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I suppose if we squint really hard and assume that at least some of the guys who tried to blackmail Ford were in fact the ones with briefcases full of money mentioned in Crazy Town (whose identity I don't think we know, so there's nothing to tell us that they weren't Russian mafia), then it...

Ah, okay, thanks - I do remember that. I was imagining Deluce/Porter directly reimbursing Rob Ford for the trip, which would (I hope) have been too crazy even for him to get away with. Although I still agree with Keenan that if the city thinks there's value in sending the mayor, councillors or...

Do you have a source for that? I had thought that the Fords said they paid their own way but I could easily be misremembering. And if it is the case, wouldn't this be an example of exactly the sort of gift that people like politicians should not accept, to avoid giving even a perception of bias...

I feel like this must have changed in recent years. I don't think I look particularly young for my age, but unless I'm with my husband I get carded pretty much every time I buy a bottle of wine. :P

I think it corrected from an earlier version of the article that suggested the quote was from Pennachetti.

Here's Daniel Dale's analysis of the CFO's briefing note, by the way - I know snippets were being posted yesterday but I found it useful to have it all in one place. Key takeaways for me, and points that I want to see Ford challenged on over and over and over: Not to mention the...

Fair point, but I still think Galloway did a great job (or at least much better than anyone else I've heard recently) in challenging Ford's $1billion in "savings" claim while referring to the CFO's briefing note, and in putting Ford on the spot regarding the crack use and connections with drug...

Yes. I really don't understand how that can be brushed off as "personal" when it so clearly suggests that someone in that household is afraid. Conflict in any marriage may be normal, but that is not normal.

According to Danial Dale: If this is the case, I have to agree. That sure doesn't sound like speaking truth to power, or any of the other values of a professional public servant that were drilled into me in school. And to me, it's one of the most distressing ways that Ford has impacted the city.

@CouncillorFord fools everybody!

I hope it's a parody! If it's real, things are getting way, way beyond surreal. From the account description: (Emphasis added. And yeah, I've been caught by this one more than once. :P)

I think @CouncillorFord trips me up even more than @TOMayorFrod - it's so very, very plausible. :)

This makes perfect sense - but I'm not sure that I understand why it makes sense for Thomson to run (bizarrely) for mayor herself instead of just campaigning for John Tory, apart from her apparent desire to be at the centre of a spectacle.

When I go to that link, the first sentence is "Project Traveller detectives who discovered the Mayor Rob Ford crack video also found “some pictures of a firearm” on the same seized laptop, according to court documents."

From that link: "Police said they have five videos in total in relation to the investigation. The first three are failed attempts to film the mayor, while the fourth was successful. It is about one minute long." I don't know if they have that information, but I wonder if all of the failed...

Shouldn't the argument for looking at the evidence rather than applying a partisan lens to issues be just as relevant at the provincial and federal levels, though? I personally care a lot about municipal issues and tend to focus on them, but I can name at least three Canadian governments of...

Seems like supporters who are too demoralized to stand up for their guy today are probably also going to be less likely to vote in October. Not necessarily a win for any of the other candidates, but that could be a loss for Ford.

I spent several hours this week interviewing people at a homeless shelter in another province about their needs and the best way for the community to support them. At some point, someone commented that politicians really need to come into the shelters and see what it's like there, but also to...

. Early 2011, I think.

Side note: it always strikes me as funny that more people don't make that joke; it seems so natural. Didn't everybody at least read Brave New World for school?