Klander Insults Chow on Blog, then Resigns

What I just can't get my head around is what kind of a nard you'd have to be to post material like this on a blog (with your name on it, no less) in the first place. I mean I realize that most of the general public might be a bit less tech-savvy than the rest of us, but surely someone with a professional interest in his public face would have some understanding that this material would come back to haunt him?

The guy obviously thinks of himself as a genius (comic or otherwise). He thinks putting his "ideas" on a blog is a service to mankind. If you read the cached version of the blog you'll get the full effect of a guy with his head completely up his ass.

Olivia Chow has been devoted to certain segments of the Trinity Spadina riding, i.e., those segments which support her personal political convictions. Look no further than her somewhat baffling backing of the poor blighted individuals who bought condos in the entertainment district, then complained that said entertainment was too loud. But this is her slogan - getting results for people - forgetting entirely that "people" are small business owners, shareholders and members of the community, too.

A vote for Olivia is a vote for this same sort of issue-by-issue provincialism, without any consideration of the larger interests at stake.

Agreed, the Klander quote is dispicable. Sorry for hijacking the post to make my point, but I feel strongly that Chow's representation of the riding would be disasterous, and I couldn't let the endorsement above stand without comment.

I dealt with Ms. Chow when I was part of the ill-fated (and ill-advised) "Save The Elmo" campaign. I found her to be nice, but ultimately self-serving, promises-a-lot-and-delivers-nothing, and mainly looking for any opportunity for a photo or byline op.

Hey, I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Trinitybabe, I don't know how you can say Chow's support of condo owners is inexplicable. Residents vote in elections, not businesses. Residents are the ones who put food on her plate and gas in her car (or is it pedals on her bike?).

Michael:

Businesses are not elephants or children. They are run by people who vote.

As for food/plate and pedals/bike, do you have any idea how much municipal tax a small business pays?

You are missing the point, this is not about Ms. Chow, but freedom of speech. Any university in North America has much more biting satirical comments and comparisons available for public display. The Liberals can fire whomever they wish, it's their party, but if a Liberal party member wants to look like an ass, let him! For Mr. Layton to immediately pull out the racist ticket is to demean racism to a knee jerk insult. It is used so commonly now as a free speech inhibitor that it virtually has no meaning. This is an example of created insult - we are all taking ourselves a little sanctimoniously and trying to be more competitively insulted than the next "inappropriate and racist" prattler.

Trinitybabe, I hear ya, but the fact is that electoral system does not favour business. Sure they are run by people, but they are run by people who don't necessarily live in the riding. So even if she did great things for businesses, the owners might not even be able to vote for her even if they wanted to. My comment wasn't trying to be anti-business, it was more of a "follow-the-money" type comment.

I think i meant Ward instead of riding in the above comment.

Sorry for the third post, but let's also not kid ourselves into thinking that because business pays a lot of municipal tax, that Olivia Chow, or any other counicillor will care come election time if being anti- business will get votes. No matter how unreasonable or illogical that stance would seem to you or me.