"Let’s face it — based on the polling and lots of street chatter, people just aren’t into any of the others, and as outgoing veteran councillor Brian Ashton said to me on the air a few weeks ago, “when councillors get a whiff of the power, their nostrils flare wide open.” You can be sure that as we speak, Ford is spraying his scent under the noses of more than 23 councillors running for re-election or for the first time. Anybody wanna be deputy mayor? How about chair of a committee or executive council?" John Stall, 680 News
http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/johnstall/2010/09/22/who-says-rob-ford-cant-get-support-on-council/
At its2big we don't think Mr. Ford will be attracted to Stintz. He's been well warned to look out for opportunists and the last thing he wants are any of the corporate conservatives who belittled him on Council. To even a casual observer of Council or Community Council, Stintz was in the same clique as Shiner, Minnan-Wong and Ootes - the leaders in the failed Responsible Right Movement. They shunned Rob Ford.
In Stintz's case, she spent the last 7 years on Council with little to do. She was outside the power block and ignored for any meaningful role on committees. Not a bad part-time job really, when you have other personal things to take care of, while collecting a pretty decent salary. Her greatest profile came from the constant bitching about David Miller. We expect it is that which she is hoping will endear her to Mr Ford.
Yesterday, we noticed a tweet on Twitter where it was noted that Karen Stintz wanted to be "leader of the TTC". The tweet wondered if she would use her office budget to send street cars for "screech training". This reminds us at its2big of the sense of entitlement Karen Stintz so quickly acquired after being given the trust of Ward 16 voters.
We didn't elect her to complain about David Miller.
We didn't give her any mandate to sell off Toronto Hydro.
We wanted her to speak to us not the Economic Club of Canada.
She didn't ask us if she could spend our money getting ready for a mayoralty race.
We wanted our voice heard on Council.
Karen Stintz was supposed to uphold the Official Plan.
She was supposed to protect the stability of our neighbourhoods.
She promised to provide "strong support for community".
None of that happened and what she did wasn't lost on us. We're positive too it won't be lost on Mr. Ford. He has a keener sense of customer service and, unlike Karen Stintz, intends to live up to his promises. If he is elected it will be a shock to the kind of culture we set out to change in 2003.
And, whether you like his policies or not, we like it that he intends to shine a light on what's wrong on Toronto Council.
