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I think party politics - with a nomination or primary system of selecting good candidates - is probably a better option than deamalgamation. Would George Smitherman or Rob Ford be selected through party nominations? Could parties attract better candidates and prevent extreme serious candidates? I'm not advocating municipal parties, but it's less ridiculous than de-amalgamation.
At most, I could see de-amalgamation pretty much becoming not to much different from what we have now with community councils with more responsibilities over things like local parks and minor streets. Police, Fire, EMS, Transit, Major Roads, Major Parks, Planning (except perhaps local site planning), social services, housing, economic development, utilties, garbage collection, etc will all be left to the amalgamated city.
I hope they both end up behind bars.
They'll be fine though, I'm sure they'll be able to catch up on old times with the other inmates.
I think party politics - with a nomination or primary system of selecting good candidates - is probably a better option than deamalgamation. Would George Smitherman or Rob Ford be selected through party nominations? Could parties attract better candidates and prevent extreme serious candidates? I'm not advocating municipal parties, but it's less ridiculous than de-amalgamation.
Neither of the Fords are at City Hall yet. Doug is supposed be at budget committee, he's vice-chair. Maybe the two of them have caught a plane to Argentina, let's hope.
Barnett was one of the staffers who was with Ford during his drunken St. Patrick's Day party in his City Hall office back in 2012.
The night included Ford knocking Brooks off his feet in an apparent rage, jumping on his giant Cut the Waist challenge scale and stripping off his clothes, smashing his cellphone on the wall, crying uncontrollably and even throwing racial slurs and his business cards at a cab driver.
No, he has a huge drinking problem. I work downtown, for lawyers and others with regular interaction with City Hall, and it has been an open secret for years that Ford drinks on the job. He gets a mickey fairly early every day and drinks while on the job. As I said, this has been told to me by more than 1 lawyer, paralegal etc. He is a major alcoholic.
LULZ, sure it is because of Ford's 'misguided' subway vision that taxes are going up. Using Partisan scare tactics? Never knew I was living in Mid-West US. Where is Bachmann and Palin?
reader question: I have heard multiple rumours that a copy of the video is circulating among members of the press. True?
If by that you mean either the first or second video, no. But I hear there's yet a 3rd video. We're still tying hard to secure the first "smoking crack" video. The second once, mentioned by the police chief ? All we hear are rumours.
My sides hurt from laughing
Sounds like the video circulating amongst the press is a 3rd video. It's not before the courts, and sources say is being peddled to the Sun for money.