Joe Stalin (Image: Wikimedia)
“These people are all two steps left of Joe Stalin… They don’t care about the taxpayers, but I know one person that does and that’s me.”
Like his right-hand man Giorgio Mammoliti, Rob Ford can smell the communists in his midst. Ford made the remarks (“Joe” Stalin? Um, since when are Ford and the deceased Soviet dictator drinking buddies?) during a radio interview with AM 640 Host John Oakley in response to a question about Josh Matlow. In addition, to Matlow—who, really, is basically council’s Switzerland—Ford specifically referred to comrades Adam Vaughan, Gord Perks, Janet Davis and Paula Fletcher. Read the entire story [Torontoist] »
A raft of new polls on the provincial election race is showing the same thing over and over: where once it looked like Tim Hudak could win the election in a cakewalk, it now appears there is a genuine race to form government in Ontario (in one poll, by polling firm Forum Research, only five points separated Hudak from Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty, with NDP leader Andrea Horwath running a strong third). But there is one player who’s noticeable because of the surprisingly weak effect he’s having on the race—Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford. 
In September’s cover story, long-time Toronto Life contributor Philip Preville explores the idea that Toronto is a hostile place for young families—prompting some to move to the new belt of exurbs in places like Dundas, Cobourg, and Port Hope—and attempts to figure out why these small towns hold such appeal for people who were once diehard downtowners. The article has stirred up more than a little reaction, and we’ll be the first to admit that not all of it has been positive. But that’s what quality conversation is all about. A list of some of the strongest critiques of Preville’s piece, after the jump. 
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