Hi, Guest
10-26-2010, 11:45 PM
Steve-o, I have piles of sympathy for you guys.
We had no chance up here, it was Al "I've failed everywhere else but municipal politics" MacDonald or two nobodies. I voted for one of the nobodies just to ensure I did my part against him.
In Toronto, you've now won a loudmouth, obnoxious mayor who has been a councillor for 10 years for a reason - he never had to be anything more. Slowly the Tory god complex crept into his brain until you get what you have now: a guy elected because he pinned the eHealth scandal on Smitherman, when it was Caplan's fault for that debacle.
Smitherman gave answers, Ford gave talking points. And therein lies the rub: I've always said the people of Toronto want a hamster in charge of the meat grinder, not a smart thinker. Miller totally fubar'ed the garbage situation. Sadly, Miller was seen as the thinking man's mayor (which couldn't be farther from the truth). So, they think they're getting a "nitty-gritty" mayor with Ford to counter Miller and the fact that Smitherman doesn't need to regurgitate his own sound bites en masse.
Hoo boy, did they ever get a "nitty gritty" mayor.
Just watch:
Some disclosure and cancelling of "non-essential" resources and programs.
Not much new taxation outright (i.e. property tax) but more pay-per-use services where they used to be free before.
An actual walling-up of City Hall and government services as Ford learns from his mentor, Stevie Harper.
No further strides in disclosure or progress. No breakthroughs on infrastructure (at least in the short term) as Ford begins to realize that he's just one vote and he's not really liked by quite a few councillors.
Good luck getting that reduction of councillors / wards pushed through.
We had no chance up here, it was Al "I've failed everywhere else but municipal politics" MacDonald or two nobodies. I voted for one of the nobodies just to ensure I did my part against him.
In Toronto, you've now won a loudmouth, obnoxious mayor who has been a councillor for 10 years for a reason - he never had to be anything more. Slowly the Tory god complex crept into his brain until you get what you have now: a guy elected because he pinned the eHealth scandal on Smitherman, when it was Caplan's fault for that debacle.
Smitherman gave answers, Ford gave talking points. And therein lies the rub: I've always said the people of Toronto want a hamster in charge of the meat grinder, not a smart thinker. Miller totally fubar'ed the garbage situation. Sadly, Miller was seen as the thinking man's mayor (which couldn't be farther from the truth). So, they think they're getting a "nitty-gritty" mayor with Ford to counter Miller and the fact that Smitherman doesn't need to regurgitate his own sound bites en masse.
Hoo boy, did they ever get a "nitty gritty" mayor.
Just watch:
Some disclosure and cancelling of "non-essential" resources and programs.
Not much new taxation outright (i.e. property tax) but more pay-per-use services where they used to be free before.
An actual walling-up of City Hall and government services as Ford learns from his mentor, Stevie Harper.
No further strides in disclosure or progress. No breakthroughs on infrastructure (at least in the short term) as Ford begins to realize that he's just one vote and he's not really liked by quite a few councillors.
Good luck getting that reduction of councillors / wards pushed through.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.