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Does Olivia Chow = Ineptocracy

Does Olivia Chow = Ineptocracy

  • Yes

    Votes: 65 56.0%
  • No

    Votes: 51 44.0%

  • Total voters
    116
  • Poll closed .

basketcase

Well-known member
Dec 29, 2005
61,358
6,673
113
If you all think the city has a revenue problem think again. We don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. ....
I thought Ford already saved us a billion dollars. Is there still that much of a spending problem?
 

Butler1000

Well-known member
Oct 31, 2011
30,370
4,570
113
Ford needs a support program too.

Of course cost wise, harm reduction is far less expensive than jail or medical care.
If they are on hard drugs they will still end up requiring extensive medical care at some point. That won't change. Just prolongs the enevitable. Rather the money went to rehab for those who want it.
 

SkyRider

Banned
Mar 31, 2009
17,572
2
0
Now the truth comes out. That "crack video" was taken surreptitiously. Isn't it illegal to surreptitiously film someone naked, engaged in coitus and/or smoking crack?
 

red

you must be fk'n kid'g me
Nov 13, 2001
17,572
8
38
Yes...it was a joke.....calm down.......note the "conflict of interest comment"

But anyway the fact he will tolerate and enable street crack users and condemn the mayor for the same thing is a bit hypocritical. Either you are for it or against it when it comes to the addictive hard stuff. Too much social damage is caused by it for tolerance.

The Mayor should have been busted for possession when they had the chance. And now the opportinity is lost. I have zero tolerance for it. He could have been removed from office then. And the election would have been more clear cut. Now its a fiasco.
It's unclear to me why the police never charged the mayor given all this surveillance
 

groggy

Banned
Mar 21, 2011
15,262
0
0
Now the truth comes out. That "crack video" was taken surreptitiously. Isn't it illegal to surreptitiously film someone naked, engaged in coitus and/or smoking crack?
Yup.
And its illegal to smoke crack.
Put them all in jail.
 

TeeJay

Well-known member
Jun 20, 2011
8,052
731
113
west gta
If they are on hard drugs they will still end up requiring extensive medical care at some point. That won't change. Just prolongs the enevitable. Rather the money went to rehab for those who want it.
Brilliant strategy
Person gets into drugs & other crimes to support the habit
You want to give them handouts

We should throw them in a pit & let them all rot
 

MattRoxx

Call me anti-fascist
Nov 13, 2011
6,752
3
0
I get around.
Now the truth comes out. That "crack video" was taken surreptitiously. Isn't it illegal to surreptitiously film someone ...smoking crack?
What truth has come out now?

And is it illegal to have a surreptitious security camera (or 'nanny cam') in your home? When did that become law.
 

MattRoxx

Call me anti-fascist
Nov 13, 2011
6,752
3
0
I get around.
Marcus1027 said:
WHAT SHE SAID: "I have a plan to get people moving faster now -- not 20 years from now."

WHAT SHE DID: Helped escalate downtown gridlock by fiercely backing every bike lane project while a councillor.
Bikes don`t cause gridlock. And since I bike to work most days, thank you for pointing this out and affirming that I should `fiercely` vote for Chow. In fact I`m going to see about doing more than merely posting on https://terb.cc to help her campaign.
 

oldjones

CanBarelyRe Member
Aug 18, 2001
24,489
11
38
Brilliant strategy
Person gets into drugs & other crimes to support the habit
You want to give them handouts

We should throw them in a pit & let them all rot
Shouldn't every crackhead get the handout we're giving our do-nothing mayor? After all, it's kept him from shoplifting, dealing and B&Es to support his habits.

As far as we know
 

fuji

Banned
Jan 31, 2005
80,011
7
0
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The real concern about Ford is his personal connections to hard core criminals and organized crime.

The fact that he was smoking ANYTHING with a violent street gang is reason enough for him to resign, let alone smoking crack.

On top of that he had hardened criminals on his staff, and all those family connections to the drug trade.
 

oldjones

CanBarelyRe Member
Aug 18, 2001
24,489
11
38
I would have thought that constant dishonesty, barefaced lying and frequent extreme public drunkenness were pretty serious failings in our highest official, alhough they fall well short of attachment to the criminal class that you note.

Some old-fashioned conservatives would say that no man who can't hold his liquor is fit for any office.
 

train

New member
Jul 29, 2002
6,992
0
0
Above 7
Isn't that what makes a good politician? Leading the charge on the issues people actually care about, bringing a spotlight to them?

Sounds like leadership.
Maybe to you. Name something she championed which turned being worthwhile ( voting for ever bike lane or path does not count).

Let's debate platforms for once .
 

fuji

Banned
Jan 31, 2005
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Maybe to you. Name something she championed which turned being worthwhile ( voting for ever bike lane or path does not count).

Let's debate platforms for once .
Marcus provided a list highlighting some of the good decisions she has made:

WHAT SHE SAID: "I have a plan to strengthen our small businesses and promote jobs and prosperity."

WHAT SHE DID: Vociferously fought the expansion of the Island airport in 2003 and tried to block public entry to the site on the day the first Porter flights took off in 2006.

WHAT SHE SAID: "I have a plan to get people moving faster now -- not 20 years from now."

WHAT SHE DID: Helped escalate downtown gridlock by fiercely backing every bike lane project while a councillor.

During 2004 budget talks, she was reported as saying: "If I had $26 million, I'd build one community centre in a high-risk neighbourhood first than fix any more roads."

WHAT SHE SAID: "I learned how to work hard and make every penny count, to save money for rainy days and invest wisely ... that is what I will do as your new mayor."

WHAT SHE DID: Pushed numerous pet projects while at City Hall including:

* $250,000 in 1999 to nurture squeegee kids instead of legislating them out of business

* $400,000 for rent supplements for the Tent City squatters--

* More than $40 million in child and family projects over three years

* $100,000 in 2002 for harm reduction projects including safe crack kits
 

wigglee

Well-known member
Oct 13, 2010
10,216
2,105
113
maybe Rob and Doug can still do their youtube show from jail after the election......hate to see them get bored
 

Marcus1027

New member
Feb 5, 2006
921
0
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Marcus provided a list highlighting some of the good decisions she has made:
I think you need to get your head examined Bubba, none of what I posted about Chow was positive. It goes to show that she'll say one thing in front of a camera or audience and do another in chambers. She's nothing more than a self serving career politician who happens to have an annoying self deprecating narcissism about her. Read part of her nauseating book and it'll be obvious.

Do you know why the majority of Canadians don't like the NDP? It's because they always lose! And if the New Democrats smugly think they're so fucking smart, why do they lose so god damn always?
 
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