dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
For the record, it wasn't NOW but the now-defunct gay entertainment mag, Fab who got Miller to leather up.
I think your right, thanks for the correction.
For the record, it wasn't NOW but the now-defunct gay entertainment mag, Fab who got Miller to leather up.
[h=2]How the Rob Ford crack scandal could save Toronto[/h]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/comm...ob_ford_crack_scandal_could_save_toronto.html
First, Lastman is a traditional conservative and would fit in nicely with the contemporary Liberal party.
While agree with the premise of this argument, I am getting sick and tired of the myths which are used to back it up.
First, Lastman is a traditional conservative and would fit in nicely with the contemporary Liberal party. He was not Harris' pet as the article implies, and spoke out against his policies regularly.
Secondly, to an uninformed reader, one would believe that rapid transit expansion into the suburbs started with amalgamation, which as we all know is completely false. Transit expansion into the suburbs began with the formation of Metropolitan Toronto, which would likely be re-established if such a process of demalgamation occurred. The author also makes it sound like these territories are identical to the kind of surburbs found in Oakville, which as we all know is complete bull. There are many high rise apartment buildings mixed in with retail along arterial avenues, along with a high concentration of new immigrants. Because of this, some of the TTC's busiest routes are found in the inner suburbs - with many routes facing overcrowding despite extremely high service frequencies.
Finally, the inner suburbs are NOT exclusively conservative! For much of the last 20 years they have been a Liberal stronghold. Even in the last federal election when the Conservatives managed a few seats in the inner suburbs, other inner suburbs actually voted NDP.
Is there an argument to break up the municipality? Yes, but making about those sprawl loving suburbanites is just as bad as making it about those latte loving downtowners.
While agree with the premise of this argument, I am getting sick and tired of the myths which are used to back it up.
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A good read about the Ford Circus.
Rob Ford’s insatiable appetite for destruction
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/rob-fords-appetite-for-destruction/
City Councillors are finally stepping away from the sidelines and directly into this matter as they should. It's being circulated around council the idea of a motion calling for a public and transparent inquiry into Rob Ford's office. His hiring practices, his hidden schedule, and why he fired his chief of staff. The pressure will be on. What exactly does David Price do at his office collecting six figures? How was his staff chosen (coincidentally most of them are football related)? There is likely a super majority of Councillors who will support this so I don't see it having any problem sailing through council.
The biggest nonsense that I read in this article (by a Vancouver based writer?) is the assertion that the Ford scandal is somehow bad for Toronto's "image" and that it will hurt our tourist industry. If anything just the opposite is true! As the old adage goes "there's no such thing as bad publicity". Rob Ford is putting Toronto on the world map in a way that no other Mayor has done before him. Very few people outside of Canada know who our Prime Minister is but if this video gets out everyone the world over is going to know that Rob Ford is the Mayor of Toronto! Anything that gets people in other countries thinking about Toronto can only be good for tourism. I am sure some are probably thinking that Toronto doesn't look so boring after-all and might be worth checking out!
[h=2]How the Rob Ford crack scandal could save Toronto[/h]
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/comm...ob_ford_crack_scandal_could_save_toronto.html
What would really be bad for Toronto is being the city that re-elected the crack smoking mayor, or the city that cannot get rid of it's crackhead mayor. There's an embarrassment.
Totally agree.. nothing worse for a city than being seen as boring and being unknown. I doubt anyone would say I'd rather not visit a city because its mayor smokes crack.
LOL! Touché.No--but this comment does: