From the Mark Towhey blog post: http://www.towhey.com/?p=242

Very true! There was a cbc article posted earlier called "Ford made the right decision on state of emergency". There was a reader comment there that really struck home for me:

No I understand exactly what more manpower would do. That's not in question. What I'm asking is "How would an SOE bring more manpower?". Nobody has been able to explain this. In fact most credible sources say that it would NOT.

This isn't exactly exciting or groundbreaking but thought I'd put it here in case people haven't see it. Blair did an interview with TheStar and made a number of comments about the Ford investigation. He said a few things that allude to the idea that the investigation is still ongoing...

How would an SOE have brought more manpower to the problem? I'm honestly willing to be convinced but not one single source has been able to explain that. Just a bunch of people saying that in their opinion it would. (That Toronto Star article is the same thing - long on opinion and short on...

Haha True enough! I hadn't even thought about it that way.

Actually you've stated as fact repeatedly that an SOE would provide more resources but you have not explained HOW or from where. From the towhey blog I posted earlier: http://www.towhey.com/?p=242

PLEASE. STOP. JUST STOP saying this about me. I've refuted it over and over and over and over yet you STILL keep saying that I thought "more resources were not required". What I've said to you is that an SOE DOES NOT PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES. Why do you keep repeating this lie about me? What I've...

I actually agree with you and I'm not going to hold it against him - generally I like Kelly, his judgement and his leadership so far. On the other hand he probably should have realized the optics were poor. Especially considering we had an army of men and women in hydro lift buckets who likely...

You're completely correct and I guess that's what's bothering the political geek in me. I want the masses to vote against Rob Ford because he's an incompetent liar generally, spends his work days meeting drug dealers exchanging shady packages and envelopes and smokes crack with violent...

Because you can't prove or show how it would have... even though you keep repeating it over and over and over again. EVERYTHING I've read and seen as reported by various sources the last few days disagrees with you.

Agreed completely. Sometimes he infuriates me whereas other times I find him informative, fair and well balanced. Yeah I can understand that - it's a perfectly reasonable point of view. Another good point I saw Towhey make on twitter was: "SOE also doesn't ensure good leadership, management...

Mark Towhey published a blog post explaining the details of "State of Emergency". I know a lot of people dislike Towhey and will discount it out of hand but it's mostly written using facts and not opinion. http://www.towhey.com/?p=242 It speaks for itself but he backs up the opinion that...

Just read it. I'm almost positive it was not real. It was meant to be a satirical opinion piece (I think).

Someone in the media talked to Brad Ross from the TTC who said that was untrue.

No it doesn't. All of that was debunked on Monday after Rob said it.

I'm actually not sure that is true (unless you believe Ford's incorrect interpretation of what SOE actually means) This I agree with. All of this is academic at this point really. Ultimately most of us here are on the same side - few of us support Mayor Ford generally so the issue is kind of...

Fair enough - I was using hyperbole for sure. The crux of the argument originally however was "Ford should have called an SOE and because he didn't (and won't) it's now hampering (hampered) the response to the crisis somehow" If you also claim you didn't say that then fair enough again. I...

Why do you insist on portraying me as someone who either a) Doesn't understand the severity of this crisis or b) Thinks "more resources wouldn't help". Let me answer both for you. I get it... this is BAD for a lot of people. It SUCKS. Not ONCE have I ever said that more resources shouldn't be...

I think you read the original post wrong... You're actually agreeing.