The Chief is about to be, if not already (his son posted about their due date recently on the twitters), a grandfather again, so I'm willing to bet that despite all the pressure at work he's probably quite happy right now. Good call not bothering him though.

If I was a reporter with a penchant for embarassing the Mayor I'd repeatedly ask him in scrums where the CP24 and Global and CBC cameras are on about his comprehensive bike strategy. "Mayor Ford, parents with young children are always concerned about teaching their children to ride bicycles...

From the LeSage report, REPORT OF THE REVIEW OF LARGE AND COMPLEX CRIMINAL CASE PROCEDURES: If you look through the Ministry of the Attorney General's website about Guns & Gangs, you can find information about the Crown working hand in hand with police investigators on major crimes in the...

the people in the photographs from the nightclub don't look like the kind of folks i hang around with, but good grief UT we are a judgemental and snippy bunch. i'm sure these folks are fun, bright, decent, interesting people in their own right. tarring them by the attendance of the ford brothers...

there's a difference between bringing your children in, as a politician, to excuse your behaviour or as a blatant ploy to distract from what you have done or propose to do, and bringing your children to city hall to engage them in municipal politics. after all, how much criticism did Miller...

i had joined UT to look at neighbourhood issues and because jason paris posted about UT on facebook a while ago. i started reading this thread after someone posted a link to it on n3rdal3rt in our ford thread there.

I wish I believed the Councillor about his threat to write a book about Doolittle and the Star.

i kind of doubt it. looks to me like people are soaking up the talking points, and repeating them so much on-line and in bar room conversations, that they have the patter perfect. also, the ttc is travelled by plenty of folks who are, for lack of any better words, mentally ill. functioning in...

i feel bad for any of the professional women stuck in the elevator - probably wearing heels, if there were 9 people in that car then they would have been a tight fit, and for 45 minutes without being able to relax?

i know. it does sound weird. but let me tell you, elected officials at high levels have some of the most dedicated staff who do nothing but protect them. even the mayor. and that attitude transfers to the executive and administrative and event logistics staff when they are guests at an event -...

I work in Facilities for an agency of the provincial government. When we had some staff stuck in an elevator (a passenger elevator, mind you) several weeks back it took about 45 minutes to get them out. They hit the button for an emergency, they got in touch with Security at the front desk, who...

good ideas, clear messages, sincere appeals, humour - these things are important whether you are editing a funny video together or planning a massive street demonstration. how many videos are there on youtube that parody rob ford that have views in the low tens or hundreds?

protest can be a powerful tool. how it is implemented determines its usefulness. look at, for instance, tea party protests. they have been very effective in galvanizing and mobilizing conservatives who feel the republicans do not represent their values, their interests. news footage of a couple...

People may vote for a leader, but their lack of understanding does not mean they are correct. If there is such a problem with how a premier or prime minister steps down and is replaced they should elect representatives who will enact legislation to change the system.

it's one thing to be uninformed, or even misinformed, about westminster parliaments and the ontario legislature particularly. that is acceptable, to me. but to know better - to argue semantics that the premier is unelected because she hasn't led her party in a general election - and to still...

The two times I've encountered the Chief, once was in uniform. I don't think he carries a firearm when in uniform...the 2nd time was at his son's house party, and if he was carrying a firearm then it wasn't discernible. He did, however, have an escort in an unmarked black SUV following his car...

I don't understand why the St. Patrick's Day email was leaked now. Is piling on like this seemly? Is it necessary? Has the Mayor made that many enemies at City Hall that they've been waiting for him to show any kind of weakness to go for his jugular (so to speak...the consistent pointing to the...

Er, what? I'm just continually surprised how Ford's team does so well even though they miss what seem to me to be obvious opportunities. If TCHC had planned to renovate most or all their leased space, $2M would be a fucking steal. Cubicles cost $5,000 a piece new. Buy new furniture for 100...

I saw Amin Massoudi's pic of the press in front of the Mayor in Etobicoke. You'd think they'd capitalize on that by taping it, or even just putting it on Vine so young conservative voters would be sympathetic to the pressure facing a tense, hostile, politically antagonistic press mob is like...

i miss callender too. i went for roti the other day with my gf at ali's, a long-promised date because i maintain it's the best roti in parkdale. as we walked from the lcbo, it is pretty clear that the block between o'hara and west lodge is resistant to all the change going on in parkdale, at...