Here I go again on my own: three stories about Rob Ford
Original photo by Craig Robinson / Toronto Sun. To end the week, three stories about Rob Ford. December 15: In the midst of major budget meetings, Rob Ford finds himself standing in a backyard in...
View ArticleFord in decline: populist mayor is unpopular
The Toronto Star’s Wendy Gillis: Research and communications firm Stratcom polled 1,300 Torontonians on Thursday and Friday and found that 35 per cent of city residents “strongly disapprove” of Ford’s...
View ArticleRob Ford’s Sheppard Subway plan: days late, a billion dollars short
After a year of waiting, we finally have our hands on former councillor Gordon Chong’s Sheppard Subway report. This is the document that was supposed to open the door to cheap and extensive subway...
View ArticleMemo to the suburbs: pro-subway mayor wanted to cut your bus routes
Buried in a worth-your-time profile of Karen Stintz, the Toronto Star’s Jennifer Yang reports this gem, from former Ford Chief of Staff Nick Kouvalis: Kouvalis said the first crack between Stintz and...
View ArticleShocker: budget cuts can negatively impact services
Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, member of Rob Ford’s executive committee and the city budget committee, in her December 2011 newsletter to constituents: Taxpayers want City Hall to reduce expenses...
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