voxpopulicosmicum
Senior Member
^yeah but I'd have to take off points for the typo.
He's taken a long time to make that happen - so either he's waiting for the prices for good contractors to drop, or he's just too careful with his money (or doesn't have enough yet) to finally build.
Obviously MetroMan is a shark and I'm a guppy, but what he described here jives with what I've heard - a LOT of couch time. This is good news for two reasons: 1) It means that my information is the same as MetoMan's, so I've got cred now, and 2) I got to use the word "jives".
Honesty, how does anyone at City Hall even pretend that what's going on is even in the same galaxy as normal? It would be like being introduced to your buddy's work friend, only to learn that every 15 minutes a fire errupts from his pants. And you're like: "Did Eddie just spray a fire extinguisher dowm his pants?" And your buddy's like, "Oh, is it quarter after already? Yeah, Eddie's balls shoot fire every 15 minutes, I thought I mentioned that. Anyway, are you buying the next round?" Wouldn't you be like: "Excuse me? It is not fucking normal to have a dragon dick."
I think I get what you're saying, but I recoil at the suggestion that the press is "hostile" for any reason other than Ford is acting like the mayoral equivalent of the guy who's junk bursts into flames four times an hour.
(Sorry if I ruined the forum tonight. It's been that kind of day. I'll go now).
An image flashed into my mind of Renata taunting Rob by asking why he doesn't make as much money as Doug. "Why can't we have nice things?", "He donates his council salary and STILL has more money than us", etc. It was funny right up to the point of imagining Rob's likely reaction.
Actually, I'm told Ford spends a significant part of his already limited time at City Hall locked in the bathroom and sitting on the couch. My former Ford staff source caught him dozed off more than a few times. The only time he's getting any work done is when his staff comes in or he's attending a City Council or executive meeting. Most of his infamous returned calls are made from his cell phone at home or while he's driving.
Why doesn't anyone (councillors) say anything about the fact that he's never had a meeting or personal conversation with Karen Stintz? How exactly does he stay informed on transit issues (obviously he isn't) when he has never even spoken with the Chair of the TTC (as Karen mentioned on, The Agenda, a few nights ago). Why should anyone take his opinions on transit seriously when everything he knows is relayed to him by Doug or his staffers?
Do all City Hall bathrooms contain couches or is this in his office? I assume the latter.
He doesn't need Karen Stintz to stay informed on transit issues. Ford has a good relationship with Andy Byford and Andy is the real expert on transit - not Karen. As Chair of the TTC Stintz is really nothing more than a figurehead. After she went rogue on the Mayor early into her term as Chair of the TTC I am not surprised that Ford froze her out and ceased dealing with her.
We've just seen the first major crack in that relationship -- Byford wants the DRL to be the top priority, Ford doesn't.Ford has a good relationship with Andy Byford
Ford would have no subway on his resume without her. He should kiss the ground she walks on.After she went rogue on the Mayor early into her term as Chair of the TTC I am not surprised that Ford froze her out and ceased dealing with her.
We've just seen the first major crack in that relationship -- Byford wants the DRL to be the top priority, Ford doesn't.
Ford would have no subway on his resume without her. He should kiss the ground she walks on.
Rich people spend their money on nonsense like stainless appliances. Wealthy people don't. See: Warren Buffet.
Hate to defend the guy but his home decor is like...beyond the last thing that points to anything.
Why did Gene Jones from THC ask for $2M to improve headquarters? Didn't Ford hire this guy? Am I the only one that thought that this was another attempt by Ford to change the channel? It looks like Ford is going to continue to create "problems", so that he can do his enraged schtick.
The next 12 months are going to be more of the same crap.
My favourite was this week's press conference called by Ford, in which he must have known the press were going to ask questions about Lisi's letter. He declined to anwser, but out of nowhere an adult with down syndrome comes up and gives Ford a hug, leaves and comes back for another hug. Ford then runs away from the press. End of presser! The whole thing felt like a set up.
Thank you! Stintz put the plan together and rallied council, both left and right, to vote with her. Ford yelled "SUBWAYS, SUBWAYS, SUBWAYS", and that's pretty much where his contribution ends.