It's time I sent a big thank you to the Ford family (aka the Canadian Kennedys)…
Without you I never would have become politically involved with my city. Like many others, I watched these shenanigans with amusement at first and then concern. But it wasn’t till my own 80 year-old mother was given the middle finger by the mayor of her own city, that this became somewhat personal for me.
I wrote about that pathetic episode early on in this thread and that anger led to a feeling of needing to do something, as others here had done. So I attended my first political protest at NPS.
After that, I volunteered for the first time with a rival campaign.
I’m not unemployed, a communist, a tree-hugger or a bike-riding pinko. I’m a taxpayer and I have the expectation that my city will be governed in a sensible and ethical manner, regardless of left or right leaning politicians. I have a lot of respect for our current mayor. Sorry if you don’t like that, I’m just “telling it like it is”…
So thank you again, Ford family. Thank you for leaving a big, greasy stain on this city. Just don’t assume that we won’t be vigilant in the future.
“Now that we know these kinds of bullshit, we can recognize it way better, right? Bullshitters have gotten pretty lazy, and their work is easily detected. So I say to you tonight, friends. The best defense against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something." Jon Stewart