A Sunday Morning Doug Ford ๐Ÿงต

It starts with simple questions:

WTF?
How is Doug Ford still a thing?
How is he polling in the high 30s?
Do people not see the in-your-face corruption?

How is anyone in this province even remotely enamouredโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆwith a barely educated, barely literate, former strip mall hash dealer with a penchant for folksy populism, and blatant grift?

The man got elected on a platform of simply not being #KathleenWynne. And sadly, enough people in this province hated the thoughtโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆof being governed by a lesbian woman that they bought into it.

Remember when the most memorable plank in that platform was โ€˜Buck-a-Beerโ€™?

But supporters will point to windmills and spending as excuses for why Ford trumps Wynne (see what I did there?) .

And yetโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆthose same supporters are just fine turning a blind eye to Fordโ€™s own corruption.

The grift started early on.

Remember the crony appointments given to Ron Taverner and Rueben Devlin? How about Jenni Byrne and Dean French?

It would appear thatโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆthe Doug Ford Gravy Train was picking up steam real quick.

Remember the sweet deals for vid gaming and horse racing, all while Ford gutted basic income, autism resources, and youth mental health?

Remember how Ford cancelled Green Energy initiativesโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆonly to backtrack now as an election draws near?

Similar slashing in healthcare has prompted Ford to offer election season bribes to nurses in an effort to encouraging them to stay in Ontario.

Fordโ€™s education plans have involved nothing more than cuts and theโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆtypical union busting and teacher vilification reminiscent of the Harris days.

Ontario fared no better as COVID hit. The past two years in this province have been visibly marred by Fordโ€™s mismanagement. LTC homes have been ravaged by incompetence and outright neglect.

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We watched seniors fall ill and die as the FordNation fiddled.

Even as a pandemic raged, there was opportunity for griftโ€ฆa massive salary for Rick Hillier in exchange for offloading those duties onto local health units.

Affordable housing? Fordโ€™s solutionโ€ฆ

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โ€ฆis to simply make it easier for his developer buddies to build more houses. Whether sensitive environments are sacrificed remains to be seen.

Speaking of developersโ€ฆa look at land ownership along the Hwy 413 corridor will quickly tell you who stands to benefit most.

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More recently, there are two very noteworthy things:

a) Fordโ€™s silence on the โ€œFreedom Convoyโ€

(he was all too happy to lay responsibility at Trudeausโ€™s doorstep, even though many of the mandates were provincial jurisdictionโ€ฆ)

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b) Fordโ€™s lifting of the mask mandates -

(something that clearly indicates his willingness to sacrifice the vulnerable in order to pander to his base)

โ€ฆand we havenโ€™t even touched on gas pump stickers, licence plates, daughter Krista, etc.

The list is extensive.

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A LIST:

ofl.ca/ford-tracker/

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But come Juneโ€ฆone thing is crystal clear: there are much better alternativesโ€ฆones that will undoubtedly serve the province well, despite any flaws they may have.

It canโ€™t be any worse.
Thatโ€™s a fact.

June, 2022.
You know what to do.
Spread the word.

Fin/

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Slimy, greasy strategy by a slimy, greasy politician. But are we really that surprised? From the moment this chump entered the political ring, didnโ€™t we foresee stuff like this?

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