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Ford cuts his own staff, then suffers the consequences « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Ford cuts his own staff, then suffers the consequences. The Toronto Star’s Robyn Doolittle:. By his own frugal doing, Ford’s office is short-staffed. Since his victory last October, they’ve struggled to establish an overarching communications strategy and a post-campaign narrative. The Ford brand is murky at the exact moment it’s needed most: selling unpopular cuts to a public that doesn’t want to take its medicine. Via Toronto News: Has Rob Ford lost his grip?
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Mdash; Comments Off on Ford For Toronto: now at metronews.ca. Ford For Toronto: now at metronews.ca. As of today, all new content for Ford For Toronto can be found at the brand new metronews.ca. What does this mean for you, the reader? If you’ve liked what I’ve done over the past year, it’s good news – Ford For Toronto will keep rolling as it always has. If you’ve hated what I’ve done – well, then, at least now you...Thanks, as always, for reading. I was almos...
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Tunnel Vision: four reasons we can’t have the subways Rob Ford wants « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Tunnel Vision: four reasons we can’t have the subways Rob Ford wants. At this point it’s become a relentless drumbeat: Rob Ford wants subways. He wants them so much he’s prepared to spend the next two years. Campaigning for reelection on the promise of subways for Scarborough — and, if there’s time, maybe for Etobicoke too. Underground trains have become a live-or-die priority for his administration. And then released by Steve Munro. And yet the report — so...
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Playing the long-game: can Rob Ford win reelection in 2014? « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Playing the long-game: can Rob Ford win reelection in 2014? The Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee:. The mayor, never very engaged in the first place, shows signs of checking out. Always more comfortable campaigning from the outside than running the city from within, he is shifting into campaign mode. Via Messy political fighting plunges City Hall into chaos – The Globe and Mail. Council’s newfound habit of overruling the mayor. Do, if not for those meddling socialists&...
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The week that was: Ford loses major transit vote as Sheppard gets LRT « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. The week that was: Ford loses major transit vote as Sheppard gets LRT. While I was out:. Rob Ford experienced yet another spectacular defeat on the floor of council. Here’s how it happened. March 18, 2012. Rob Ford devotes much of the time on his crazy boring radio show toward the transit discussion. As recapped by OpenFile Toronto’s David Hains. March 19, 2012. His opinion that the mayor must support new tolls and taxes if he wants to see a subway extension on S...
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End of the Urban Affairs « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. End of the Urban Affairs. I meant to post this when it went live on Friday, but I got distracted by spreadsheets and such. At Torontoist, Steve Kupferman does a killer job telling the sad story of the Urban Affairs Library:. Via How the Urban Affairs Library Got Shut Down – Torontoist. This entry was posted on Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 10:18 pm and is filed under link. You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Written by Matt Elliott.
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Rob Ford can’t win Sheppard vote without a realistic plan « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Rob Ford can’t win Sheppard vote without a realistic plan. Likely votes for the March 21 Sheppard transit vote. Target indicates a swing vote councillor that is being pressured by both sides. Rob Ford is probably going to lose again at council next week. The item council will be considering – an expert panel’s recommendation on transit options for Sheppard Avenue – doesn’t leave much room for ambiguity. The panel’s report. Yesterday that he just wanted to get ...
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FAQ: Should we build a Sheppard Subway extension? « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. FAQ: Should we build a Sheppard Subway extension? Building any of the proposed Transit City routes as heavy rail subway would mean significant unused capacity. Click for bigger. So let’s simplify. Straightforward answers to straightforward questions. Should we build an extension of the Sheppard Subway? No The ridership just doesn’t exist in that corridor to justify full-scale subway construction. The existing Sheppard Subway would need to be at least th...I heard...
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Ford in decline: populist mayor is unpopular « Ford For Toronto
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A Broken City, A New Mayor, Crazy Antics. Ford 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 performance on the job. The figure represents an 11 per cent jump in the past six months, and double the number from last March, when only 17 per cent of Torontonians voiced their strong disapproval of the mayor. Even whe...
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