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Is the tide turning against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford?
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jul 28, 2011 09:59am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Marcus Gee |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Thursday, July 28, 2011 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In the first seven months of his four-year term, everything went Rob Ford’s way. His moves to trim minor expenses, cut an unpopular tax and expand the contracting-out of garbage pick-up sailed through with relative ease. Kept under tight control by his staff, he avoided the verbal bloopers and dubious behaviour that marked his 10-year run as a dissident city councillor.
In the past few weeks, though, things have been going sideways. The mayor’s inexplicable decision to boycott all of Pride Week gave off a whiff of intolerance and alienated many voters. His ham-handed conduct of the budget review at city hall is making even fiscally conservative residents wonder about his leadership.
City councillors are hearing from voters who are alarmed over all the talk about cutting back on street cleaning, closing children’s attractions such as Riverdale Farm or shuttering some libraries. Reacting to more than 300 messages against library closings, TTC chair Karen Stintz, a leading member of the mayor’s administration, made a point of declaring publicly on Wednesday that she could not support shutting library branches. |
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