Rob Ford is an idiot. He roughs up reporters. He reads while driving. And now, he’s been punted from office for blatantly ignoring the rules. If politics were a work shed, Rob Ford would be the biggest tool in the box. Where do we get these guys, the Rob Fords and Ottawa’s Larry O’Brien, the self-professed “swinging dick”? And why on Earth do the good people elect them to office? Once, I heard, the City of London ran a dog for Mayor and he almost won. The problem is people don’t take municipal politics seriously because they don’t consider most of the issues earth-shattering. Mayors don’t declare war. Mayors are preoccupied with light transit and garbage, right? No exactly accurate. The fact is mayors and councils have more control over your life than the Prime Minister. That’s because everything they touch – roads, garbage, welfare, libraries, police services, fire services, care for the elderly and those with disabilities – is local. So it’s about time th...
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