[net-gold] COUNTRIES: CANADA : CITIES: TORONTO: CANADA: GOVERNMENT : LIBRARIES: PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Libraries, Fords and Atwood
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- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 12:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
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COUNTRIES: CANADA :
CITIES: TORONTO: CANADA: GOVERNMENT :
LIBRARIES: PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
Libraries, Fords and Atwood
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Libraries, Fords and Atwood
August 03, 2011 10:00 PM EDT
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http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979811739
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This afternoon I heard a lot about the BBQ held at the Toronto mayor's
family home and how there was a surprise visitation by the Prime Minister.
They all apparently enjoyed themselves, congratulating each other on how
they've managed a Conservative takeover of city and country and (possibly:
we'll see in the fall) the province as well. Some described it as a
"love-in" (Sun News) where it was "revealed" that the Prime Minister and
mayor have gone on "secret" fishing trips and been "fishing buddies" for
some time.
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Marget Atwood apparently has a similar view of the Fords' BBQ (Globe and
Mail). She wasn't invited either. She has most recently been in a battle
against the Fords, particularly since they have come out against libraries
(Global Saskatoon). It seems that when Rob couldn't find the "gravy train"
savings that he had been elected to uncover (anywhere other than the
pockets his own rich fishing buddies) Mr. Ford has instead suggested
pulling important services like libraries. The mayor's brother, Doug,
apparently said he would close them in a heartbeat and quipped that there
were more libraries than Tim Horton's coffee shops in his ward... a
statement that is false. Much though we can chalk this up to the
inevitable pattern of exaggeration that is so common today in politics, it
also reveals a number of things about Mr. Ford:
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he doesn't know his ward or this city nearly as well as he thinks he does
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he devalues libraries and those who use them precisely because he doesn't
go near them
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he doesn't care about the truth. It was more important for him to have a
"sound-bite" about the prevalence of libraries than it was to be accurate
in his comparison. This has characterized both brothers in their
campaigns, where they've spoken much more about what people hope and would
like to hear than what is true.
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A poll recently asked the residents of Toronto about libraries. What it
found was that the majority of us not only want our libraries, but 84% of
us want to keep them from being privatized. Libraries are a city function.
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