Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to lose more powers

Toronto city council is set to remove most of Mayor Rob Ford's remaining powers as the embattled city leader refuses to step down.

City legislators will vote on Monday to reduce Mr Ford's budget and delegate many of his powers to the deputy mayor.

Mr Ford, 44, has promised to fight the council's decisions. His lawyer has accused them of an illegal "coup".

I’ve held back from writing about the Rob Ford show we have been treated to for the last couple of weeks, but I am now and I must start of by saying how the f**k is he still in his job.

Yes the Toronto city council will no doubt continue to reduce his powers but why not remove him altogether, he clearly needs help certainly shouldn’t be mayor of, well anywhere.

He can’t be trusted to govern his own life so how is he still mayor of the largest city in Canada?  

  

He was caught on camera smoking crack, he admitted to buying drugs as mayor, and it wasn’t part of a government buy back scheme either.

Apparently the Toronto city council doesn’t have the power to remove him unless he has a criminal conviction, ok fair enough their hands are tied on that one, so next question what are the police in Toronto doing?

The mayor has been caught on camera taking drugs and has admitted to buying drugs, he’s done most of the work for them all they have to do now is visit his house and slap the cuffs on him, what’s holding them back?

I wasn’t aware the police in Toronto were so liberal when it came to drugs or are they putting together a Wire style investigation into him where they follow the drugs and the money until they have enough to take, not just the mayor but his suppliers as well? 

Are they waiting for approval for a wire tap, because they could save themselves sometime as there’s already video evidence and an admission of guilt in play. 

Judging by the developments of this story the police in Toronto won’t act until the headline: COKED UP MAYOR MURDERS HOMELESS GUY! appears, actually come to think of it even that might not be enough.

When I first read the story about Rob Ford I thought it was quite funny and that the next day I’d be reading about his resignation, but the fact that he’s still in the job a full two and a half weeks after the first revelation makes this stupidly farcical.

But there is a way to swiftly end it and it involves the Toronto police collectively pulling their thumbs out their arses and arresting Rob Ford.