Well, what can you do? Thrilling as the #Fordcourt ride was, we’re back to where we started. Ford Nation, such as it is, can enjoy its little victory lap. We can debate, at our leisure, whether conflict-of-interest proceedings and campaign-finance…
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With a nod to Ernesto. You will no doubt be reading already, or in a matter of hours, more on the City of Toronto’s deliberations regarding the 2013 budget. There will be more detail, more insight and more analysis than I can offer here, but there…
You guys keep working on this budget and preparing my appeal. I gotta jet. Sincerely, The Hardest Working Mayor of All Time.??? Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) December 10, 2012 Well, let’s see now: Conflict of interest, the stay of Judge Hackland’s ord…
Let’s be absolutely clear: Councillor Bailao is entitled to the presumption of innocence and to her day in court. I can’t really add much to Ed Keenan’s take at the Grid. It’s an admirable blend of compassion, principle, and good sense, and it’s a…
OK, Ford Nation (or whatever you want to call yourselves)? I may be a latte-drinking, Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging downtown elitist, but I don’t hate Rob Ford. I’m not keen on what he’s done to Toronto’s social fabric or the public conversati…
It’s no surprise that the Ford conflict-of-interest proceedings have our attention. Laughs, drama, embarrassment, and more #headdesk moments than you can shake an Escalade at — this has it all. And of course, it’s no surprise that it’s generating…
Two important and necessary takes from two of the smartest and most thoughtful observers in Toronto politics. Matt argues that while Rob Ford’s record doesn’t exactly look good on him, this conflict-of-interest kerfuffle shouldn’t trigger his remo…
It may be conventional, as we near the halfway point of Team Ford’s mandate, to expect a raft of think pieces, assessments, sententious analyses, and windy “Whither Toronto” wankfests. But enough about me. Regular visitors to this little corner wi…