There is a difference between Rob Ford and Larry O'BrienPosted on Jul 27, 2011Ottawa Citizen (blog) - David Reevely - 27 Jul, 2011From Ottawa, watching Toronto grapple with a brand-new mayor from the hard right with a streak of gleeful ignorance and a downright eagerness to engage in a culture war has been a bit grim. Toronto's Rob Ford is plainly reminiscent of our Larry O'Brien ... |
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Flipped finger a 'misunderstanding,' Toronto mayor saysGlobe and Mail - Siri Agrell - 27 Jul, 2011On Tuesday, the mayor took to social media to rebut a claim that he gave a woman and her young daughter the finger while talking on the phone in his car. Just after 2:30 pm, a message posted on the mayor's Twitter feed, @TOMayorFord, and his Facebook ... |
Rob Ford: Alleged rude gesture a 'misunderstanding'Toronto Star - Alyshah Hasham - 27 Jul, 2011Mayor Rob Ford offered cryptic responses Tuesday to allegations that he gave the finger to a woman who told him to stop talking on his cellphone while driving. “There has been a story published that while I was on the phone I made a rude gesture to a ... |
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Ford calls alleged middle-finger incident with motorist a 'misunderstanding'National Post (blog) - Peter J. Thompson - 27 Jul, 2011Mayor Rob Ford says an accusation that he gave a mother and her six-year-old daughter the middle finger while driving is “not accurate” and laments that such a “misunderstanding” occurred. Mayor Ford posted his response to his Facebook page Friday ... |
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Ford accused of one-finger salute to mom, girlToronto Sun - Don Peat - 27 Jul, 2011Did Mayor Rob Ford give the middle finger to a Toronto artist who gave him the thumbs down? Ottilie Mason claims her and her six-year-old daughter got the very un-mayoral gesture Friday night after they pulled up beside ... |
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Ford's hardball on traffic light has centrist seeing redToronto Star - 27 Jul, 2011Mayor Rob Ford may need to woo council's six centrist swing voters if he is going to win the looming budget battle. So he puzzled many councillors two weeks ago when he made a calculated decision to alienate one of the centrists " over, of all things, ... |
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Rob Ford accused of giving mother and daughter the fingerToronto Star - Tannis Toohey - Jul 25, 2011Mayor Rob Ford leaves a TV interview in his beige minivan on Friday. A woman says she later saw him driving the vehicle and speaking on his cellphone. Rob Ford is getting a thumbs-down on social media after a Facebook post described an unexpected ... |
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Ontario Liberals pin hopes on Rob Ford fumblesToronto Star - Vince Talotta - Jul 25, 2011With Rob Ford poised to make controversial cuts to city services, sources say Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberals are planning to link the mayor with Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak. Ontario Liberals hope to capitalize on Toronto Mayor Rob ... |
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Sign fees waived for mayorToronto Star - Jul 25, 2011The $25 fee the city charges for removing illegal election signs has been waived in the case of Mayor Rob Ford. The Ford campaign was presented with a tab for $13362.25 after 483 signs were found in improper locations during last fall's municipal ... |
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City officials waived fines related to Ford's election campaignGlobe and Mail - John Lorinc - Jul 24, 2011City of Toronto officials earlier this spring quietly waived a $13362.25 fine levied against Mayor Rob Ford for 483 infractions of the bylaw governing the placement of election signs, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail through an ... |
Spinning private interestStraight Goods - Ish Theilheimer - 27 Jul, 2011A sign of how sensitive are these political times is the angry controversy that has erupted in cities across Canada about bike lanes. Toronto's populist mayor Rob Ford got elected spouting vicious anti-bike rhetoric, claiming that he ... |
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Twin Freaks.Toronto Star Blogs (blog) - 27 Jul, 2011Much as we could use a boost in tourism, being morally straight now requires us to dissuade would-be visitors to Toronto. At least for now, until our double-headed mayoralty, the Twin Freaks of Doug and Rob Ford, slide or stumble into the dustbin of ... |
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Ford says story about him giving the finger is a 'misunderstanding'CP24, Canada - 27 Jul, 2011Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to CP24's Stephen LeDrew during a live interview at CP24 on Friday, July 22, 2011. (CP24/Darren Goldstein) Mayor Rob Ford has responded to a published story Tuesday accusing him of giving the finger to an adjacent driver ... |
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Rob Ford allegedly flips a mother and daughter the finger; the Star confirms ...Toronto Life (blog) - 27 Jul, 2011Here's one for the journalism classes in this city: a Facebook post alleges that, while driving in Toronto, a woman and her child saw Mayor Rob Ford talking on his cellphone. When they gave him the thumbs-down for violating regulations of the Ontario ... |
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Mayor denies making rude gesture to driverinsideTORONTO.com - 27 Jul, 2011A spokesperson for Mayor Rob Ford has admitted that the mayor was on his trademark cellular telephone while driving last week - but denied reports on Facebook that he then showed the middle finger to a Toronto woman and her six-year-old daughter when ... |
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Ford places hold on traffic light votes, proving again that yes, there really ...Toronto Life - 27 Jul, 2011The latest example of the increasingly partisan nature of city hall"literally, the division of city council into separate organized factions we could shorthand as “parties”"comes from the Toronto Star. Apparently Mayor Rob Ford has been using his power ... |
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Mayor Calls Alleged Rude Gesture A 'Misunderstanding'Newstalk 1010 - 27 Jul, 2011Amid allegations that the mayor gave a mother the finger after motioned for him to stop talking on the phone while driving, Rob Ford is setting the story straight. Via postings on Facebook and Twitter, Ford called the allegations "not accurate. ... |
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford accused of flipping the bird at mom, daughterYahoo! News Canada (blog) - Jordan Chittley - 27 Jul, 2011By Jordan Chittley | Daily Brew " 12 hours ago Showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford how you feel about the job he is doing may not get you a favourable response. Ottilie Mason was driving with her daughter when they pulled alongside Ford ... |
Ford Accused of Flipping Woman the BirdNewstalk 1010 - Suzette Francis - 27 Jul, 2011Is the mayor of Toronto driving around town, breaking law by talking directly on his cellphone? That's the question after allegations from Ottilie Mason, and reportedly corroborated by another adult in the car with Mason. Mason says they were at the ... |
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Mayor accused of obscene gestureBizjournals.com (blog) - Jul 26, 2011The mayor of Toronto has been accused of giving the finger to a woman and her six-year-old daughter in traffic. The Toronto Star reports that Ottilie Mason pulled up next to a beige minivan Friday night. The man in the minivan was talking on his phone, ... |
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Toronto at a Crossroads: Will Ford's Austerity Agenda Be Derailed?New Socialist Group - Jackie Esmonde - Jul 25, 2011On June 20, 2011, Mayor Rob Ford and his allies on Toronto City Council Executive Committee turned down free money. The Ontario government had offered $170 000 to cover the cost of hiring two public health nurses. ... |
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Mayor Rob Ford accused of giving mother and daughter the fingerDigitalJournal.com - Kj Mullins - Jul 25, 2011Toronto - A Toronto resident is alleging on Facebook that Mayor Rob Ford gave her and her daughter the 'finger' while he was talking on his cell phone Friday night. According to Ottilie Mason's account the incident took place July 22 ... |
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Torontonians Smash Ford's Anti-Tax AgendaThe Dominion - Jul 25, 2011by Enid Godtree TORONTO"The results of a public consultation with Torontonians released in mid-July has dealt a blow to Mayor Rob Ford's agenda. The Core Service Review - Public Consultation released by the City shows that public opinion of the City's ... |
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Fine against mayor waivedNewstalk 1010 - Justine Lewkowicz - Jul 24, 2011Mayor Rob Ford does not have to pay more than $13000 dollars in election sign infractions. The Globe and Mail reports that city officials have waived the fine levied against the mayor for 483 infractions of the bylaw governing the placement of election ... |
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Toronto mayor accused of one-finger saluteCANOE - Don Peat - 27 Jul, 2011TORONTO " Did Mayor Rob Ford give the middle finger to a Toronto artist who gave him the thumbs down? Ottilie Mason claims she was driving with her six-year-old daughter in the car when they got the very un-mayoral gesture ... |
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Rob Ford denies giving mom the fingerCityNews - 27 Jul, 2011Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to the Canadian Club of Toronto on Thursday March 3, 2011, in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Mayor Rob Ford is denying that he gave a woman and her child the finger when they told him to stop talking on his ... |
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Mayor Ford denies giving fellow driver one-finger saluteMetroNews Canada - 27 Jul, 2011TORONTO - Toronto's mayor is denying he gave a woman the finger after she gestured at him and told him not to use a cellphone while driving. Rob Ford says the allegation is not “accurate” and the whole thing is a “misunderstanding. ... |
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Morning Brew: Ford spared election sign fine, Roncesvalles residents finally ...blogTO (blog) - Brianne Hogan - Jul 25, 2011If it seemed Rob Ford signs were everywhere during last year's election campaign, that's because they were. From pedicabs to the mayor's former city councillor office. And there was a problem with that. According to documents obtained by the Globe and ... |
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