Ford suggests taking marathons, runs off city streets
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Everybody wins it seems. Promoting exercise is something we critically fail at in this society. We need to do more of it.
Again, maybe some of the fat fucks sitting in their cars watching people run by will get the idea that they too might benefit from a little exercise. Maybe it'll inspire them. Hopefully.
And there's thousands who think they're a worthy celebration of their fortunate health and and and opportunity to run in a worthy cause for those who aren't so fortunate,. What else is a city for if it isn't to express the postitive power of people coming together?
Surely it isn't to line up each of us sitting alone trapped in a little steel box fuming, as we creep along breathing each other's smog? That is why Ford wants streetcars gone y'know; to turn more of the city over to stinkwagons. God help us if the streets were to be used by actual people for a few hours and inconvenience the Sacred Car. Actually, it'll only take Mayor Ford. No more outta town runners booking hotels and eating in restaurants. But lotsa cars going nowhere.
Anyway, you already say this was a minor thing, remember? It does however show who he's appealing to and how.
The Gardiner was shut down the whole weekend before for maintenance, the marathon only took part of Sunday.
I travelled from the 905 into and out of downtown both weekends. The marathon was a minor inconvenience. Blissful and I could have hopped on a GO bus both times for less than I paid for parking once downtown.
Pandering, plain and simple, trying to convert traffic frustration into votes. Every city has infrastructure problems. Toronto is relatively mild.
ScotiaBank and GoodLife also commited to moving marathon dates further apart after this year to reduce inconvenience to drivers.
Then again I am biased. I wanted to run the marathon but developed Achilles problems during training. I've also been to Europe, and seen how public transit should be done, so have little sympathy for anything that encourages more single occupancy vehicles and more oil consumption.
And Ford could afford to forgo a Big Mac here and there. Seriously. He really shouldn't be discouraging exercise in this city, in any way, shape or form. He's a bad example of just about anything.
Just look at the man. Does he look like a fan of marathons? Maybe if the route was marked with doughnuts....
+1..lol.
I think that fat idiot will muck things up considerably, but at least he'll be good for a few laughs while he's at it.
I'm getting my jollies poking a stick in the eyes of all those holier than thou elites who are getting all squirrely over the prospect of having to listen to Ford's inane rantings for the next four years.
For anyone who remembers how beautiful Mississauga was in the 70's and 80's knows that Hazel McCallion isn't a good example for civic leadership. Rob Ford has never been in a position of responsibly, he ballyhoos is frugality yet draws a handsome salary from his family business. A business the he has never had to actually administer, if irresponsibility is a desirable quality for a mayor than Toronto voters will get what they deserve.
The irony is, in a recent Ipsos-Reid poll, David Miller would be re-elected mayor. He would defeat all the candidates including Rob Ford - not bad for a so-called socialist.
The irony is, in a recent Ipsos-Reid poll, David Miller would be re-elected mayor. He would defeat all the candidates including Rob Ford - not bad for a so-called socialist.
yeah...right...the organizers are known to skim up to 90% of the profits, leaving the charities themselves with next to nothing...fundraisers are major scams serving mostly the middleman
Fine in 2007 The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario had a $130 million war chest of donor dollars
The CEO at the time was Rocco Rossi, who at that time was campaigning for donors to raise $1 million for life-saving defibrillators to be placed in arenas and other buildings in communities around the province. Heart and Stroke could easily part with $1 million to buy those defibrillators , but didn't, preferring instead to ask the public for more money. By the way he was making an undisclosed salary of 300 to 350K a year as CEO.
They in 2007 raised about $120 million yearly, mainly from donations and lottery sales. Roughly half of that amount goes to fundraising, administration and other costs. The $60-65 million left over is available for good works, but, historically, large amounts have not been spent.
In 2006 Heart and Stroke gave out $40 million in research grants and spent $21 million on health promotion and community programs, a minor increase (of $1.5 million) over the previous year. In the same three years, fundraising costs have risen from $47.7 million to $58.3 million.
You can look up the financial information filed with the CRA for all recognized charities at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/menu-eng.html It’s an eye opening experience when you see what money making operations they are.
