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An embarrassment
to the country, Ford
needs to walk away
The name on everybody's lips these days seems to be
the same. Rob Ford.
Whether it's local news coverage or American
late-night TV, Toronto's mayor has not stopped making
headlines, some as far reaching as Australia. Worse yet,
there appears to be no end in sight.
In the time since the story first broke of his alleged drug
use, a public outcry for his resignation has been met with
nothing but apologies and excuses from the mayor
himself.
With each new controversial sound -byte, Ford contin-
ues to dig himself in deeper with no possible hope of
bouncing back from such scandal. For anyone to believe
otherwise is a perfect example of the impaired judgment
the mayor has displayed time after time.
Despite his numerous apologies and declarations of
love for his city, the man is an embarrassment not only to
the people of Toronto but to all Canadians, including
those in smaller communities like Seaforth.
Regardless of location or population, anyone who is
elected into office needs to carry him or herself with dig-
nity in order to maintain their constituents. Repeatedly,
Ford has not.
In an attempt to bring it all to an end, Toronto city
council demanded the mayor take a leave of absence. He
promptly refused.
On Nov. 15, council voted to remove the mayor's
authority during emergency situations and, under a sepa-
rate motion, took away his power to hire and fire the dep-
uty mayor and appoint members of his own executive
committee.
Both motions passed by a large majority, 41-2 and 39-3,
respectively.
With more such motions to come, it is becoming evi-
dent that Rob Ford may soon continue as Toronto's mayor
in title only.
But what right does he have to retain that title?
His lack of ability to control his personal demons has
tarnished the country's reputation and it needs to end;
the T-shirts, the bobblehead dolls, the sketches on Satur-
day Night Live. Enough is enough.
Some are calling for the provincial and federal govern-
ment to step in and take some much needed control in
this situation, but if Ford ever hopes to regain the respect
and trust of voters, it is he who should wave the white flag
and admit defeat.
Even that is a long shot.
Mr. Ford needs to walk away. Not only to save himself
the continued embarrassment, but his country as well.
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The new girl in town
As the new girl in town, I just
wanted to take the time to intro-
duce myself to the Seaforth
community.
Beginning on Nov. 11, I started
with the Huron Expositor as your
new multimedia journalist and I
couldn't be more excited.
Born and raised
in Kitchener, I have
always enjoyed
being involved in
my community
and have volun-
teered with several
organizations
including the KW
Skating Club and
Freeport Hospital.
Swimming,
dancing, skating, skiing and play-
ing the violin kept me busy
throughout my childhood and
helped come out of my shell.
Photography and writing had
always been the two biggest pas-
sions in my life. After completing
my bachelor of fine arts and the-
sis in photography from the
Ontario College of Art and
Design, in Toronto, I wanted to do
more than just take pretty pic-
tures. I wanted to tell people's
stories and educate everyone on
the world around them.
After a few years living in Van-
couver, BC, which included an
inspiring time working for the
Vancouver Olympic Committee, I
returned home to Kitchener,
ready to embark on a new jour-
ney. I enrolled in the print -jour-
nalism program at Conestoga
College where I finally found
my place.
Because of my involvement
with Spoke, the Conestoga Col-
lege student newspaper, I have
been lucky enough to meet two of
my biggest influences, George
Stroumboulopoulos and Jian
Ghomeshi.
Coming to the Expositor from
the KW area, I have previously
worked as a reporter and photog-
rapher for both the Waterloo
Region Record and
Cambridge Times
newspapers. I have
thoroughly enjoyed
local reporting in
the past, and am
looking forward to
becoming involved
with the commu-
Col
umn
Whitne
y South
nity here in
Seaforth.
As a kid, I would
often spend a couple weeks in the
summer at my grandparent's
trailer in Bayfield, so this area is
not completely new to me.
During my first week here, I
have enjoyed meeting new peo-
ple and attending several events.
There's a good chance you've
seen me wandering around with
my giant camera, but if you
haven't yet, I hope you will feel
free to come up and introduce
yourselves.
I have always felt that journal-
ism is a constantly changing field,
continually evolving to meet the
needs of readers and the world in
general. Journalists carry with
them the responsibility to inform
and educate the public about
issues that otherwise may go
unnoticed or unappreciated.
I would like to get everyone
involved in the newspaper, and I
encourage you all to share your
story ideas with me, by phone or
by sending an email to seaforth.
news@sunmedia.ca.
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