{"id":20431,"date":"2013-05-26T09:35:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=20431"},"modified":"2013-05-26T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T14:35:28","slug":"toughest-job-in-toronto-is-being-on-rob-fords-staff-says-former-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2013\/05\/26\/toughest-job-in-toronto-is-being-on-rob-fords-staff-says-former-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Toughest job in Toronto is being on Rob Ford’s staff … says former staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Toronto Sun<\/em>, Adrienne Batra<\/a> explains why being a staff member for Toronto mayor Rob Ford is the toughest job in town:<\/p>\n

Those who aren\u2019t familiar with the political staff in Mayor Rob Ford\u2019s office always ask the same question: \u201cWho\u2019s advising him?\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who are at City Hall, embroiled in the daily circus which has engulfed the mayor since Don Cherry called left-wing councillors \u201cPinkos\u201d at his inauguration, know them to be a hard-working and exhausted group of young professionals.<\/p>\n

Many work longer hours than a typical ER doctor and some are paid less than a bus boy.<\/p>\n

Of course, they all serve in the Office of the Mayor voluntarily and are hired to do a job.<\/p>\n

But they are far too often unfairly criticized for the actions of the one man in that office who is not doing his job.<\/p>\n

That would be their boss, Rob Ford.<\/p>\n

In the latest scandal about the so-called crack video, the mayor would have been wisely (and repeatedly) advised by his staff on a number of potential courses of action.<\/p>\n

They would have included, depending on what Ford himself knows to be true, everything from completely rejecting the allegations, to stepping aside and dealing with whatever issues he may have.<\/p>\n

Each option would have been presented to him with a well-planned course of action.<\/p>\n

Instead, the mayor has balked at much of the advice he has been given and, up until Friday, remained silent despite one of the most serious allegations his mayoralty has faced.<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday put it best when he was asked if the mayor listens to anyone.<\/p>\n

Holyday said that while Ford does listen, he rarely sees any evidence the mayor heeds the advice he has been given.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If nothing else, Rob Ford has managed to put Toronto on the map with all the late-night talk show comedians: you just can’t avert your eyes from a trainwreck like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Toronto Sun, Adrienne Batra explains why being a staff member for Toronto mayor Rob Ford is the toughest job in town: Those who aren\u2019t familiar with the political staff in Mayor Rob Ford\u2019s office always ask the same question: \u201cWho\u2019s advising him?\u201d Those who are at City Hall, embroiled in the daily circus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,28,53],"tags":[636,413,207],"class_list":["post-20431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-media","category-politics","tag-robford","tag-scandal","tag-toronto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-5jx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20432,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions\/20432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}