May 22, 2008
Beware the College Station Shover, Rob Ford Is Not Guity, Afrocentric School Gets The Greenlight
Things That Everyone Is Secretly Afraid of #237: being shoved onto the subway tracks. And for one unfortunate commuter at College station yesterday, it happened. He's okay, but the suspect is still on the loose.
Rob Ford may be guilty of many things, but assaulting his wife isn't one of them, says the Crown. Ford was charged with domestic assault in March after his wife complained to police that he threatened her with death, but all charges have been dropped. "We're just moving on as a happy, lovey family," Ford told reporters upon exiting the courtroom yesterday. Ford also took the opportunity to announce that this incident in no way affects his desire to run for mayor and kick David Miller out of Hogtown. At The Post, David Menzies (unconvincingly) explains why this would be a good idea.
TDSB board members voted in favour of opening an Afrocentric school at Sheppard Avenue West near Keele. The junior kindergarten to grade five school will open its doors in September 2009, but a high school won't be opened any earlier than 2010. Still feeling mixed on the issue? Check out our Torontoist vs. Torontoist on black-focused schools.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in theatres today! Whether it's being rated by stars or N's or whatever, most critics are giving it a three. This is rather exciting, since it had the potential to be so utterly goddamn bad.
And since you were wondering, David Cook won American Idol last night. Now he can release one single and disappear into obscurity.
Photo by David Sherrat from the Torontoist Flickr Pool.
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I'm sure the 77 million cameras will get the shover identified any second now.
I always lean against the wall when the train comes.
We need platform doors on the busier subway stops but unfortunately can't have them until automatic train operation signalling is done (2015 or so)
finally a news post without snarky, wise-ass jokes! very refreshing, seriously.
The attacks on Rob Ford are endless. Upon hearing that he was being charged, Torontoist posted an article with a rather bold cartoon. The report of his exoneration, however, receives hardly a paragraph. Evidence of Torontoist's liberal bias? I think so!
When will the writers see fit to criticize the real dead weight on council? Namely, Mayor Miller and his socialist cronies who do nothing but pander to unions and the forces of fiscal irresponsibility.
ROB FORD FOR MAYOR
Torontoist is a blog, not a newspaper. Repeat until you understand.
Besides, Rob Ford is an asshole and he not afraid to admit it.
I want to join the Forces of Fiscal Irresponsibility. I hear you get a badge and a decoder ring. I just can't tell if they are villains or heroes.
It would be better than my work experience in three unionized shops. I've never been pandered to by any crony of Miller's, socialist or otherwise, and I for one am just sick and tired of it. Where's my pandering?!! I want my pandering! Pandered to. Whatever.
Pickle Toes, read Orwell again. Please learn to write sentences that aren't copied from bad writers.
andrew: Pandering is available to those who seek it. To get some apply for a position at the TTC, TDSB, The City Works Dept. or run for council.
I've never read any Orwell so I didn't quite catch the reference. That post is the result of my usual quick and sloppy writing; if I had time to plagiarize I probably would have.
I will say, though, in Torontoist's defence, that I wanted to write an article myself about Ford getting off, but didn't get a chance to yesterday. (I wrote the original post.)
I can't stand the guy, but he didn't "get off". Charges were dropped due to lack of merit.
My bad on that choice of words. I didn't really realize as I wrote them that I was suggesting guilt.
Politics and the English Language, George Orwell.
Ford has a temper problem - talk to some of the kids he coached on football teams. It would be like having Matt Foley as mayor, but worse.