Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto UPDATES

[Boges]

Yet he wins his Subway vote. . . again.

Is seems this Sandra guy is a full-fledged drug dealer. Pretty shady stuff.

[Black Dog]

Yet he wins his Subway vote. . . again.

Is seems this Sandra guy is a full-fledged drug dealer. Pretty shady stuff.

A win handed to him by Stinz and Glenn De Baeremaeker. Hope those morons get turfed.

[cybercoma]

Oh man, this is terrible.

One of the men enlisted by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to coach his former high school football team has a history of committing violent crimes that was concealed from school administrators through the use of false identities.

Full story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rob-ford-recruited-man-with-history-of-violent-crime-to-coach-high-school-football/article14761928/#dashboard/follows/

What was Rob Ford thinking? He has a drug dealer for a driver and he recruits a violent criminal, hiding his past, to coach children. Damn.

[guyser]

What was Rob Ford thinking?

Huh?

Think and Ford in the same sentence is an oxymoron .

He doesnt, never has, probably never will. Not even sure if he can.

The noose tightens.

[jacee]

Huh?

Think and Ford in the same sentence is an oxymoron .

... and Ford 'thinks' you just called him a moron.

And football guy worked as an enforcer (debt collector/bone crusher) for Lisi.

Oh ya, and when some drugbuddy stole Ford's personal cell phone, Lisi 'bought' it back ... with pot.

And in tomorrow's episode ... who knows!

I tell ya folks ... ya just can't make this stuff up!

[Black Dog]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the big issue I have with all this stuff is that it takes attention away from what a genuinely terrible mayor he is.

[capricorn]

And in tomorrow's episode ... who knows!

I tell ya folks ... ya just can't make this stuff up!

The ultimate reality show.

[AlienB]

I think that's unlikely.

It matters to voters whether Ford smokes crack, but the cops are looking for the sellers, not the occasional buyers.

They followed Ford by air surveillance to find his dealer, not himself.

So far, it appears that they only found a weed dealer (Lisi), though it is perhaps noteworthy that a neighbour said Ford would come there about 4x a week. That's more like a crack schedule ("Just this once ...") than a weed schedule.

Sometimes it's disturbing to me, all that I've learned about crackheads from living downtown.

Isn't a mayor a peace officer though?

"Peace officer" includes

• (a) a mayor, warden, reeve, sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff’s officer, and justice of the peace,

• ( a member of the Correctional Service of Canada who is designated as a peace officer pursuant to Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, and a warden, deputy warden, instructor, keeper, jailer, guard and any other officer or permanent employee of a prison other than a penitentiary as defined in Part I of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act,

• © a police officer, police constable, bailiff, constable, or other person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace or for the service or execution of civil process,

• (d) an officer within the meaning of the Customs Act, the Excise Act or the Excise Act, 2001, or a person having the powers of such an officer, when performing any duty in the administration of any of those Acts,

• (d.1) an officer authorized under subsection 138(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,

• (e) a person designated as a fishery guardian under the Fisheries Act when performing any duties or functions under that Act and a person designated as a fishery officer under the Fisheries Act when performing any duties or functions under that Act or the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act,

• (f) the pilot in command of an aircraft
  • (i) registered in Canada under regulations made under the Aeronautics Act, or
  • (ii) leased without crew and operated by a person who is qualified under regulations made under the Aeronautics Act to be registered as owner of an aircraft registered in Canada under those regulations, while the aircraft is in flight, and

• (g) officers and non-commissioned members of the Canadian Forces who are
  • (i) appointed for the purposes of section 156 of the National Defence Act, (Military Police) or
  • (ii) employed on duties that the Governor in Council, in regulations made under the National Defence Act for the purposes of this paragraph, has prescribed to be of such a kind as to necessitate that the officers and non-commissioned members performing them have the powers of peace officers;

Edited October 12, 2013 by AlienB

[Boges]

So the guy that ratted Rob Ford out to The Star saying he was drunk at a Formal Ball only to later get his car impounded for blowing above 0.05 is all butthurt that Ford took out a robocall campaign telling his constituents he voted against SUBWAYS!, SUBWAYS!, SUBWAYS!

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/12/paul-ainslie-says-he-is-the-victim-of-a-rob-ford-robocall

Ainsley says he's being bullied. Hi-Lair-E-Ous!

Edited October 15, 2013 by Boges

[Black Dog]

So the guy that ratted Rob Ford out to The Star saying he was drunk at a Formal Ball only to later get his car impounded for blowing above 0.05 is all butthurt that Ford took out a robocall campaign telling his constituents he voted against SUBWAYS!, SUBWAYS!, SUBWAYS!

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/12/paul-ainslie-says-he-is-the-victim-of-a-rob-ford-robocall

Ainsley says he's being bullied. Hi-Lair-E-Ous!

What's your problem here? You don't think it's a little unusual for this kind of thing to take place? Who's paying for these calls?

[Boges]

I'm sure Ford paid for it.

He's just informing Ainslie's constituents what his voting record is, he wasn't telling any lies.

[Black Dog]

I'm sure Ford paid for it.

But do you know this for a fact?

He's just informing Ainslie's constituents what his voting record is, he wasn't telling any lies.

Riiiiight. No malice there, no sir.

[Black Dog]

Apparently the calls came from, INSIDE CITY HALL.

(Seriously, they came form a City Hall phone.)

[Boges]

But do you know this for a fact?

No but he doesn't use his office budget for anything so why would he use it for this

Riiiiight. No malice there, no sir.

Complete malice intended, politics is a blood sport. But calling it bullying is very fresh coming from the guy who outed Ford for being drunk at the Garrison Ball.

[Black Dog]

No but he doesn't use his office budget for anything so why would he use it for this

Complete malice intended, politics is a blood sport. But calling it bullying is very fresh coming from the guy who outed Ford for being drunk at the Garrison Ball.

Explain. Because unless it's just straight up revenge for that, I don't see the connection.

[Boges]

Explain. Because unless it's just straight up revenge for that, I don't see the connection.

It could potentially be revenge for that. A dish best served cold right?

More likely it's because he backed out of the Subway vote. And that's all the robocall says. He's the only Scarborough councillor that voted against the subway. It's truth, not bullying.

Edited October 15, 2013 by Boges

[Black Dog]

It could potentially be revenge for that. A dish best served cold right?

More likely it's because he backed out of the Subway vote. And that's all the robocall says. He's the only Scarborough councillor that voted against the subway. It's truth, not bullying.

Don't be silly. That's exactly what this is.

[Boges]

Don't be silly. That's exactly what this is.

Why should Ainslie be ashamed of his voting record?

Had Ainslie took out a robocall telling Etobicoke residents that Doug Ford voted for Subways, could Ford say he was being bullied?

Was ratting on Ford about being drunk in public bullying? Or was Sue-Ann Levy reporting on Ainslie's Quasi-DUI bullying?

Edited October 15, 2013 by Boges

[Black Dog]

Why should Ainslie be ashamed of his voting record?

Had Ainslie took out a robocall telling Etobicoke residents that Doug Ford voted for Subways, could Ford say he was being bullied?

You're being intentionally obtuse about a clear act of political score-settling on the part of the Fords. Ainslie stepped off the reservation and BroFo decided he must pay.

Was ratting on Ford about being drunk in public bullying?

How Councillors vote is a matter of public record. Being drunk in public, less so.

Edited October 15, 2013 by Black Dog

[Black Dog]

Press council: Ford “crack video” story passed three-part test for ‘responsible’ reporting

The Star’s story on a video that appeared to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack was an example of responsible journalism, the Ontario Press Council has ruled, dismissing a public complaint made against the paper and confirming its reporters followed rigorous ethical standards.

A three-judge panel decided the Star acted in the public interest, that Star reporters were thorough in attempting to verify the authenticity of the video, and that they gave Ford adequate opportunity to respond before the article was published.

Because it fulfilled these three conditions, the council ruled the story treated Ford fairly, balancing his rights to privacy against those of the public interest.

“We decided that the Star had met the requirements of good investigative journalism,” panel chair George Thomson told the Star. “There’s a standard for responsible communication in the public interest, and (the Star) had met that standard.”

[scribblet]

As the council said, the hearings were not intended to confirm the veracity of the allegations, only that the rules of journalism were properly followed. They said the process was clean, it remains up to the public to come to their own conclusions.

Well, I don’t see how totally anonymous drug users and pushers is totally credible and if the rules of journalism were properly followed then they need to upgrade their rules. I doubt that this will change the perception of anonymous sources, at least when all of the sources are anonymous and nefarious at that.

[Boges]

Ultimately it was a pointless exercise. If you can't confirm the accuracy of the report, how can you claim journalistic integrity was followed?

[guyser]

And the two above posts are mere dancing .

Funny thing though, both Ford brothers were allowed standing at this, and yet didnt bother to go give their side of it.

Must have been busy harvesting.

[Boges]

I couldn't care either way. This revelation means nothing though. The board apparently received a massive amounts of complaints due to the stories in question. I guess they had to do something.

[guyser]

This revelation means nothing though.

It means quite a bit for those who thought the Star et al were being mean to Hiz Honnor.

The board apparently received a massive amounts of complaints due to the stories in question. I guess they had to do something.

Geez boges....41 complaints ,6 in writing, the rest via phone. Aint massive now is it?

And knowing what Ford supporters would do ( I mean his staff) 33 of the phone in ones were probably his own staff