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Rob Ford: Still smoking crack. On video. Taking leave of absence.

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Dr.Acula said:
CBC says that organized crime tried to get the video, threatened holders with "execution."
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More of this stuff needs to come out. There's been too much focus lately on his "boohoo so sad I have a drinking problem and need help" bullshit.
 
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Dr.Acula

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Dr.Guru of Peru said:
NIMBYism from the few hundred island residents didn`t sweep Miller into power. People didn`t like the idea of physical expansion of an airport into whats pretty much the only significant `downtown`park in Toronto.

And Im glad NeoGAF has finally come around on Miller. He was a great mayor for the city and would almost certainly have won if he had run again.
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He wouldn't have done as well. He lost union support after he took the sick bank. I'm in a union, they organize very well, and they vote in droves. We're talking tens of thousands of votes that were for Miller that would have gone somewhere else (largely to Pantalone).
 
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Azih

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Divvy said:
More of this stuff needs to come out. There's been too much focus lately on his "boohoo so sad I have a drinking problem and need help" bullshit.
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The "what he does on his own time" crowd are being so deluded. The dude was associated with criminals and due to his behaviour gave them an insane amount of leverage over him. You'd think that was a bad thing in a Mayor. But no he hates unions so all other sins are forgiven?


Honestly one group that should have the most cause to reflect in all this (aside from the entire Ford family) are unions. People hate you guys SO MUCH that they're still willing to stick with a guy FILMED SMOKING CRACK just to get back at you. Smarten the fuck up Unions. Damn.

Edit: Dr.Acula, you guys shoot yourselves in the foot and everybody else feels the pain when the right wing reaction comes smashing through.

And that's the OTHER thing dispaora. Miller killed the sick bank. The idea that he lost to the garbage workers is just plain wrong in the first damn place and that's the thing everybody hangs on him. Miller I know your own quality of life is important. But you shoulda fought to defend your legacy for one last term man :(.
 
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From the cbc article

Farah himself, who is known in the neighbourhood as a peacemaker, had been approached in January by Mohammed Siad, an alleged dealer of drugs and guns who had the now infamous video and asked Farah to help him sell it.
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Siad would later be arrested as part of the Project Traveller raids targeting a suspected drug and gun ring operated by the Dixon City Bloods gang and was stabbed in jail soon after his arrest. He faces numerous charges, including participating in a criminal organization, conspiracy and trafficking guns and cocaine.
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This is the second guy attacked in prison for being a bother to the Fords

Azih said:
The "what he does on his own time" crowd are being so deluded. The dude was associated with criminals and due to his behaviour gave them an insane amount of leverage over him. You'd think that was a bad thing in a Mayor. But no he hates unions so all other sins are forgiven?
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Yup, in addition, if he does go to rehab and comes back he'll probably win re-election. He will promote himself as a changed man, "born-again" if you will. City council will consider the issue behind them and move on. And we'll be in the shitter for another term.
 
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Dr.Acula

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Azih said:
The "what he does on his own time" crowd are being so deluded. The dude was associated with criminals and due to his behaviour gave them an insane amount of leverage over him. You'd think that was a bad thing in a Mayor. But no he hates unions so all other sins are forgiven?


Honestly one group that should have the most cause to reflect in all this (aside from the entire Ford family) are unions. People hate you guys SO MUCH that they're still willing to stick with a guy FILMED SMOKING CRACK just to get back at you. Smarten the fuck up Unions. Damn.

Edit: Dr.Acula, you guys shoot yourselves in the foot and everybody else feels the pain when the right wing reaction comes smashing through.

And that's the OTHER thing dispaora. Miller killed the sick bank. The idea that he lost to the garbage workers is just plain wrong in the first damn place and that's the thing everybody hangs on him. Miller I know your own quality of life is important. But you shoulda fought to defend your legacy for one last term man :(.
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I agree, I think the unions should have still backed Miller, but they still think it's 1980 and they control the vote. They're powerful, but there was no way they had enough to prop Joe Pantalone. Miller had real populist appeal. A union backed Miller would have still won. I don't think Smitherman and some others would have run. When Ford got elected, the thought going in was that it was a fairly open field because there was no incumbent.
 
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Divvy

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Goddamn CityNews

"Some breaking news with shocking revelations about the city's mayor, but first let's talk about some car commercials and a kid in a batman costume"
 
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railGUN

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Norm Kelly on CBC Newsworld right now, the man is a god damn fool. Holy shit this guy is delusional. Saying the only thing harmed in this is Mayors ability to do his job [paraphrasing].
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
I'm probably going to head down to the rally on my lunch break next Wednesday. Anyone else going?


Jesus fuck these councilors are up their own asses
 
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KittyKittyBangBang

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Being super drunk is a totally reasonable reason for smoking crack, I don't see what the big deal is...

How fast does Canada want to take this guy up to the Yukon Territory and leave him for the Wolves to dine on...for months?
 
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Zombie James

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Illegal, misspelled billboards have made an appearance:

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Cyan

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Dunno about sinning, but I've never smoked crack, in or out of a drunken stupor.

Where do I sign up to be able to fling rocks at Ford?
 
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Pakkidis

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Never understood the logic. "So long as he saves me money he can smoke crack with drug dealers"...seems really sleezy and evil to me. It seems the ones who defend him the most care about him the least.

EDIT: The billboard is using the official Toronto logo without permission, could be trouble if the city decides to do something about it.
 
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