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Morning Brew: Krista Ford says sorry for tweet, prompts viral open letter, "Pride" could be coming to Ford Fest, closing a thrift store, and the mayor meets his likeness
Krista Ford, councillor Doug Ford's daughter, Rob Ford's niece, says she's sorry for a tweet that instructed women to protect themselves from sexual assault by not dressing "like a whore." In response to the original tweet, 24-year-old Toronto comedian Alice Moran published an open letter to Ford and others on Facebook and Twitter, identifying herself as one of the victims in a spate of recent assaults in the Bloor and Christie area. Moran told The Star the viral letter was not meant to be a direct attack on Ford.
Rob Ford's annual "Ford Fest," a public barbecue held at the mayor's Etobicoke home, is back for another year. This time, a Facebook group plans to bring a "Pride parade" with them. "We don't want anyone to cause any trouble. We want to be respectful. This is his private property... we just want to show up as invited guests," organizer Lauren Ash told The Star. Ford promised hot dogs, hamburgers, beer, pop and pony rides for anyone that wants to drop by. Just don't go near that back fence.
BJ Antiques & Jewellery at Queen and Church is closing for good this Friday. The Globe and Mail has a look at what it takes to run a second-hand store in this day and age.
It might be next to impossible to get underground transit built in Toronto, but there isn't as many issues when the tunnel contains cables. Toronto Hydro and Hydro One are building a 2.4-kilometre, $115 million subterranean power corridor between Mount Pleasant Road and Yonge Street to prevent existing aging infrastructure causing outages.
Finally, you might remember the butter sculpture of Rob Ford on display at the CNE. Well, the mayor stopped by yesterday to check out his likeness and take his two children on a few rides. "It doesn't offend me whatsoever. I think it takes a real talent for somebody to spend six days carving that or sculpting," he said, before handing out a few magnets.
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Photo: "End of the Alley" by Lú_ in the blogTO Flickr pool.
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In The Star's interview with her, Alice Moran says, "It’s not a personal attack on her by any stretch," at one point and later says, "It’s not my intent to attack her or demonize her."
So, "not meant to be a direct attack" might be a better way to phrase it, instead of the completely opposite phrasing.
"Moran told The Star the viral letter was meant to be a direct attack on Ford."
Actually, no. She said the complete opposite. It was NOT meant to be an attack.
Seriously, the copy editing on this site never ceases to amaze.
And you know the food is going to be good, this is ford we are talking about here. He knows food!
I'm not sure Ford 'knows food' in terms of quality - we're talking about the guy who was invited to eat at Mandarin and had the mashed potatoes and roast beef.
I wish councillors weren't allowed to do blatant vote buying stuff like the bbq. I know it's probably a nice fun thing for the area, but when you market it to all your constituents and not just your local community then it is just another way for rich people to buy votes. Just another reason why politicians are generally terrible.
Your mom sounds like a swell lady.
As for people going to the Ford BBQ to protest, seriously?? That's about as childish as one could get. If any group or person shows up to protest a family event they will lose any respect from me. You can protest every day at City Hall. You can protest at Rob Ford's constituency office. You can protest and any City event Ford is at. But any protest at the BBQ will just show that this has more to do with agendas that are personal. Putting your own agenda above everyone else who may be attending the event.