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Ford declines Smitherman debate offer
The Rob Ford camp has turned down George Smitherman's one-on-one debate challenge, at least for now.
"We'll do it, but we're going to do it on our time, not George Smitherman's time," said Doug Ford, Ford's brother and campaign manager. Doug said the one-on-one debate won't happen before September 10, the last day for candidates to join the mayoral race (perhaps anticipating a candidacy announcement from a certain, late arrival).
Smitherman threw out the challenge last week on radio, and Ford promptly accepted, though said he was uncomfortable leaving out other candidates.
"I'll show up anywhere," Ford said. "I'll go in his [Smitherman's] backyard, but you have to understand my position. As a mayor, I want to encompass everybody."
After hearing Ford has (temporarily?) bowed-out from the debate, Smitherman said, "To see him now chickening out is very, very indicative of a man who is unable and unwilling to defend the things he's talking abut in this campaign."
But according to Doug Ford, Smitherman is the one "running scared."
"This is a Haily Mary pass for him. He's saying we're neck and neck but I can assure you that his polls are going down quicker than the Canadian bobsled team and Rob's polls are going up."
Smitherman responded by saying his best friend can beat up Rob Ford's best friend, to which Ford said "nuh-uh" and stomped off angrily, allegedly mumbling something about City Hall metropasses.
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signs of fear yet he's aggressive in city council
sessions. Does he realise he's overmatched and
couldn't win despite CFRB's relentless support
of him?
It's usually the bully-boys who end up turning and
running away once the heat's on.
Don't believe me? Look at how absent he's been from
crucial votes on city council. His excuse is
"consituent affairs".
Horse-puckey.
I'm still hoping Tory runs though...
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The only people seeking out Tory to run are the media and political elite in their last ditch attempts to ensure that their powers at the municipal level might stay intact should he entered yet another political race for their benefit and his.
Tory would just continue to support the establishments left leaning ideologies of unsustainable services, programs and outrageous union wages and contracts at the direct expense of the core responsibilities of a municipal government and all carried on the backs of taxpayers who have had to pinch their pennies for such failed policies of the past 25 years.
It was Tory’s political party who transferred the funding responsibility for services and programs to the municipality of Toronto by downloading services and programs which legally are constitutionally the Province’s legal responsibility, which Peter CLARKE believes was unethical, immoral and illegal.
Clarke a candidate for Toronto’s North York ward 23 is of the opinion the province discriminated against a specific group of property taxpayers without commensurate revenues to offset these new costs and thus was a breach of trust by the Ontario’s constitutional provincial legislative requirements against this specific group of taxpayers.
Further it was an illegal accounting attempt by usurping their responsibilities under both confederation and the constitutional agreement between the federal and provincial governments in order to cut the large provincial deficit by downloading these costs onto the back of property owners which was a discrimination against a specific group of citizens and outside of their jurisdiction.
He might be a nice guy but Torontonians in my opinion can no longer afford another Miller in the form of Tory.
Toronto voters want Openness, Accountability and Transparency with a New Mayor and Council Members Starting Oct 25, 2010 not more left leaning unsustainable spending supported through higher taxes and borrowing on the backs of our children’s, children.
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