Rob Ford's Toronto. Guess how many promises he will keep.

[tennis97girl]

I say maybe 4, you guys?.
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontovotes2010/2010/10/26/15834981.html

End the Personal Vehicle Tax: Ford told the Sun scrapping the $60 tax - charged to every Torontonian every year when they register a vehicle - will be the first thing he will tackle. He wants it gone by 2011.
Kill the Land Transfer Tax: Ford wants Toronto's municipal land transfer tax scrapped by 2012.
Property Tax?: We'll have to see what Ford will do to our property taxes. He has not committed to an increase, decrease or freeze.
TTC: End of the line for strikes. Ford has vowed to make the TTC an "essential service."
Subways: Goodbye Transit City. Ford campaigned on taking the provincial Transit City money and reallocating it to build subways, completing the Sheppard Line from Downsview to Scarborough Town Centre and extending the Bloor-Danforth line to Scarborough Town Centre.
Streetcars: Ford has vowed to rip streetcars off arterial roads and replace them with buses. Red Rockets will still be roaming along the St. Clair right-of-way and other spots where the infrastructure has already been built.
Bikes: Believe it or not, the right-winger does want bike lines. Ford pledged to use $55 million for a network of off-road bike/jogging paths across the city. He wants bike lines on roads where they "make sense."
Garbage: Rats! No more garbage strikes. Ford has vowed to contract out garbage once collective agreements expire.
Police: Mayor Rob pledged he'd put 100 more cops on Toronto's streets.
Graffiti: The other G-word. During the campaign Ford lamented graffiti almost as much as he cried foul over the gravy train. Ford has vowed to declare war on graffiti. He wants city buildings to set the standard for removal. He wants other property owners to clean it up or face penalties and he wants a crackdown on those caught tagging Toronto's streets.
Budget: Cut some new notches in that belt because it is going to get tighter at City Hall. Ford has vowed to find $525 million in savings in 2011 - forcing each city department to reduce their budgets by 2.5%.
Surplus land: Let the selloff begin. Ford has vowed to selloff up to $1 billion in surplus city land in his first term.
Council meetings: We're watching you. Ford wants every vote councillors cast to be a recorded one that will be published and easily accessible online.
Council office budgets: Ford, who famously spent nothing on his office budget as a councillor, will slash councillor expense accounts to $30,000 and staffing budgets to $175,000. He promises to cut the mayor's budget by 20%.
Smaller council: Four years from now Ford wants to half the size of city council from 44 to 22 seats. He'll have to get this new council to agree to it before the next election.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_promise

“An election promise is a promise made to the public by a politician who is trying to win an election. They have long been a central element of elections and remain so today. Election promises are also notable for often being broken once a politician is in office.”

“Elections promises are part of an election platform, but platforms also contain vague ideals and generalities as well as specific promises. They are an essential element in getting people to vote for a candidate. For example, a promise such as to cut taxes or to introduce new social programs may appeal to voters.”

IMO Rob Ford will need to raise his game and build a consensus by reaching out to other city councillors in order to keep his promises.