Because the Mayor can't very well assault the protesters himself.

Whoopsie, nice catch. I've mixed up my ford nation villians. It is Bob Marier, the sobriety coach. (In my defense, the CityNews article makes the error and I merely propogated it). Headshots of both, here...

Whatever do you mean, Cooper? Amended to state: misattributed identity; this is actually the unhappy sobriety coach, Bob Marier.

According to Metro, Rob Ford stopped using personalized plates when he started driving the Escalade. Prior to that, "Ford was long known for driving an old beige minivan with a “ROB FORD†vanity plate. He later changed the plate to “DON BOSCO,†the name of the high school whose football...

God bless you, Mayor Crime Lord.

And the most important question of all -- how was this man able to project himself 30 years into the future and pay a visit to city hall IN THE YEAR 2014? Denim jacket, blue jeans, white sneakers (likely high-top, possibly Converse or Nike), and a mullet? WTF :)

Kathy was with Ennio Stirpe at the time (April 1998). ~~~ Crazy Town -- The Rob Ford Story Robyn Doolittle Penguin/Viking ISBN 978-0-670-06811-1 excerpts from p.20, 21, 22: One by one, the four Ford siblings made the trip to the office of Deco Labels & Tags, where Nelson Scharger...

Loves locks, loves candy, hates books. Got it. I am amazed that even at this late date, I am still learning things about RF that make me shake my head.

Joe Fontana doesn't have *nearly* enough shame. The citizens of London and much of the municipal government there have been urging him to step down for over a year, as he faced criminal charges directly related to holding political office -- he steadfastly ignored those calls. He only stepped...

Thanks for your insight -- it's interesting to hear your views and experiences.

Robyn Doolittle mentioned Rob Ford's constituency work in Crazy Town -- see excerpts below. As well, she specifically mentioned it during her appearance on the George Strombo show, when asked how Ford built such a huge following pre-2010 election, when he seemed to have so many issues (even back...

Well, you have to admit, from the Fords' point of view this is flawless reasoning.

As an aside, if following the adventures of FoFam on this forum isn't consuming enough of your time, readers interested in organized crime on a broader scale can check out Gangster BB. The recent death of Carmine Verduci (d. Apr 24, 2014) of Vaughan was worthy of a thread...

Many industries have sales cycle times that are measured in months and years -- a vendor has to work on establishing a relationship with a prospective customer for a long time. I'm not sure how industrial printing is with respect to this, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this applies in...

Well, after a day of pasting women's names into Arial 10 and parsing Thug's lies about various topics, this is rather exciting. ~~~ Auditor general wants investigation of Fords' lobbying efforts...

If you call Cachet Ladies and ask for the Mayor Ford Deluxe Package, I wonder what you get.

Pinball Clemons on player Jonathan Martin leaving the Miami Dolphins after reportedly receiving constant harassment from teammate Richie Incognito: "What it really shows is bullying is a microcosm of society, that it’s in our daily lives. Bullying is often associated with kids but it’s full...

I neglected to mention the weird way that Thug approached Heer from behind during her report; it's now being discussed on #topoli https://twitter.com/russd27/status/474953934818115585/photo/1

Bravo to Rena Heer (@renaheer_CP24) for stating (on live TV) that Doug Ford was "treating this like a joke" when he dodged her questions about Rob's behaviour on Easter Monday.

I don't have any specific knowledge about what Donovan may have said about the H.A., but generally speaking... It's well known that H.A. would care tremendously about virtually *any* situation, provided they were paid their asking price to care.