archanfel
Active Member
^Maybe Rob Ford can het his own 1-800 number so that he can personally rush to every little complaint.
The more I follow this campaign, the less I find Rob Ford a bigoted oaf and more a ridiculous folk hero; I wouldn't be surprised if his favourite movie character is Jimmy Stewart's character from "It's a Wonderful Life". I think his heart is in the right place, but we don't need a mayor who will help coach little leagues and rescue cats from trees. We need an effective manager and a disciplined public administrator. Someone who understands that the city is a complex place where millions of people must coexist and yet compete for resources, and that nobody will get exactly what they want if we want to aim for some collective good. I think if I had one word to summarize Rob Ford it would be "naive" - or, even better: "childlike". I'm not even going to go so far as to say that he's a control freak; I think that he's just some naive, childlike individual who thinks that it's his job to attend to each and everyone's little concerns, unaware that he has a city to run.
People here seems to have grand schemes for the city. We are going to lead this, we are going to lead that. In reality, a lot of the voters don't give a damn. They want a recycle bin on their lawn within two days, not two months. And that's what Rob Ford delivered. Totally unimportant in the eyes of architects, but very important to common folks.
Plus, who is "a effective manager and a disciplined public administrator"? George Smitherman? Give me a break. I can maybe see an argument for Joe Pantalone. Unfortunately, the "progressive" element of the city are deserting their champion. I guess it's the politically savvy thing to do.