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copied from Global and Mail, surprised that so many people against Ford
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While I agree Ford is the chef of his own noxious stew (and I did NOT vote for the man) the rank hypocrisy of various and sundry downtown/annex lefties is bemusing were it not so appalling.
Where shall we begin? Let's see: Kyle Rae in the weeks before he retires from politics is adjudicating development applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is able to get his usual cabal of supporters --- I'm speaking to you Pam McConnell and Joe Mihevc --- to support his slavish pro-developer voting record. Then --- wait for it --- the day after he leaves office he declares he is now a "development consultant" in partnership with a senior member of David Miller's staff and starts receiving HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars from the very same developers whose applications he supported as a City councillor.
Do we hear shrieks of "conflict" from Adam Vaughan or Mihevc or McConnell??? Of course not. Was the Integrity Commissioner called in? Not. The "rules" so judiciously applied to Ford --- well, they simply don't apply to politicians who more overtly seek to monetize the relationships they build while in office. Were it Mexico or Italy or China we would crinkle our collective sanctimonious noses and frown on the moral inferiority of such countries smug in the knowledge of how morally superior we are here in Toronto! In Ontario where a billion or 2 can get dropped on ehealth and fixed helicopter bids and Samsung energy contracts but God-forbid Rob Ford solicited $3100 for a high school football team! (Yes, yes we know it's not the sum --- it's the flaunting of "rules"! Without "rules" we'd be just another Latin-American country!)
This is Toronto, Ontario where ethics and morality are subordinate to one's political leanings. Of course a unbreachable ethical wall existed in Kyle's mind when he was a Councillor anticipating becoming a paid consultant to the very developers who curried his favours! Who would dare suggest otherwise?
Sure, good riddance to Ford --- but the job is incomplete. Time to get rid of all the enablers on City Council --- left and right. The backroom schmoozers and free-lunch grabbers. As for Clayton Ruby --- didn't his daddy leave him a small fortune earned by running a 'true crime' rag? |
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发表于 2012-11-27 19:22:45
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