Mr. Fold is my new favorite
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i just noticed; what the fuck is he wearing? it looks like a cross between a suit jacket and a windbreaker
Windbreaker over a dress shirt and tie.
As expected, Ford filed for a notice of appeal to the court order. The notice will be heard on Dec. 5. Ironically, an informal poll was done by one media outlet here in Toronto on who should be the next mayor, and Ford got over 30%. People aren't too smart.
Watch him lose the appeal, then get voted back in.
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You're just catching up to us.
'MURICA: FIRST
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rob-ford-t...-now-1.1066378
So the saga continues....
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Rob Ford to 'carry on' as Toronto mayor for now
A judge has approved Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s request to put the brakes on a ruling that would have required him to vacate office by Dec. 10.
The stay-of-removal order allows Ford to continue serving as mayor until he’s able to appeal an earlier verdict that would have removed him from City Hall as early as next week.
Lawyer Alan Lenczner represented Ford in Divisional Court on Wednesday. He argued that kicking Ford out of office before his appeal would thwart the democratic will of those who elected the mayor.
The judge waited 30 minutes before announcing the final decision, in which she determined that if the original ruling was not stayed,there would be significant uncertainty and expenses incurred.
“If the decision under appeal is stayed for a short interval until the appeal is heard, there is no basis to conclude that any harm will be caused to the public interest,” the verdict read.
A critical issue in Ford’s stay application became timing, specifically the short timeframe between the original conflict-of-interest verdict and Ford’s appeal on Jan. 7, 2013.
Court weighed whether it would be inappropriate and expensive to start searching for a new mayor, especially when the possibility of Ford being reinstated was still on the table.
Mayor Ford did not accompany his lawyer in court. Instead, he later spoke to reporters at City Hall, telling them that he “can’t wait” for his appeal to be heard in the new year.
“I’m going to carry on and do what the people elected me to do. They voted for me to be mayor,” Ford said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do and I’m going to keep doing it to the best of my ability.”
The mayor was ordered to vacate his office last week after a judge found him in violation of conflict-of-interest rules. The case explored Ford’s use of a city letterhead to solicit donations for a private football charity, as well as his later participation in a vote on the matter.
The Toronto resident who first launched the lawsuit consented to Ford’s stay request earlier this week.
In a statement issued by his lawyer Monday, Paul Magder said he agreed to the stay “to give the city of Toronto a measure of stability” while Ford’s appeal winds its way through the justice system.
Briefly speaking to reporters outside of Toronto City Hall, staunch Ford ally Coun. Denzil Minnan-Wong called the judge’s stay approval “the right decision.”
“This is a personal decision for the mayor in terms of what he’s planning on doing, in terms of what his legal proceedings mean for him,” said Minnan-Wong.
Similarly, Coun. Adam Vaughan referred to the stay as “the judicious thing to do.”
“We have to wait to see what the courts decide on this,” he told CTV Toronto. “I think it would be unwise to plunge the city into any more turmoil or ambiguity than it already has been."
If Ford’s appeal in the conflict of interest case is unsuccessful, he has vowed to run in a possible city byelection that could be triggered by his ouster. Initially, there was debate over whether Ford would be allowed to run should one be held. The confusion cleared when Justice Hackland agreed to amend his ruling, clearing the way for a potential byelection run.
Meanwhile, Coun. Doug Ford continued to speak out in support of his brother Wednesday, but with a more conciliatory tone than he has used in recent weeks.
“Everyone matures in their position and I think Rob is maturing in the position of being mayor,” Doug conceded. “Yes, there’s things that we have to do a little differently. But what we aren’t going to do differently is when it comes down to spending taxpayers’ money.”
The decision to hold a byelection -- or to appoint an interim mayor -- is up to Toronto City Council.
The City of Toronto’s next general election is expected to take place in 2014.
hopefully the rejection of his appeal is handled just as quick and "judiciously"
Looks like Ford is still in for now. Wonder what will happen next. The left are allegedly trying to do him in (reports say that some councillors are tapping phones and following people lol).
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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/arti...stay-in-office
Mayor Rob Ford wins appeal, will stay in office
In a judgment released Friday morning, a three-judge Divisional Court panel overturned the November ruling that evicted Ford from office over a February violation of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
Ford’s victory ends an unprecedented period of uncertainty at City Hall — and averts an unprecedented period of upheaval. Had the court upheld the ruling, Ford would have lost his job, Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday would have become interim mayor, and council would have been forced to call a $7-million-plus byelection or appoint a successor.
The lawyer who tried the case against Ford, Clayton Ruby, will now try to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The court has no obligation to take the case, and most legal experts believe it is unlikely that Ruby will succeed.
Ford said at a City Hall press conference that the experience has been “very, very humbling.” Asked what he will now do differently, however, he said only that he has learned that he has wide public support. He twice said that he plans to be mayor for the “next six years,” projecting confidence that he will win the 2014 election.
“Folks, two years ago, the people of this great city elected me as their mayor,” Ford said. “It is an enormous privilege and I’m thankful for it every single day. I’m very proud to say that over the past two years, I’ve done exactly what I said I was going to do. The job is not finished yet, and I plan to spend the next six years on getting the job done, moving forward to continue doing the work we were elected to do. We are doing a great job in turning the city around.
The case centred on Ford’s actions at a council meeting in February. When council considered a motion to excuse him from repaying $3,150 to 11 lobbyists and one corporation from whom he improperly sought donations to his charitable football foundation, Ford gave a speech urging his colleagues to let him off the hook, then voted in favour of excusing himself. The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act forbids politicians from voting on any issue in which they have a personal financial interest.
The appeal panel accepted Ford’s argument that council didn’t have the authority to order him to pay back the $3,150 in the first place. Ford’s vote on the matter, the panel agreed, was therefore null and void.
“Given that the imposition of the financial sanction. . . was a nullity because Council did not have the jurisdiction to impose such a penalty, Mr. Ford had no pecuniary interest in the matter on which he voted at Council,” the judges wrote.
The ruling hinged on the City of Toronto Act, the provincial law that governs the city’s affairs. Under the act, council can impose only two penalties for conduct violations: a reprimand or a suspension of pay.
Council has a separate Code of Conduct that allows for five additional “options.” The judge in the original case, Justice Charles Hackland, found that these options — one of which is “repayment or reimbursement of moneys received” — are “proportionate and necessary remedial measures,” not penalties.
The appeal panel agreed that council can use remedial measures not found in the City of Toronto Act. But in this case, the judges wrote, forcing Ford to pay back money was indeed a penalty: he had never himself received the money, which went to the organization that administers his foundation.
“What is objectionable in the present case is the fact that a so-called remedial measure is being used for a punitive purpose,” the judges wrote. “In Decision CC 52.1, City Council ordered Mr. Ford to pay monies to certain donors when he had never received such monies personally. While the application judge called the reimbursement obligation a remedial measure, in our view, this was a penalty imposed on Mr. Ford.”
Ruby argued that Ford held a financial interest in the vote even if council never had the power to make the order — because the order was presumed valid at the time. Ruby had also argued that Ford was making an improper “collateral attack” against an earlier decision. The panel also rejected this argument.
Ruby said in a statement: “The Court has let Rob Ford off on a technicality. We find that disappointing, particularly since the Court found that Mr. Paul Magder was right on the facts. We believe that there are serious errors of law in the judgment and we will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal to that Court.”
He added: “Especially troubling is the finding that if a politician raises money from lobbyists and directs that money to his or her own personal interest, such abuse is beyond the reach of government oversight.”
The judges on the appeal panel were Regional Senior Justice Edward Then, Justice Lynne Leitch, and Justice Katherine Swinton. All three are widely respected.
The judges rejected all three of Ford’s additional arguments, including his claim that $3,150 was an insignificant sum. “The amount in issue, $3,150, was not an insignificant amount, even for a person of Mr. Ford’s means,” they wrote.
Ford had operated under a cloud since early September, when his testimony in the case made it clear he was in serious trouble. The lawsuit against him was filed in March on behalf of resident Paul Magder, who was directed to the case by left-leaning activist Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler.
Ford had criticized the lawsuit as a petty attempt by his ideological foes to oust him by any means available. Magder said he was simply attempting to hold Ford accountable for his behaviour. Chaleff-Freudenthaler has refused to speak about his role.
Ford, who also won a defamation lawsuit in December, is now left with one major legal hurdle. A forensic audit of his campaign financial practices is expected to be released next week. If the auditors allege that Ford committed serious breaches of the Municipal Elections Act, the city’s compliance committee could vote to hire a special prosecutor to consider non-criminal charges against him. The possible penalties include a fine and removal from office, though removal is unlikely.
Ford has just under two years left in his four-year term. The next regularly scheduled mayoral election will be held on Oct. 27, 2014.
People need to stop giving attention to Toronto
Toronto is like the kid no one likes in school, don't pay attention to them and they will stop bugging you
Ford back in the spotlight and just in time for Halloween. Needless to say, he's toast.
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Doc...116/story.html
Toronto police have copy of mayor Rob Ford's alleged crack video
TORONTO - Toronto police have seized a video of Mayor Rob Ford "consistent" with allegations that have been previously reported in the press," though the chief said they have no "reasonable" grounds to criminally charge the mayor.
Allegations of a video appearing to show Ford smoking crack cocaine surfaced in May when reporters from the Toronto Star and the U.S. website Gawker reported they were shown the video.
Newly released court documents show Toronto police opened an investigation into those allegations, headed by a senior detective.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair announced Thursday that earlier this week officers examined a hard drive seized in "Project Traveller," a drugs and weapons investigation and recovered a digital video file of Ford.
"That file contains video images which appear to be those images which were previously reported in the press," Blair said.
The mayor has repeatedly said he does not use crack cocaine and the video does not exist.
Alexander Lisi, a friend of Ford's, was charged earlier this month with four drug offences. As a result of discovering the video, Lisi is now also charged with extortion and the video will be presented in that case in court, Blair said.
Blair, who has personally watched the video, said it's believed it relates to events at a home on Windsor Drive. The home is referred to in court documents released Thursday in Lisi's drug case by a confidential informant as a "crack house."
"As a citizen of Toronto I'm disappointed," Blair said. "It's an issue of significant public concern."
Asked whether Ford could face charges, Blair said there's nothing in the video that would allow police to "form reasonable grounds" to support the laying of a criminal charge.
The police document shows that friends and former staffers of Ford were concerned that Lisi was "fuelling" the Toronto mayor's alleged drug use.
The lengthy document details evidence police collected in order to get a search warrant for Lisi, Ford's friend and occasional driver. The document contains police allegations used to obtain search warrants, and those allegations have not been proven in court.
Ford former staffer, Chris Fickel, told police he didn't know where Ford got marijuana from, but "has heard that 'Sandro' may be the person who provides the mayor with marijuana and possibly cocaine," the document alleges.
However, Fickel added, he has never seen Lisi provide the mayor with drugs. The mayor would call Fickle and tell him to tell "Sandro" that "I need to see him," Fickle told police.
Payman Aboodowleh, a volunteer football coach at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, where Ford coached the team, told police that Lisi met Ford through him. He told police he was "mad at Lisi because he was fuelling the mayor's drug abuse," the document says.
A photograph of the mayor with three men, one of whom — Anthony Smith — was gunned down on a city street, accompanied the Star story published in May. The other two men in the photo, which was taken in front of a house, were arrested as part of "Project Traveller.''
On March 28, the day Smith was killed, the document says Ford and Lisi spoke on the phone seven times, with the mayor initiating five of the calls.
The document says police compared that photograph to an address that a confidential informant told police was a "crack house," and found it had the same colour, overhanging light, white trim, brick colour and pattern.
Hours after the Gawker article was published, phone records show Lisi called Mohamed Siad, who the police report says "is believed to have been one of the people trying to sell Mayor Ford crack video." He also called one of the residents of the "crack house" several times.
The Toronto Star has identified Siad as one of the men it says showed its reporters the alleged video. Siad was arrested in June as part of Project Traveller, a massive sweep targeting gang activity.
According to the document, police were conducting surveillance on Lisi and on June 26 saw him meet with Ford at a soccer field.
They spoke for a few minutes then Lisi returned to his vehicle, retrieved a white plastic bag appearing to contain some items, put some cans of Minute Maid in it, then Lisi put the bag in Ford's SUV, then walked back to meet up with Ford, the documents allege.
On July 11 Ford is seen on surveillance cameras parking at a gas station then walking straight to the washroom. Shortly after, Lisi arrives at the gas station. Lisi is seen walking near the mayor's SUV holding a manila envelope.
"Lisi appears to be looking around, possibly scoping out the area," the document says.
Lisi is then seen walking along the passenger side of the mayor's vehicle then goes out of the surveillance tape frame and isn't seen again. Ford spends about six minutes in the washroom then buys a pack of gum and drives away.
On July 28 police watched Lisi and Ford meet behind a school. After they left police seized garbage that Ford threw out and it contained two empty vodka bottles.
An Ontario Superior Court judge ordered the release of the document Wednesday following an application by media lawyers who argued it contains information that is in the public interest.
TL;DR
Toronto police have the alleged video of Ford smoking crack that Gawker and the Toronto Star have been after. Also, Ford has a drug problem, allegedly.
I'm thoroughly confused at a well-off white guy smoking crack instead of non-poor people drugs
I honestly didn't even know that Canada had crack
The fuck? How do you have a video of someone smoking crack and not have a "reasonable ground to criminally charge"?Toronto police have seized a video of Mayor Rob Ford "consistent" with allegations that have been previously reported in the press," though the chief said they have no "reasonable" grounds to criminally charge the mayor.