QUOTED: Karen Stintz on Rob Ford’s performance during the ice storm
“During the week of the storm, we didn’t benefit from having a strong mayor, which we should have had in that kind of situation. The reality is we had [deputy mayor] Norm Kelly, we had the Premier, and we had the mayor and it wasn’t clear who was in charge at any given point in time.”
—TTC chair and mayoral hopeful Karen Stintz, speaking to reporters about Rob Ford’s crisis-management technique. It’s true that Ford’s response to December’s crippling ice storm was pretty weak—he didn’t provide much in the way of leadership, nor did he step out of the way. That said, no one else really emerged as a strong leader, either. Stintz is presumably hoping that voters will trust her to handle similar situations differently. She’s expected to begin her run for mayor at some point in the next few months.
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"During the week of the storm, we didn’t benefit from having a strong mayor, which we should have had in that kind of situation. The reality is we had [deputy mayor] Norm Kelly, we had the Premier, and we had the mayor and it wasn’t clear who was in charge at any given point in time."
—TTC chair and mayoral hopeful Karen Stintz, speaking to reporters about Rob Ford’s crisis-management technique. It’s true that Ford’s response to December’s crippling ice storm was pretty weak—he didn’t provide much in the way of leadership, nor did he step out of the way. That said, no one else really emerged as a strong leader, either. Stintz is presumably hoping that voters will trust her to handle similar situations differently. She’s expected to begin her run for mayor at some point in the next few months.){kind=link}
what a twit. The good thing about her run for mayor is that she’ll be gone at the end of the year.
I’ll rather vote for Stintz than Ford, any day. If they were the only twits on the ballot, that is. That’ll change.
If subways are so great, why were the streetcars ALL back in operation within a few hours while the Sheppard subway and and a number of other subway stops were out of business for days? So many people with strong opinions on public transit never actually use it.
what a dumb twit karen is, ford kept everyone updated,along the side of hydro,he took questions,and he answered them,and while he was doing all of that,where was norm Kelly,in all of this,oh wait he was down in sunny florida visting family,which he consider more important then the people of Toronto,who had no power during that time,while he was doing that,ford was up here freezing his a55 off,just like the rest of us. so Karen before you say anything else,that will make you look like an idiot,stop and think for a minute,before you insert your foot in your mouth,and while you are at it wipe off that stupid grin off your face,and stop bleaching your hair.
she should not be running at all,she really has no clue on how to run a city
Why should Karen Stintz’s hair colour be of concern? Disappointing that this sort of sexism is coming from a woman.
seriously,out of everything that I have written,and made comments about, you chose the color of karens hair,never mind about the fact that norm Kelly was out of the country in our time of need,and the fact there were no other political heads around,other then ford, who kept us updated on everything,you chose karens hair color,you chose to ignore the important facts,and fixated on karens hair color,never mind that the people of Toronto and the surrounding areas had no power for days on end,you chose karens hair color,and let us not forget people had lost their food,heat,and on the verge of running out clothes to wear,you chose karens hair color……heres your sign you know when you are a hillbilly,when you pick out someones hair color,out of the important facts
hey mia read my comment
Because subways move faster :)