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minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoIdk, as an American Doug Ford seemed to have a lot of power when he was mayor. And now as governor premier he’s overriding the Constitution (notwithstanding) or maybe I’m misunderstanding
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoMayors did not have a lot of power until Doug gave some of them Strong Mayor powers recently: https://www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-municipal-councillors-guide/10-strong-mayor-powers-and-duties#section-3 Before then they were just one vote.
minus-squareMereo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days agoDoug Ford was not the mayor of Toronto. It was Rob Ford, his brother that was the mayor.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoOH right! It was his crack smoking brother Rob that was the mayor. I always forget that Doug lost that election in 14 Thank you
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI totally thought it was the same dude. Not very good marketing there to differentiate from his crackhead brother.
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoHe was a hash dealer, not a drug user. Easy to confuse: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/
Idk, as an American Doug Ford seemed to have a lot of power when he was mayor. And now as
governorpremier he’s overriding the Constitution (notwithstanding) or maybe I’m misunderstandingMayors did not have a lot of power until Doug gave some of them Strong Mayor powers recently: https://www.ontario.ca/document/ontario-municipal-councillors-guide/10-strong-mayor-powers-and-duties#section-3
Before then they were just one vote.
Doug Ford was not the mayor of Toronto. It was Rob Ford, his brother that was the mayor.
OH right! It was his crack smoking brother Rob that was the mayor. I always forget that Doug lost that election in 14
Thank you
I totally thought it was the same dude. Not very good marketing there to differentiate from his crackhead brother.
He was a hash dealer, not a drug user. Easy to confuse: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/