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Confirmed: Rob Ford WILL attend Pride parade

Posted on June 30th, 2011 – 3 Comments

That’s right, you read it here first … Rob Ford will be attending Pride after all! Here’s the official statement:

Gotta say I was starting to lose faith in our new(ish) mayor, but it looks like he’s gonna come through after all. And he’ll even be dressed for the occasion!

That’s the spirit! I dunno if I’d have the courage to strut around with assless chaps and a hand betwixt the pillows, but good on Rob, eh?

We owe a debt of gratitude to Paula Corbett of Bad Bunny Puppets for convincing Rob to be a part of the parade. She and our risqué mayor will be hanging out in front of St. Lawrence Market’s north hall for the next couple of days and, of course, you can drop by her site to pay your respects for all her hard work too.

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Filed under: Dispatches, Patrick Bay, Pictures

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Posted on June 30th, 2011 – Be the first to comment

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Rob Ford on Jarvis Street bike lanes

Posted on June 28th, 2011 – 2 Comments

Almost a full year after they were added to Jarvis Street, the Rob Ford administration is looking to take out the Jarvis Street bike lanes to make room for — guess what — cars! Here’s a mass email that was received recently from his office on the topic:

Thank you for your email regarding the bike lanes on Jarvis Street. I appreciate hearing from you.

Toronto’s economy loses billions of dollars every year from gridlock and traffic congestion. We need to make the situation better – not worse. The Jarvis Street bike lanes experiment has been a failure. Ninety-four percent of commuters now face longer commutes on Jarvis Street. Over 15,000 commuters each day are suffering from longer travel times, for the sake of 600 additional cyclists.

The City should remove the bike lanes as soon as possible and improve travel times for thousands of daily commuters. City staff have been directed to develop a low-cost plan to do so. Bike lanes were never intended to be installed on Jarvis Street. The original Environmental Assessment recommended against installing bike lanes – but City Council amended the report to approve bike lanes anyway.

As promised during the mayoral election, I am dedicated to delivering customer service excellence, creating a transparent and accountable government, reducing the size and cost of government and building a transportation city.

Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts. Please feel free to contact my office again at any time.

Yours truly,

Mayor Rob Ford
City of Toronto

Just in time for ye ole road toll debate to rage up again!

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What a Life

Posted on June 27th, 2011 – Be the first to comment

And WHAT HAVE WE HERE? No, it’s not a pube, as I am sure all you pervs thought it was. It’s a freaking grey hair! This guy has been living in my bangs for the past year, and I didn’t really mind all that much. You could really only see it when it sliced through your eyeball, blinding you in the sun. But recently, in lieu of certain events, he has made himself known even more. So I killed him. And it was glorious.

Farewell shiny grey man. I won’t miss you. And your friends are not invited to the party. Ever.

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This is What We Have Been Doing For Days

Posted on June 27th, 2011 – Be the first to comment

And I present to you, the patio set we bought from IKEA. What a fucking joke to get this thing. Not IKEA’s fault (they can do no wrong), but more like Wal-Mart’s fault.

Story goes like this: make the long trek to Wal-Mart on Saturday to check out patio sets. Find one we like, make sure to ask an asshole associate if there will be any left early Sunday, which is when we rented a car. Get told that won’t be a problem. Get looked at like you are a piece of crap from the guy in the garden center when you ask if they have any left early Sunday. Find out that they are all sold out. Man.

Peace out of Wal-Mart (where they forgot to hand us some hooks we bought while we are struggling to carry a barbecue, therefore we spent money and got nothing in return, jerk offs), and run to Canadian Tire and everywhere else you can think of that sells patio sets. Patio sets are ridiculous, so decide on IKEA. Where we hit the jackpot. Of course we did. No clue why we didn’t go here first, as we ALWAYS go there first.

Cute no? The cushions were almost as expensive as the patio set. Sigh.