My email to Councillor Ron Moeser

In response to the Toronto City Council meeting of November 18, 2013 

Ford's Intimidation Tactics and Violent Temperament

As citizens we have to stand up to the intimidation of our elected officials, even if it means being prepared to join in the rumble.

I came to Canada in the late 1960's, when my family chose to leave the political turmoil in the United States behind. A major part of the story of our family's arrival in Canada was the tale of how my 5'-0" mother was assaulted by a thug at a democratic rally, while she had 4 young children in tow.

For me the most disgraceful and unacceptable political sin is the use threats and intimidation as a political tool. Therefore, as you may imagine, the sight of Rob Ford, the Chief Magistrate of Toronto, threatening Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong on the floor of the Council Chamber not more than 25 feet away raised my ire to say the least.

Pro-Rob Ford Billboard, Interesting For So Much More...

Pro-Rob Ford Billboard, Interesting For So Much More Than The Hilarious Typo!

Sometime during the afternoon of Friday, November 8th, 2013 the following billboard inexplicably appeared to perplexed motorists in Toronto’s west end, near the Gardener & Islington.

On Twitter some users chose to poke fun at Ford Nation’s lack of spell checking, while others challenged what they “alleged” was not an authentic bible verse (that’s you @danspeerin). Other commentators poked fun at Mayor Ford, parroting his own words back at him saying “I can’t comment on a sign I haven’t seen or that doesn't exist.”

As Friday night progressed the story began to get really interesting, with possible motive beginning to unfold in a troubling narrative of a mutually beneficial relationship and a possible cover-up of the full extent of Rob Ford's relationship with the billboard owners.

Certainly the narrative began to sound more sinister than the unauthorized use of the City of Toronto logo which @judemacdonald had noted early in the evening. Not content to leave it at that, the hunt for facts continued as @judemacdonald, asked “who produced the sign? Who paid for the sign? Which company rents out billboard space? How do we find out?”