rob ford removed from office
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The problem is that so many people don't care if governments spend like drunken sailors then tax the hell out of the citizens. Hey, no problem spending millions of dollars a year to cover interest when we could be spending that on the people in the city who need it the most.
I for one like the fact that the city has gone in a different direction. Sure I'm not thrilled how everything's gone and yes Ford is far from a polished speaker, but I think his heart really is in the right place. He's done some good things that many city Councillors have agree with. Like Celticman mentioned said, Toronto is the only municipality in Canada that projects to spend less this year than last. Police aside, he's got a bunch of deals done with unions that haven't resulted in strikes and also contracted out garbage.
Nobody is perfect but after 7 years of Miller constantly increasing deficits, taxes and debts, Ford has actually done done some good. Oh, and the zoo and my library haven't close either.
Ford’s appeal: Four potential outcomes:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1293546--ford-s-appeal-four-potential-outcomes
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1293546--ford-s-appeal-four-potential-outcomes
The law makes sense but the lawmakers probably did not anticipate a mayor being arrogant and self-absorbed and willfully ignorant enough to abuse his position by shaking down donors for something as petty as funding a high school football team.
I agree with that guy--it is most likely Ford will get a stay, and remain in office until his appeal is heard. Hopefully, the appeal will be heard quickly to avoid dragging this out, but in legal terms "quickly" is probably a couple of months at best, and worst case it could be a year or more.
Aaah, Rob Ford - the Herman Goering of Canadian municipal politics. Big, bumptious, silly, foolish and blowing hard right up until the end. And like Goering and his claim that the Kommunists burned down the Reichstag, Ford too will have his pinko betrayal myth.
i know right lol. it's the first time i have ever been annoyed by something like that.
Really? If Miller had volunteered as much time as Ford has to a worthwhile cause, your tongue would have been buried so far up his anus.
I on the other hand look a what Ford does as a good thing, just as I would have had Miller done similar volunteer work. I didn't like Miller for some of his policies but I'd give credit where credit is due. I find it interesting that some hate people so much that even if they were to do something to benefit them or anyone else, they're too simple-minded to even understand it.
I just think this is ridiculous:
a. he was accused of graft
b. he wasn't involved in any obstruction of justice or public corruption
c. he wasn't involved in a criminal enterprise
This would be like you or me getting fired for taking a stack of pens home from work.
a. he was accused of graft
b. he wasn't involved in any obstruction of justice or public corruption
c. he wasn't involved in a criminal enterprise
This would be like you or me getting fired for taking a stack of pens home from work.
so if Rob Ford speaks his mind its not ok. But if you or one of your left wing pinko buddies speaks your mind (calling the mayor a fat fuck) its ok.
The problem is that the left wing pinko nutbars in this city think they are entitled to your pens, if they were given to you as "your pens"
If his mind is that when a bike commuter is killed "it's their own fault at the end of the day" , then he can go eat a bag of fuck.
And why call out "left wing pinkos"?! It should be conservatives who are most upset AT Ford. Or does being tough on crime only apply to people who are not registered with the Conservative party?
No it's not. This is what it's like:msea said:
There's a middle management guy at work who gets by doing as little as possible but the boss likes him because he's always telling the boss about how bad other employees are. Then he inexplicably gets promoted to an executive position he's not actually qualified for.
And then, without asking anyone in HR if it's okay, he starts telling the top corporate clients that it would really help, if you know what I mean, if they would contribute to his own personal charity.
That's what it's like, and as soon as it was discovered he'd be canned.
Yeah well does that surprise you? (sarcasm)... Did you ever hear about the media going after someone like Barbara Hall, did they ever call her a "big ugly fat fuck"? Surely not everyone agreed with her politics but why did they hold back? I remember the worst Miller got called was "His Blondeness". No media with cameras knocked on his door, took pictures over his fence, questioned his kids at his cottage, followed him around to snap a picture of him going into a restaurant. I don't think any person on any political side deserves that. But hey, Rob's fat. Fair game for some guess!
But as it is, shallow minded people will resort to the only way they've ever been able to communicate, by bullying. Only much easier now that they can hide behind a keyboard.
Yup, its really great that Ford is volunteering his time to show people his knowledge of athleticism.
I'm sure they'll learn a lot, say, how to chase reporters.
Fumbling your own hand off and how to alienate your whole team.
In fact, I think its really great news that he can now devote himself full time to his charity work instead of stiffing the taxpayers who were paying his football time, transportation and support staff.
I wish him all the success on his new career.
May he never set foot in city hall again.
