Everyone:
After a long absence from UT I noticed this news article from the New York Daily News on
3/17 about RF being hospitalized with family
at his bedside.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-hospital-family-article-1.2568592
The writer is Tobias Salinger of the NYDN
Posted 3/17 7pmEDT
When I read this article I knew exactly where to look to seek more information about what RF's condition currently is - right here at UT.
I bumped up that picture of RF as King Tut remembering that satire has been a large
part of this topic about RF and Toronto's
relationship with him - I instantly thought of
Steve Martin's 1979 song "King Tut" with the
lyrics changed to "Rob Ford" - but in this case
now that he is in "grave condition" according
to the Huffington Post we have to be serious.
From what I have seen RF made Toronto a laughingstock all over North America from the results of his antics as Mayor and as a result one either adores him (the Ford Nation
types) or despises him (all other Toronto citizens or anyone else that finds his public persona appalling) because there is no middle ground here. What always got me is how he was able to get away with all that has happened in his time in City office as Mayor
or as Councillor which was a fiasco in itself.
As we know Toronto is the fourth largest city in all of North America - depending on Chicago's latest population Toronto may be
now third - and being Canada's largest city
Toronto deserves better.
Things have no doubt settled down since John Tory became Mayor and with a more steady leadership news from Toronto has faded away
in recent months - until now with RF's health
crisis which looks to have been big local news.
In closing from what I have read here at UT and with the variety of links and sources it
looks like RF may not have much time left.
It is sad in many ways but in others he brought on his own demise in a variety of ways that have been discussed in detail here at UT noting the posting numbers which speak for themselves.
It will be interesting to see how Torontonians
and Canadians in the future remember the Rob Ford era...
Long Island Mike
March 19, 2016