Premier Kath ventures onto tricky ground

Premier Wynne treads on tricky ground when she says she will intervene in the affairs of Toronto “if it’s necessary.” Most people will hope she was talking only for effect.  Because, as John Parker (Ward 26) said on CP24 today the affairs of the city are being discharged. There’s a problem in the mayor’s office, to be sure, but the Premier has her own problems to clear up, Mr. Parker suggested. This view of things goes to the reality that you don’t have to like Rob Ford, or his apparently hopeless judgement in his personal behaviour, to understand that he was elected by the people of Toronto. It must be left to the people of Toronto to get rid of him, if that is their decision. More than that, however scandalous and just plain wrong Ford may be, his dogged defense of saving money is just as popular as it has ever been. Too bad that the much more sauve Dalton McGuinty wasn’t as careful with public funds. It’s outrageous, but it makes the point when a local talking head says he would rather have Rob Ford on crack as mayor than David Miller sober.