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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 19, 2012 18:14:18 GMT -5
A thread for news stories and stuff that don't deserve their own thread --- The Mayor of Toronto is visiting Chicago. I haven't lived in TO in a long time so I didn't get to vote for this guy but he's constantly in the news for all the wrong reasons. The media there, in particular the Toronto Star, assail him every chance they get. They're following him around Chicago right now ready to pounce on any little screw-up he'll have, and there should be at least one a day LOL. Anyway, here's the pic they ran of the Mayor, Rob Ford, and his brother ... Some crazy moments from the Mayor of Toronto ... www.torontosun.com/2012/09/18/mayor-rob-ford-and-team-toronto-take-chicagoKicked out of a Toronto Maple Leafs game in 2006 when he was still a city councillor. He wasn't yelling at the refs or the other teams players, he was yelling at other fans lol. A loose cannon for many years, and he's elected Mayor in 2010, and now he's in Chicago. For the love of God take cover. ;D
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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 21, 2012 19:43:29 GMT -5
The Mayor is back in TO. Looks like his only gaffe was a geography goof. A girl says to him she was in Canada once, across from Detroit (Which would be Windsor, Ontario). Da Mayor Rob says, "Oh, you were in Manitoba." Heh, funny guy. But hey, he had a photo-op at Midway airport. Mayor Rob Ford poses with a sculpture of the Blues Brothers at Chicago’s Midway airport in a photo posted to Twitter Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, by Kia Nejatian, Ford’s executive assistant.
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Post by tk826 on Sept 21, 2012 20:52:26 GMT -5
I was reading up on that guy. He seems like someone who stumbled out of a sports bar late one night, after watching the Maple Leafs, and tripped and fell into the mayor's chair.
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Post by legendaryacura8 on Sept 21, 2012 22:14:16 GMT -5
I honestly don't know much of anything about Canadian politics, but is he at least doing a good job as mayor? One thing I can't stand is when someone does a good job, then says something stupid and all of the sudden he's painted as an evil person because he likes to enjoy a few beers after work. I understand he's a Mayor 24/7, but if he's doing a good job, work hard, play hard!
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Post by tk826 on Sept 21, 2012 22:36:02 GMT -5
Even though he does seem a bit buffoon-ish, I'd say if that is the worst Toronto has to worry about, they should consider themselves lucky.
I did catch a blurb about him using city vehicles (and possibly public funds), for his personal use, but didn't get that far into it.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Nov 26, 2012 16:08:14 GMT -5
I did catch a blurb about him using city vehicles (and possibly public funds) A conflict of interest has indeed screwed him and he's been removed from office ... "Ford had been accused of violating council’s conflict guidelines after he spoke to and voted on whether to accept an integrity commissioner’s report critical of how he raised funds for his football charity last February.
In his ruling, Hackland said he found that not only was Ford told by then-council speaker Sandra Bussin he was in a conflict over the matter about to be discussed, he should have known what that meant since he had previously avoided speaking to an issue he had a conflict on before."m.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-removed-from-office/article5661417/?service=mobile
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Post by Steam McQueen on May 31, 2013 15:38:17 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jun 1, 2013 2:02:49 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jan 26, 2016 20:47:28 GMT -5
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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 7, 2016 19:09:35 GMT -5
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Post by 58hemifury on Sept 7, 2016 20:33:23 GMT -5
Assholes
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Sept 8, 2016 13:45:02 GMT -5
I've seen those statues many times...Dunellon is about 40 miles from where I live.
The motel is not in a very 'genteel' neighborhood, to put it nicely.
Yeah....assholes.
Rob
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Post by AZBlues on Sept 9, 2016 13:56:59 GMT -5
I hate Florida Nazis.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Oct 31, 2016 14:57:48 GMT -5
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Nov 10, 2016 14:49:01 GMT -5
Now, that's awesome. ;D
Rob
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