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Outsource plowing!
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adma said:
Outsource plowing!
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Most of the plowing may already be outsouced. See this link.

A chunk of the savings in Toronto’s road budget will come through contracting out salting and plowing of local roads and summer-time street sweeping. About 90 per cent of winter maintenance will be performed by the private sector, up from 75 per cent now.
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Globe and Mail: Rob Ford's official schedule reveals public man with lots of private time

The mayor’s comings and goings are a mystery at city hall. Mr. Ford does not make his whereabouts known and his official appearances are usually kept under wraps until hours before an event. This is a departure from the practice of former mayor David Miller, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi posts a detailed list on his website of everyone he meets.

Schedules for the last four months of 2012, obtained by The Globe and Mail through a freedom of information request, show the mayor rarely did official city business after 3:30 p.m. They also show that after The Globe reported on Mr. Ford coaching after-school football practices, his office began labelling time in the afternoon as “private.”

“I personally have no problem with that,” said Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, when asked about the mayor’s habit of taking personal time during office hours.
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canmark said:
Globe and Mail: Rob Ford's official schedule reveals public man with lots of private time
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Wonder what he's doing during his "private time"? What about he objections that some city staff are doing during their time? See link.

And when asked about an auditor's report that — among other things — cited city employees for watching pornography on the job, Ford said: "We got to get rid of these employees. We can't have people being paid to sit there and watch porn. Like, do that on your private time, but not during working hours."
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Maybe the city staff should put that time down as "private" as well.
 
Johnny Au said:
I bet that Rob Ford would prefer to hire the Plow King over Mr. Plow. After all, the stereotypical Ford Nation lifestyle is similar to that of Barney Gumble.
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I disagree. Homer Simpson has a job ("Put down a simple guy like me who works hard and plays by the rules!"), pays taxes ("Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax"), has a family, and votes Republican. (“I don't agree with his Bart-killing policy, but I do approve of his Selma-killing policy.”)

He constantly flouts and breaks the rules, managing to get himself arrested many times, such as for a DUI (convicted, just like our Mayor), parking across three accessible parking spots, and auto theft (though that one he did "for the right reason").

Homer is the epitome of Ford Nation.
 
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It's obviously going to be useless Etobichoke councillor Crisanti who gets it out of the three listed above. (Because Etobicoke could always use more representation!) He's in Ward 1, next to the Ford Ward 2. Augimeri and Ford have a lot of bad blood too, Gus Cusimano was Ford's pick for Ward 9. Adam Vaughan has little hope.
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Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner
 
There's a new CBC story this morning that describes how an elderly woman died for three hours waiting for an ambulance. Reason for the delay? Limited resources.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/12/ambulance-delay.html

I'm tempted to think that the hiring freeze and cuts to paramedics as described earlier in this thread may have contributed in some way to this incident.


... oh and no surprise but "Toronto Mayor Ford names ally Crisanti to executive committee": http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...isanti-to-executive-committee/article8605152/
 
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I disagree. Homer Simpson has a job ("Put down a simple guy like me who works hard and plays by the rules!"), pays taxes ("Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax"), has a family, and votes Republican. (“I don't agree with his Bart-killing policy, but I do approve of his Selma-killing policy.”)

He constantly flouts and breaks the rules, managing to get himself arrested many times, such as for a DUI (convicted, just like our Mayor), parking across three accessible parking spots, and auto theft (though that one he did "for the right reason").

Homer is the epitome of Ford Nation.
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Thank you for reminding me of what Homer did. I have a fuzzy memory of the Simpsons. Yes, Homer Simpsons is the Springfieldianite version of Rob Ford.
 
rm20010 said:
There's a new CBC story this morning that describes how an elderly woman died for three hours waiting for an ambulance. Reason for the delay? Limited resources.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/12/ambulance-delay.html

I'm tempted to think that the hiring freeze and cuts to paramedics as described earlier in this thread may have contributed in some way to this incident.
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There must be more to this story. Also, have there been other incidents of extremely long waits (i.e. hours) for EMS in recent memory?
 
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