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Morning Brew: The mayor defends his subway vision, Doug Ford refuses to apologize, new multi-use trails in the works, and Wiarton Willie says early spring
Rob Ford defended his vision for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT at an outdoor press conference yesterday at — where else? — Eglinton and Victoria Park. Ford said he "campaigned on building subways and I stand behind that commitment 100 per cent, because it is the right thing to do." Probably the best part of the impromptu press conference was Ford's reference to the gridlocked street behind him as traffic passed by with little impediment (see below).
Doug Ford's response to the city's integrity commissioner's recent findings? "Horseshit." Integrity commissioner, Janet Leiper, accused Ford of violating council's code of conduct after Fair Elections Toronto spokesperson Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler issued a complaint that Ford threatened him at a July council meeting. Apparently Ford sent a written apology afterwards that Leiper says doesn't count because Ford wasn't really apologizing for anything. Don't you hate those apologies? "I'm sorry that you're upset..."
City staff were tracking Toronto's existing major multi-use trail network last summer in hopes of seeking out new trail connections. Now they've got a draft proposal of the new network, which they're soliciting public feedback on this coming Monday.
Urban Toronto has a first look at what will be the new home of the Globe and Mail at Front and Spadina, and it looks pretty snazzy. What do you think of the rendering?
BREAKING NEWS! Wiarton Willie, Ontario's favourite groundhog, failed to see his shadow this morning. So early spring, right? Not if Punxsutawney Phil has anything to say about it. We bring you all the news that's fit to print here, folks.
IN BRIEF:
- Leafs beat Penguins
- Bake-off smackdown in City Hall
- Kensington's European Quality Meats is on the sale block
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In other news can we talk about the fact that more proof has come available that the toronto sun is a conservative party puppet?
I'm unsure which is worse by the way...
Jay: You lefty geeks wouldn't know good governance if it sat on you and whined like a fat boy who just had his lollipop taken by a muscular hippy.
Mark: That's right, Jay. These commie traitors probably eat organic food and exercise. They should be forced to go to the fat farm and hooked up to the intravenous lard injectors.
Jay: It's patriotic to be obese and stupid. There should be a law.
An Eglinton subway would be nice but we don't have the money for it, we don't even have the money for a buried LRT. A downtown relief line is much more needed than any other subway right now though. If we can scrape up enough money for any subway, it should be that.
Let's see if my scorecard is up to date:
- Mayor Blob's family tree is ripe with murderers and junkies. Check
- Mayor Blob tells media assembled on his lawn that he "can take care of myself" weeks after calling 911 like a little scared bitch because a big bad Princess Warrior had intruded into his lard induced morning stupor. Check
- Mayor Blob has basically been outed as an inveterate pathological liar after being caught out in numerous lies about several of his criminal forays. Check
I just don't think the current political climate in Canada calls for decorum in public discourse anymore. We're being governed by thieves, liars and warmongers who are beholden to Republican Party war criminals extraordinaire. The gloves are off.
My thoughts and modus operandi exactly.