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Morning Brew: Council charts a way ahead minus Ford, bike lanes for Adelaide and Richmond, street planning post-Gardiner, and Leafs haters reach outer space
Now that the dust has settled on Rob Ford's appeal hearing, all the talk is about what would happen if judges declare council's top seat vacant. The only thing that's certain under that scenario is that Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday would become interim mayor - after that, council must hold a by-election or appoint someone from within to take over until 2014. What do you think is the fairest approach?
An east-west separated bike lane has long been a goal of cycling advocates in Toronto and now thanks to a soon-to-be-completed environmental study it could be about to become a reality. If the results are as expected, a separated lane on Adelaide or Richmond could link Bathurst and Sherbourne streets.
Torontonians should be careful what it wishes for when they talk about tearing down the Gardiner, says Spacing's John Lorinc. Lake Shore Boulevard east of the Don River - with its big-box stores, heavy traffic, and lack of sidewalk business - is an example of how not to build a thriving street post elevated expressway, he argues. How could we avoid the same mistake downtowns?
Waterloo police seeking Jonathan Gushue, a chef missing in Toronto since New Year's Eve, say they need the public's help finding the husband and father of two. Gushue, the top cook at Langdon Hall Country House Hotel and Spa, hasn't contacted his family since Dec. 31 and may be using the name Jonathan Herder.
Turns out being a Leafs fan still sucks in space. Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian rep on the International Space Station, tweeted a self-portrait with a Maple Leafs poster high above the Earth yesterday only to be immediately panned for his choice of team. One MP pointed out the moon landing was more recent than the last Leafs cup win. Ouch.
IN BRIEF:
- Richard Kachkar pleads not guilty in Sgt. Ryan Russell snowplow death [The Star]
- Disgraced former Toronto doctor reprimanded for having sex with patients [The Star]
- Man arrested in two cold case sex assaults [CP24]
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Ford considered reading the Code of Conduct a waste of time... had he done that (he can't even do that?!) he would have saved us all, including himself, the time.
Silly laws with their silly requirements and penalties... bi-election or not, "We the People" deserve the chance to vote him out. I've never been more excited about voting municiple.
Er, I doubt the bi community will vote Ford back in, frankly.
Fact is, he had little to do with the few "accomplishments" his administration has achieved thus far: he mostly tuned out of the labour negotiations and the budget deliberations. Heck he even left the garbage privatization negotiations mostly to Denzil Minnan-Wong to handle.
In other words, Ford being out of office will probably be the best thing for his cost-control agenda moving forward as Council can get to work on making the hard decisions without the constant distractions that Ford brings to his "work".
It may not be ideal, but its not often you get such an opportunity to so quickly fix such a big mistake.
Being anti-Ford does not make one a supporter of Olivia Chow or Adam Vaughan.
Rob Ford is the worst thing to happen to this city, but you know what? I'd also rather not see Adam Vaughan or Olivia Chow as mayor too. Considering who you work for, I assume your brain just can't comprehend this, but it's actually true!
When he's no longer mayor, maybe you can go with him back to the sticker factory and get a job as a supervisor!
Do you consider yourself a productive member of society as a paid troll, Mark? Do you think society values the work that you do?
Seriously Mark. Do you ever contribute anything to any discussion on this site, or just not smart enough to have an argument? You never seem to answer any questions when people ask you something.
Without pointing in another direction again, can you please tell me if you seriously consider yourself a productive member of society, and do you think society values the work you do providing advice to a simpleton who has stalled progress in our fine city?
To answer your question, why yes i do have a job. I'm a hard working citizen on my lunch break at my well paying 9-5er in a nice office. I don't really care for hipsters either. I was never making any attempts to be funny in my comments. They were just simple questions.
As Chief of Staff for Rob Ford, does that mean that my taxes pay your salary? I think you sir are the one leeching off of us, spending your day trolling various websites and not adding any value to any discussions.
Get back to work, troll. You're wasting my taxpayer dollars.