http://www.torontolife.com/informer...ainst-rob-ford-and-suffered-the-consequences/
I know this isn’t news anymore, but it’s been bothering me since it was.
I also realize that this is politics, so some of Munira’s story may have dramatic elements, however in general I think it's a pretty sad post-election state of affairs in Rob Ford's Toronto.
I thought the racist graffiti on the signs was pretty bad, but this taking down and putting back up of signs a step down from that. One drunk person with a permanent marker can deface a newsworthy number of signs, but this much effort is the work of more than one person, with some form of organization required. It’s one thing to defeat a low-income candidate. It’s another to try to bankrupt them altogether.
Did Rob Ford order this? He didn’t have to. Can Ford Nation claim responsibility for this “unseen force� Or does it get attributed to FN in any case?
One of the TrawnaLife reader posts popped out (pinky 8888) about glorious Rexdale:
“It wasn't just Munira who had signs removed and reposted. During the muni election, I volunteered with Andray Domise who also ran in Ward 2. We had signs taken down in the hundreds and posted in illegal areas day after day after day. We found signs for Munira, Andray, Chow and Tory pulled up and tossed pver a fence into waste ground. We took photos every time and sent them in to the city. Yes there is always a certain amount of this, but in
Ward 2 last fall it was epidemic. You have to wonder whose tiny minds were behin it.â€