Rob Ford Watch
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has fired his chief of staff, Mark Towhey. No reason has been given. He was relieved of his duties and escorted from the premises by security this afternoon. Meanwhile, it's been an entire week since three reporters from two different publications revealed what they witnessed in
Over the past few days there's been tons of traffic from Gawker, Reddit, Twitter and elsewhere to this comment left by Rinse on March 26. Here's everything I know about it... First, here's what Rinse wrote at 9:09pm that March 26 night in response to allegations Rob Ford has
This entry will contain no editorializing. I'm merely going to report facts. Gawker just wrote about a video of Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. John Cook, the author, has seen the video, supposedly taken within the past six months. Here is what the video shows: Rob Ford, the mayor of
You've likely heard the news that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has hired his old football coach as Director of Operations and Logistics. Dave Price was Ford’s high school football coach back when he was a student at Scarlett Heights. Now, Dave Price is Director of Operations and Logistics, and
Kevin Donovan is an investigative reporter at the Toronto Star. He has won three Canadian Association of Journalists Awards, one Michener Award and three National Newspaper Awards and you might know him as the guy who broke the ORNGE story. Kevin Donovan co-wrote the Star story that Rob Ford was
As a proud Torontonian, I've had to endure several Rob Ford scandals since he was elected to city council. Here's a list of Rob Ford controversies if you require a refresher. Of all the Rob Ford controversies, the one that's disturbed me the most is this latest one involving Sarah
An Ontario judge has ruled that Rob Ford violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and will be removed from office. Ontario Superior Court Justice Charles T. Hackland said in a ruling released Monday that Ford violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act when he spoke and participated in a
There are a few things I have no patience for any more. Some of these are news stories that are all over the place, but I just can't get into it. I can't even fake an interest for you guys. Rob Ford's Conflict of Interest The Globe and Mail (hopefully
I've had a few emails asking me when I'm going to write about the incident at Rob Ford's house yesterday evening. Here's Daniel Dale's account of what happened, if you're a bit behind. The fact is, I don't want to write about this. This story annoys the shit out of
Rob Ford sure loves subways subways subways subways subways subways subways subways subways subways.
The headline of today's Toronto Sun is "THAT KINDA DAY", but it's the picture of Rob Ford that makes it sing. Kinda funny, if you ask me. [via Newseum]
This isn't a political blog. If it was, I'd have been writing all about the firing of Gary Webster and the new Rob and Doug Ford radio show, but there's more to life than Rob Ford. But I would like to bring attention to an article former Toronto Mayor Art
I've mentioned I have a Toronto City Hall informant. I call him / her Cardinal. Cardinal just sent me an email following the city's deal reached with CUPE local 416 to avert a strike. Here's Cardinal's email, in its entirety. just so you and your blog followers know.... ford claims that
It's all about subways. Just ask our mayor Rob Ford. From the National Post: The power struggle over what transit to build in Toronto continues at City Hall, with Mayor Rob Ford telling reporters, at his weekly weigh-in: “It’s all about subways.” An excerpt of the scrum follows.Reporter:
Here's a little clip of TTC Commissioner Maria Augimeri riding the Finch bus. It's important public servants eat their own dog food to understand what regular folks have to put up with every day. I'd like to see Rob Ford get himself from Etobicoke to City Hall via the TTC.
I have one more photoshopped Rob Ford football kick that I'd like to share. This was emailed to me by Patrick Corrigan, editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Star. I agree with Torstar chairman John Honderich when he says the blatant attempt by the mayor to block the flow of public
Prior to the Metro Bowl at the stadium formerly known as Skydome, Rob Ford kicked things off... literally. Here's the picture from the Toronto Star. Over on Reddit, the redditors had some fun photoshopping Rob Ford all over the place. It sort of became a thing, so I thought I'd
This could be big... I have my very own Toronto City Hall informant. I've met this source and can vouch for his / her authenticity. I call him / her Cardinal. Cardinal will report to me periodically regarding his / her observations at City Hall, particularly with regards to Rob Ford. Here's the
It's been exactly one year since Rob Ford rode the suburban vote to victory here in Toronto. One year into his term, I want to hear from both the Ford supporters of one year ago and the Ford detractors To the supporters: is Rob Ford everything you hoped he'd be?
This guy's name is Dan Speerin and he put together a little collection of what he perceives to be Rob Ford's top five WTF moments. I think he's missing a lot. Post your favourite WTF moments from Rob Ford in the comments!
Our classless, short-sighted, pathetic excuse for a mayor Rob Ford has my blood boiling and gut busting again. Actually, it's not Rob Ford this time, it's his big brother Councillor Doug Ford, although I half suspect they're the same person. Dougie has a vision for our eastern waterfront, and he
I don't remember a figure in Toronto politics as divisive as Rob Ford. It seems you either love him or you hate him. Find me someone indifferent to Rob Ford... I dare ya. Not to paint the Ford brothers with the same brush, but what the hell. I'll do that
[via Marc Weisblott's Google+]
It's shit like this, Rob Ford. Mayor Rob Ford opposed every one of Toronto’s community grants programs at a council meeting Tuesday.The city's grants allocations for 2011 were about to sail through council without a discussion or vote when Ford rose to say he wanted to be recorded
I gave Rob Ford the benefit of the doubt all week. Surely he'd come to his senses, follow the avalanche of good advice he received from Toronto mayors past, and march in today's Pride Parade. He didn't. Mayor Rob Ford successfully boycotted Pride Week, avoiding all 10 days of events.
