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OT: American Politics

Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Ford: "I think I've said everything I really could say today. There's not much to add." You can only say sorry "so many times."
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Jamie Strashin @StrashinCBC
Ford: I can only apologize so many times. We all know stories about each other. But I'm not a rat.

CP24 @CP24
"I am not going to miss a meeting," Ford says. "We are going to move on and get the budget through. I can't wait till the election."

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Ford: I'll continue "fightin' for the little guy" - "I'm moving on - you guys can do what you want."
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Council approves a Shelley Carroll motion to ask the integrity commissioner to report on all this (while not deferring the rest). 35-6.


ok good. so that other vote was a good thing.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Council will vote on each part of Minnan-Wong's censure motion separately.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
First: Ask Ford to apologize for "misleading the city" about the existence of The Video.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Motion to ask Rob Ford to apologize for "misleading the city" about The Video passes 36-6. Rob and Doug against.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Motion to urge Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to meet with police and "cooperate fully" passes 34-5.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Motion to ask Mayor Rob Ford to apologize for writing character reference on city letterhead for accused drug dealer passes 36-6.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Motion to ask Mayor Rob Ford to answer to council on these issues passes 33-9. He may have already done so today.

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Last motion is to ask Ford to take leave of absence "to address his personal issues."

Daniel Dale @ddale8
Toronto city council votes 37-5 to ask Mayor Rob Ford to take a leave of absence to "address his personal issues."
 
First Month Official Obamacare Enrollment Numbers:

106K have selected plans.

27K have selected plans through the federal website.


not good.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

zeke said:
37 of 44 councillors want him to take a leave.
Click to expand...

And three weren't in the room to vote: Stintz, Wong-Tam, and Luby. So 37 of 41 definitively.

Edit...whoops, quick math shows that one must have come back. 37 of 42.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Adrian Lee @AdrianKLee
To rephrase clearly: the material from the Rob Ford investigation Judge Nordheimer said could be released today should be out in 20. #topoli
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

CP24 @CP24
CP24 has received the court documents on Ford and his alleged drug ties. We are reviewing the documents now and will be tweeting highlights.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

so far doesn't sound like much more than was already in that Sun article I posted.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Another day of bad productivity for me as I couldn't stop watching CP24. I F'ed Up.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

"Mayor FORD was misplaced for a short time in the plaza before entering a McDonald's drive thru where he purchased food."

Heh.
 
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