GhostofPotvin29
New member
TML fan said:
From what she said, she rolled down her window and gave the thumbs down or something, the car/van drove away, and she saw the RobFord license plate and that's when she thought it was Rob Ford.
FWIW.
Mayor Ford gives driver the er, ah.... finger!
- Thread starter hockeyfan1
- Start date
From what she said, she rolled down her window and gave the thumbs down or something, the car/van drove away, and she saw the RobFord license plate and that's when she thought it was Rob Ford.
FWIW.
bustaheims
Active member
TML fan said:
I don't agree. I have no problem with people calling out elected officials when it comes to violating the law - especially laws that have been implemented with the purpose of increase the safety of the public.
Busta Reims said:
Yeah but it would be like calling him out for jay-walking. His vehicle also wasn't in motion and if it was she would be just as guilty of being unsafe as he was. I highly doubt she didn't know it was Ford.
Ford was wrong, no doubt. I just think that if she did it on principle like she claims, she wouldn't be trying to discredit him now in the media.
GhostofPotvin29
New member
TML fan said:
I think it's fairly safe to say she is calling him out for giving her the finger instead of just either (a) getting off the phone, or (b) apologising.
He's an elected official in a very public role - he should be accountable if he does stuff like this.
Again, I get irritated by people who get all morally superior around elected officials for something that they would (IMO) otherwise ignore. I'm not excusing what Ford did because he is an elected official. I just think she got the response that the vast majority of the population would have given her, and that's why it irks me. I don't think she would have bothered if it were you or me.
hockeyfan1
New member
TML fan said:
That's because many people hold our elected officials accountable on a higher ground anyways.
GhostofPotvin29
New member
TML fan said:
I highly doubt the vast majority of the population would flip off a person for telling them not to talk on their phone while on the road, whether stopped at a light or not. Maybe you would, but I doubt most would.
GhostofPotvin29
New member
My high horse gets stuck in all the gravy. A tasty, tasty surprise.
L K
Active member
Can someone explain how on one hand the Ford-executive cite the election as a mandate but then dismiss people who bring concerns to council meeting because of re silent majority? I certainly understand that not everyone us going to show up to meeting to voice their concerns but I find it dismaying when the Major and Mamoliti just dismiss the people who come as unemployed as they font have "jobs".
chestyleroux
New member
BMan said:
*raises hand*
I pay > $2k in property taxes to the City for the privilege of living in the air. I don't even have a piece of land that I can call my "own".
Damian
New member
chestyleroux said:
I live in Brampton, and our late 60's 1800 sq/ft sidesplit costs us almost $4000 a year in taxes at a value of about $350k I know people in the Moore Park area that pay just shy of $3k. Their place is the same size as ours, a wartime, that was assessed at over $500k.... Toronto doesnt seem that bad to me now.
ps... I love TO
GhostofPotvin29
New member
L K said:
Unemployed elites.
hockeyfan1
New member
Before amalgamation, we lived in the former city of North York, now amalgamated as part of the city of Toronto. Everything was shining for "the city with a heart", as we had twice-weekly garbage pick-up, our city was kept 'pristine', the residents were proud of what was once called "civility", and our little mayor that could, his Worship Mel Lastman, was well liked and thought of fondly.
In the early days, when Toronto had Mayor David Crombie, another little mayor that could and did, the city had someone with a brain, and a council that actually worked quite well in accomplishing and setting out city agenda, with people such as Paul Godfrey alongside. Of course, those days were those days, when each mayor took care of their own jurisdiction -- city of East York, Scarborough, city of York, city of Etobicoke, etc.,etc.
To think that amalgamation has benefitted Toronto now as a whole, with one mayor and a council making decisions at City Hall, with not much input anymore from the other jurisdictions, as it used to be before, when it seemed that with all the different mayors and councillors representing the pre-amalgamated cities, everything somehow flowed very well. It comes to show you just how badly we fare today when decision-making, planning, vision, seem to have become devoid of any sense of proper sensibilites and priorities.
I love having lived in North York, and now Toronto,always my home, always will be. Call me a proud Torontonian!
In the early days, when Toronto had Mayor David Crombie, another little mayor that could and did, the city had someone with a brain, and a council that actually worked quite well in accomplishing and setting out city agenda, with people such as Paul Godfrey alongside. Of course, those days were those days, when each mayor took care of their own jurisdiction -- city of East York, Scarborough, city of York, city of Etobicoke, etc.,etc.
To think that amalgamation has benefitted Toronto now as a whole, with one mayor and a council making decisions at City Hall, with not much input anymore from the other jurisdictions, as it used to be before, when it seemed that with all the different mayors and councillors representing the pre-amalgamated cities, everything somehow flowed very well. It comes to show you just how badly we fare today when decision-making, planning, vision, seem to have become devoid of any sense of proper sensibilites and priorities.
I love having lived in North York, and now Toronto,always my home, always will be. Call me a proud Torontonian!
Sucker Punch
New member
Whether I'm in the wrong or not, the only people that get to critique my driving without getting flipped off are cops.
chestyleroux
New member
BMan said:
2k is for a 740 sq ft condo though, not a house.
Corn Flake
New member
Damian said:
I'm in the same boat property tax-wise in the 'burbs. Toronto property taxes are really, really low relative to the surrounding cities.
Weren't property taxes raised quite a bit in Toronto a few years ago and everyone almost went ballistic?
Its too bad Ford promised no new taxes - I think Toronto needs someone as brash as him to have the stones to raise them up to be comparable with cities around them, and talks of cutting libraries and such wouldn't be happening at all.
Rob Ford's license plate is 'ROBFORD'?
bustaheims
Active member
CarltonTheBear said:
Does that really surprise you?
