Morning Brew: Rob Ford wants fewer checks, admits he needs to smarten up, casino has huge towers, meet the TTC voices, a Queen West mural, and a bag ban video

It would be way more fun to have TTC P.A. announcements made by beloved Canadian celebrities.

Any suggestions? Will Arnett would be good for at least a few stations.

You have to remember that the integrity commission is a David Miller appointee. Janet has proven it through picking and chosing which cases she investigates. Its almost like she has her own political agenda.

You're just screaming at a wall. His base doesn't care about accountability, they complain of a left wing conspiracy whenever Ford finds his hands in the idiotic public representative cookie jar.

I guess, it's technically "Astroturf activism."

Miller got elected partly to clean up all the corruption after the MFP scandal. He's immediately replaced by an incredibly corrupt mayor who lies all the time and doesn't want anyone calling him out on his corruption. Conveniently, he wants to get rid of any oversight while the city is being aggressively lobbied by casino companies. This is just ridiculous. Are we seriously going to have another huge scandal this recently after MFP?

I forgot about the vast shadow empire that David Miller controls. Thanks for the reminder that his tentacles of influence are everywhere, even now years after he is no longer mayor and has lost all relevance.

I was so distracted by my tax dollars going into the salaries High School football assistant coaches that I totally lost sight of how powerful this conspiracy is.

Wait, I'm getting a newsflash here; The Hell's Angels also report that they believe The Police are bullying them, and the entire force is a waste of city resources! Miller strikes again...

you sound kind of stupid here steve. so just to be clear. she questions things like intimidating city advisors, using the city's letterhead to fundraise for personal projects and pushing to get his property prioritized because she is millers appointee and disagrees with fords politics?

Absolutely right - its always funny to me how conservative politicians usually run for office on the basis that they'll clean up the corruption at whatever level of government (i.e the Gracy Train) and they always promise more accountability and transparency. And then, whenever criticized for lack of transparency or accountability, instead of actually addressing the allegations they attack their "accusers" and scream about a left wing conspiracy. You want to understand this persecution complex they have? Just read a Sun columnist sometime - you'll see it clear as day. they're convinced that every single institution in Canada is designed to thwart Conservative (conveniently ignoring that Conservatives have been in charge of the Federal government for pushing a decade now).

Look at the Feds - campaigned on transparency, but then the Budget Officer has to go to court to get documents explaining how they intend to actually implement their cuts, because they refuse to tell him.

Look at our City - Ford refuses to release his itinerary (first Mayor in our history to do so) - ANY information about his activities only come through FOI requests, which usually result in the discovery of questionable activities involving the Mayor's office and City staff, to which his response is to shoot the messenger and demand she be fired - how is that transparent and accountable?

The fact is, if there was such a thing as the "left-wing conspiracy" don't you think it would result in more lefties actually winning office? We have conservative politicians elected all over this country - how pervasive can this so-called left-wing conspiracy be, if its unable to get anyone elected?

I know, I know. I personally wasn't a fan of Miller but every thing Ford does makes me want to scream just because it is so constantly stupid, mostly self-inflicted and totally unnecessary. Of the three Mayors since amalgamation (and for all is many flaws) I think Mel was actually the best... that as well makes me want to scream at the nearest wall. If you find me doing so, be nice. I'm pretty non-threatening and in most cases a strong drink will help. We all need to look out for each other over these next few years.

You've changed, the 3rd-world wooden telegraph poles from 1882 have not changed.

Toronto: man-child conservative Mayor who says stupid things and does less. Conservative paper says this:

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/10/26/kelly-mcparland-the-ford-brothers-tag-team-mayoral-act-needs-more-than-just-a-minor-clean-up/

New York: intelligent conservative Mayor who says smart things and gets stuff done. Conservative paper says this:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloomberg_roads_mass_transit_cyclists_P9epgAzzLnSZxGqXECwaTI

"Look at the Feds - campaigned on transparency, but then the Budget Officer has to go to court to get documents explaining how they intend to actually implement their cuts, because they refuse to tell him."

To their credit, they also created the role of the budget officer. It's made for some delicious irony.