’m leader of the Conservative caucus, and I’m speaking my mind. I’ve been in this party for 18 years, and I have been through a lot of leadership races,” Obhrai told HuffPost.

“I want to see a candidate who is intelligent, who is thoughtful and who has the ability to attract a majority of Conservative Canadians from coast to coast.”

 

[evvabeing]

Who'd make the best pitchman for Toronto?

We had a doozy of a global ambassador in Rob Ford, of course. Say what you like about the guy, but 2013 and 2014 — the peak of his notoriety — were both record years for tourism in Toronto.
[...]
Doug Ford has the gift of gab, but he’s too busy drooling over the Tory leadership.

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/01/18/whod-make-the-best-pitchman-for-toronto

 

[pud99]

Although he seems to act like he still works for Ford, calling for Keesmaat to be fired, etc.

He didn't stop being an ass when he lost his job at City Hall.

 

[pud99]

In light of the pathetic city budget announced today, it's nice to see Norm Kelly talking about important issues. [/YAWN].

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Indeed.

 

[Videodrome]

http://ht.ly/3ahh1B

Postmedia made more cuts. Worms and SAL appear to have been spared.

 

[tiffer24]

http://ht.ly/3ahh1B

Postmedia made more cuts. Why weren't SAL and Worms let go?

Probably a real fear from management that SAL would go "postal" on the news that she was redundant... see example of last week's sad twitter war with S. Carroll.

 

[Videodrome]

They could always "work" for The Rebel.

 

[evvabeing]

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/689600289834430465

 

[EagleEye]

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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/689600289834430465

Daniel Dale's tweets while he was watching the clip were gold!

 

[salsa]

 

[Kat_YYZ]

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Postmedia made more cuts. Worms and SAL appear to have been spared.

well of course, they were spared. they generate clicks, site views, arguments, twitter buzz. Who cares about quality? news media is in a desperate state.

 

[John_Dee]

"We had a doozy of a global ambassador in Rob Ford, of course. Say what you like about the guy, but 2013 and 2014 — the peak of his notoriety — were both record years for tourism in Toronto."

I've heard variations on this one before, and honestly, you just have to laugh. And it would pretty contemptuous laughter, at that: As if Ford really had a damn thing to do with any levels of tourism the city received during his reign, as if potential tourists would actually invest time, effort and money to visit Toronto primarily to catch a glimpse of the obese buffoon, as if anyone would base a trip to another city (never mind country) on basking in the questionable celebrity of any politician, as if Ford's notoriety made him anything even remotely resembling a "global ambassador."

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Last time I've heard, Robert Mugabe put Zimbabwe on the map.

AoD