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Toronto-Age |OT2|
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BladeWorker
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Yeah, when I saw that earlier today I lol'd.AlphaTwo00 said:
I'm not sure what was more sad: that D-Ford obviously didn't put one iota of thought into what he said, or that he implies that donuts are more important to his local community than promotion of literacy.
Our political leadership, ladies and gentlemen.
BladeWorker said:
I'm very curious about what Rob Ford's support base thinks of all of this. Surely, people are recognizing his (and Doug's) stupidity... right?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around why Rob Ford is voting against funding programs like for HIV prevention, aboriginal health etc. Is he doing it for symbolic reasons? Is this what people in his constituent wants?
Zombie James
Banned
Draff said:
In terms of policy, Ford is a Tea Partier (Government is bad and should provide nothing), and a badly educated one at that.
Zombie James
Banned
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/07/21/toronto-service-cuts-report326.html
Toronto's going to be a lifeless husk in three and a half years.
Toronto's going to be a lifeless husk in three and a half years.
lunarworks
Member
You're assuming he's educated.Zombie James said:
crimzonflame
Member
Didnt Ford promise more officers on the street?
BigJonsson
Member
And no tax hikes
New AC being installed in my house as we speak.........its been a rough week without one
New AC being installed in my house as we speak.........its been a rough week without one
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
The problem is that Ford assumed the gravy was in City Hall. When the gravy reserves were found to be quite low, the consultants had no choice but to look elsewhere. Outside of increasing user fees for certain things, all of their suggestions won't fly in Toronto's core (emphasis on core).
Especially less cops on the streets.
Especially less cops on the streets.
lunarworks
Member
ConvenientBox said:
Anyway, Rob Ford was elected into office because he bought his own office supplies and thought that would translate well into "fixing" a city that was already running well.
BigJonsson
Member
And to get rid of those selfish cyclists and build a subway to keep poor people off buses that were taking too much space on the roads for drivers getting gouged paying 60 dollars a year..............who may soon have to pay far more than that in road tolls.......doh?
Edit - heat induced Ford rage
Edit - heat induced Ford rage
Zombie James
Banned
BigJonsson said:
It was $60/year, not month.
added_time
Member
People believe anything they see on the news. Even though Toronto was and is booming even during worldwide economic uncertainty, you just need to tell people that it isn't and they believe it.
BigJonsson
Member
added_time said:
Better off people who don't need to use the services the city provides and funds with tax dollars feel they shouldn't have to give their money to the people that need those services......they couldn't care less if immigration and recreational services are gutted..........as long as their taxes go down
And not so well off people tend to think that the politician that is "just one of the guys" is just like them and forget that they are LOADED and don't care about poor people
not to mention Ford's competition failed. They let Ford's BS run rampant and barely attempted to disprove him.
Ugh, I still can't wrap my brain around the idea that someone like him could possibly be the mayor of Toronto, of all cities. I don't think the city as a whole could be more misrepresented (well, at least the core of Toronto).
Ugh, I still can't wrap my brain around the idea that someone like him could possibly be the mayor of Toronto, of all cities. I don't think the city as a whole could be more misrepresented (well, at least the core of Toronto).
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Great to see people who voted for Ford are getting their tax money's worth.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I propose we unamalgamate the city, merge York and Toronto into one borough and have Adam Vaughan as mayor. Keep Ford as the mayor of the outer rim if they want.
Why oh Why didn't John Tory run? Why didn't David Miller re-run?
The problem in the election was that no one *no one* was defending the Miller years so it just become some sort of bizzare accepted fact that the Miller years were horrible when they were anything but. The dude took a City hall that was incredibly corrupt and a financial basket case and fixed the finances while improving the city and laying down amazingly well thought out long term plans for improvement besides that were funded and just starting to kick in for fuck's sake and not one soul mentioned any of that. Every freaking candidate was on a "TORONTO IS DOOMED WE MUST FIX IT" kick and Ford was just better at that kind of braindead populism than anybody else. Giambrone's insane crash and burn didn't help and Mammoliti was and is just a total moron.
God.
The problem in the election was that no one *no one* was defending the Miller years so it just become some sort of bizzare accepted fact that the Miller years were horrible when they were anything but. The dude took a City hall that was incredibly corrupt and a financial basket case and fixed the finances while improving the city and laying down amazingly well thought out long term plans for improvement besides that were funded and just starting to kick in for fuck's sake and not one soul mentioned any of that. Every freaking candidate was on a "TORONTO IS DOOMED WE MUST FIX IT" kick and Ford was just better at that kind of braindead populism than anybody else. Giambrone's insane crash and burn didn't help and Mammoliti was and is just a total moron.
God.
Zombie James said:
Um, WHAT?
I bet none of these things cost much relative to the benefit they serve the community.
Of course the fat ass thinks donuts are more important than literacy.
Of course the entitled rich prick thinks that police are safe patrolling alone.
Of course the conservative homophobe thinks that AIDS is a problem only for gays and they should burn in hell for being gay.
His extreme hatred for public transit is fucking retarded, no late-night TTC? Everyone who lives in Toronto proper uses the TTC, especially all the people coming out of the bars drunk. Get rid of the late-night TTC and you'll have tons of drunk drivers instead. But I suppose Ford doesn't mind that, since his multiple drunk driving charges suggest that he thinks it's cool to drive drunk.
Zzoram said:
Seriously. No late TTC service is just asking for people to drive drunk. That is fucking scary. I bet the taxi companies would love for that to go through though.
Does anyone know how much it costs the city every year for all of our libraries? It just really doesn't seem worth it get rid of them. Ford saying we have so many libraries as if it's a bad thing is insane. It is awesome that we have so many.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
DoctorWho said:
Yes, the September fiasco, as we'll most likely call it.
ConvenientBox said:
Ford is actually creating the debt that he then uses to justify cutting useful and cost-effective services.
He cut the $60/year car tax creating a hole in the budget he wants to now fill by making police patrol without a partner and ending late-night bus service for drunken bar patrons, encouraging drunk driving.
Then he wants to cut the land transfer tax to justify shutting down homeless shelters, libraries, and AIDS prevention campaigns.
Won't happen. Ford has a ton of supporters on the council that vote with him on a myriad of issues that they normally wouldn't. As an example, 8 councillors voted a few weeks ago to remove the Jarvis bike lanes that had previously voted to put those lanes in two years ago. Ford Nation.Zzoram said:
It's actually an all out attack on public transit.
If they get rid of the parking lots associated with TTC services, they'll prevent tons of people from using public transit. Obviously cutting night time service is terrible for the poor people working night shifts, and the drunken bar patrons who may now drive home drunk. Reducing access for wheelchairs too, very low Mr.Ford.
If they get rid of the parking lots associated with TTC services, they'll prevent tons of people from using public transit. Obviously cutting night time service is terrible for the poor people working night shifts, and the drunken bar patrons who may now drive home drunk. Reducing access for wheelchairs too, very low Mr.Ford.
crimzonflame
Member
Firestorm said:
He said he was against immigration and multiculturalism and and that struck a cord with many Torontonians.
Firestorm said:
He said he'd cut the $60/year car tax. He professed his hatred of gays and how he thinks AIDS is a gay disease. He told people how little he thought of immigrants. The rich suburbs decided they wanted the tax cut, regardless of how badly he guts the Downtown/Core of the city, since they don't use anything there or live there.
By suburbs do you mean areas like Markham and Mississauga (which I would think can't vote for the mayor of Toronto) or places like Scarborough and North York which are technically Toronto but not downtown?Zzoram said:
Just wondering because this guy seems like an absolute nightmare. The bike lanes and transit thing especially blow my mind. Not the type of person I ever see winning in Vancouver but we're also much smaller. I mean, the city of Vancouver has a lower population than Winnipeg. The metro region is made up of a lot of smaller cities like Burnaby, North Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, etc. but they all have their own mayors.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
That's okay.. the people that voted for Ford probably think that the best AIDS prevention strategy is to not be gay.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Great. A guy named Ford is running the city as if it's Detroit. How convenient.
Think of the dumbest, most crude ideas possible, and there is Rob Ford's plan. And people are supporting this shit? Reading the comments to that Toronto Star article seriously makes me weep. I'm actually appalled and angered that any of this is even being considered and not laughed at on the table.
Getting rid of the blue line? Making Wheels Trans less accessible to disabled folks? getting rid of libraries and aids prevention programs? what in the fucking hell is going on... this is some April fools level shit right here.
Getting rid of the blue line? Making Wheels Trans less accessible to disabled folks? getting rid of libraries and aids prevention programs? what in the fucking hell is going on... this is some April fools level shit right here.