Re: The Toronto Sun blubbering about the "failed takedown" of St. Slobbicus of Etobicokus costing the taxpayers "a bundle."
Funny, they didn't seem to mind a certain fatass regularly showing up late to work, drunk or stoned out of his tiny mind - when he bothered to show up at all - and being paid big bucks to do so. Nor did they complain when Ford hired shady characters and/or minor hoodlums he was on mutual ass-kissing terms with for questionable positions within his "administration," also on the taxpayers' dollar. Nor did they appear to note the rather large amount of money it cost the city when Mayor Pigface single-handedly capsized the previous Mayor's Transit City plan - despite the fact Ford technically didn't even have the power to do so, which still boggles the mind - or the gigantic amount of cash it's going to cost for unneeded subways to underdeveloped areas that can't justify them, all spearheaded by Ford for the crassest and most transparent and self-serving political reasons. Nor did they appear to notice when Ford's disgusting family deliberately engineered a situation where a by-election would have to be staged when Fatso dropped out of his political role due to health issues. All for no nobler reason than the Fords' bizarre, delusional narcissism, natch. And as well know, by-elections are far from cheap.
Funny how self-identified 'fiscal conservatives' don't mind in the least when public money is being directly flushed down the toilet as long as it's one of their own doing the flushing.
The reaction to the video by his apologists and enablers has been (perhaps predictably) hypocritical and disingenuous.
Warmington never really gave up on his theory that the video didn't exist or was fake, did he?
And SAL created her own scenario in which she supposedly cared more about Ford than the people who wanted him to get help:
[Ford behaves abominably, shows up late, is drunk in public, takes off for long stretches, etc.]
Council et al: Rob, you don't seem to be achieving much. Is there something you need to deal with? Maybe take some time off? Step down for a while? Get professional help?
Ford: No. [repeated denials]
SAL: OMG STOP BULLYING HIM LET HIM DO HIS JOB
[repeat a couple of times]
[further embarrassment ensues due to Ford's behaviour, Ford finally fesses up, goes to fake rehab, cancer is revealed, treatment, death]
SAL: Gosh, I lost respect for Ford for not dealing with his problem
sooner.
Worms and SAL both seem to be trying to make something of the fact that Rob apparently didn't say anything racist or homophobic in the video (at least not intelligibly). Riiight. It was Elena Basso! That totally outweighs all the OTHER times Rob called someone a racist name or said something hostile about LGBTQ people or Pride or AIDS.
And then there's the expense of the investigation, as if the cops spent all that money just on trying to nail Ford rather than inadvertently catching him up in a much bigger network of crooks.