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Just municipal. From the MCIA: Power of judge to declare seat vacant, disqualify member and require restitution 10. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where the judge determines that a member or a former member while he or she was a member has contravened subsection 5 (1), (2) or (3), the...

Wow, nice digging NYCBoy! Hard to imagine that someone as unhealthy as Rob Ford will make it into the 10%.

Apparently yes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Escalade

Since the big C diagnosis, the talk on this board about whether Ford is still getting drunk and high has stopped pretty much entirely. I've been pretty clear that I believe Ford never stopped using, so I'm pretty doubtful that the worst news of his life suddenly scared him straight. Quite...

I've wondered the same. It might be hard to separate what's the cancer from something else. Chemotherapy disables the immune system, leading increased susceptibility to infections (like pneumonia). Doxorubicin (which is mentioned a lot for pleomorphic liposarcoma) can cause cause...

The reason we have "toothless laws" for politicians is because they were put in place by....politicians.

Doug Ford hated being a councillor. He has no interest in the mundane duties of constituency work. He wants to tell people what to do without having to do any actual work. He will never, ever go back to Ward 2.

Vetting? What vetting?? That's the beauty of the leadership campaign. No vetting, just the fee and the necessary support. Vetting is only for riding nominations. If Doug does run, expect mass irregularities in membership sign-ups, broken campaigning rules, spending violations, and...

I have to admit I'm a bit excited about the possibility. Let the PCPO, which stood silently by while the Fords did their best to destroy Toronto, get their own taste of the cheating, lying, and policy-free ambitions of Doug Ford.

Shoot. Looks like someone told Doug the nominations are still open. This was from last night, after Doug spoke to Sun News: David Akin ‏@davidakin 20h20 hours ago Doug Ford disappointed Ontario’s PC party cut off chance to get into leadership race before #topoli race done.

On the bright side, I suspect that Tiffany Ford (a woman of colour with no relation to the Fords) also benefited from Ford name recognition in winning her trustee seat in York West.

Agreed. Minnan Wong will lobby long and hard for the DM job, but his tendency to act like he's still in high school is not likely to be palatable to Tory. I think he'll go with someone less divisive, like Jaye Robinson. MW will likely get a spot on the EC though as a reward for endorsement...

For potential timelines, I went back and looked up Rob Ford's previous COI case. That was filed in March 2012, went to court in September 2012, and the decision was handed down in November 2012. So: six months from complaint to court, two more months for the decision. Jude filed on...

Or maybe the PCPO leadership in the meantime?

Wow, that long? I only give him 6 months, 8 months max. Yeah, steroids or not, Rob Ford has gained a fucktonne of weight. My guess is he's eating more of the same garbage that made him morbidly obese in the first place. Could be increased appetite from the meds, could just be Ford...

I wonder if they'll bother? The truth about the Fords and politics is that they love the prestige and the grandstanding on broad ideological "principles". They love temper tantrums on the floor of council. They do not like the actual, mundane work of being a councillor. I suspect the even...

Ranked ballots should help, especially where there's a strong backlash against an incumbent but no clear frontrunner. You can write to your councillor and your MPP to urge support.

Rebecca Thompson ‏@RThompsonSun PCs cut off nominations "too soon" and it was a mistake, says Doug Ford but "Ontario PC party needs to be cleaned up" 9:47 pm - 27 Oct 2014 https://twitter.com/RThompsonSun/status/526913195064446976 Shhhh! Nobody tell Doug the Ontario PC leader...

As distasteful as I find Warren Kinsella and Lisa Kirbie, this kind of bullying of media by a candidate for election is unacceptable if you believe in a free press. I find it even more egregious given that this isn't Tory's first offence.

Exactly! Frankly, there's a greater risk of riots if by some miracle of miracles Doug wins.