Rob Ford’s vague plans keep him from the raising of the rainbow flag. Again.
Though his likeness made an appearance, Rob Ford himself was “unavailable” for the raising of the Pride flag at city hall yesterday—which is not surprising, given that he said he wouldn’t show and didn’t last year. But the vague excuse of having to do something somewhere was still disappointing, given that his unexpected presence at a gay-outreach event last month felt like progress. Instead, Kristyn Wong-Tam hosted the noon-hour event that kicks off Pride Week. It was also attended by 25 other councillors, including Ford supporters like Michael Thompson, Frances Nunziata and Doug Holyday, who said it would have been “appropriate” for Ford to show his face at the event. That’s true—but we trust that Pride will still manage to be one of the summer’s liveliest events, with or (more realistically) without the mayor. [Globe and Mail]
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Though his likeness made an appearance, Rob Ford himself was “unavailable” for the raising of the Pride flag at city hall yesterday—which is not surprising, given that he said he wouldn’t show and didn’t last year. But the vague excuse of having to do something somewhere was still disappointing, given that his unexpected presence at a gay-outreach event last month felt like progress. Instead, Kristyn Wong-Tam hosted the noon-hour event that kicks off Pride Week. It was also attended by 25 other councillors, including Ford supporters like Michael Thompson, Frances Nunziata and Doug Holyday, who said it would have been “appropriate” for Ford to show his face at the event. That’s true—but we trust that Pride will still manage to be one of the summer’s liveliest events, with or (more realistically) without the mayor. [Globe and Mail]){kind=link}
Rob Ford misses the raising of the rainbow flag, again.
Rob Ford misses the Pride Parade, again.
Rob Ford misses the CHIN Picnic, again.
Rob Ford misses the Canada Day Parade in East York, again. See http://julyfirstparade.com/ for route.
Why doesn’t he publish his itinerary ahead of time? Like the previous mayors did.
He won’t publish it, becuase if he did, it would confirm that he doesn’t actually do anything.
Keeping it a secret allows him to maintain the fiction that he spends his time answering “hundreds and hundreds” of phone calls from fictional “taxpayers” instead of the reality which is that he just doesn’t want to attend certain events, especially those involving “the gays”, and that in reality he’s probably doing nothing but hanging out at Don Bosco or twiddling his thumbs in his office.
As long as he keeps his itinerary a secret, “Ford Nation” is none the wiser that their hero is actually just a lazy, ill-informed, bigoted, buffoon.