Should Ford Resign?
- Thread starter Goober
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There's some in the west end right now, that needs to be derailed.
I bet it won't happen now though, and I bet you just love that... ;-)
Keep digging, your desperation is funny to watch.
What desperation?
I was completely right.
Extra gravy, hold the facts: Why Rob Ford’s warnings don't add up - The Globe and Mail
Mr. Ford is off base on the issue of the land-transfer tax, too. He promised to do away with it when he campaigned for office in 2010 and, when that proved impossible, said he hoped to trim it by 10 per cent. Now even that has failed to happen and “they assured me that they could do that,” he told reporters.
No one gave any such assurance. To the contrary, officials from Mr. Pennachetti to former budget chief Mike Del Grande have been telling him that the city would have a hard time trimming the tax without cutting city services or raising other taxes to compensate.
Mr. Ford found himself refuted on one final claim. He asserts that he has saved more than a billion dollars since taking office. But to reach that figure he includes $200-million from his decision to kill the vehicle-registration tax. That may have saved taxpayers money, but it represents a cut in the city government’s income, not its spending.
I was completely right.
Extra gravy, hold the facts: Why Rob Ford’s warnings don't add up - The Globe and Mail
Mr. Ford is off base on the issue of the land-transfer tax, too. He promised to do away with it when he campaigned for office in 2010 and, when that proved impossible, said he hoped to trim it by 10 per cent. Now even that has failed to happen and “they assured me that they could do that,” he told reporters.
No one gave any such assurance. To the contrary, officials from Mr. Pennachetti to former budget chief Mike Del Grande have been telling him that the city would have a hard time trimming the tax without cutting city services or raising other taxes to compensate.
Mr. Ford found himself refuted on one final claim. He asserts that he has saved more than a billion dollars since taking office. But to reach that figure he includes $200-million from his decision to kill the vehicle-registration tax. That may have saved taxpayers money, but it represents a cut in the city government’s income, not its spending.
The link was a good example.
Only when you ignore the derailed train, and gravy spilled all over the wast end.
News at 11.