picard102
Senior Member
Pretty sure Adam was engaged if not married. Regardless, both were consensual relationships between two adults.
That they are subject to public scrutiny is puritanical af.
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Mayor John Tory's Toronto
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That they are subject to public scrutiny is puritanical af.
SJD_Toronto
Active Member
Just please not Josh Matlow for mayor. Please not him.
nfitz
Superstar
If my memory serves me correctly, it was the announcement of his engagement that triggered the jilted party to go public.
Jonny5
Senior Member
From CBC:
So they have until about April 15 to pass the bylaw which will set the date of the byelection.
A mid-summer election? Someone will win with 35% turnout.
So they have until about April 15 to pass the bylaw which will set the date of the byelection.
A mid-summer election? Someone will win with 35% turnout.
nfitz
Superstar
I just saw at today's front page on the Star.
If the full page resignation of John Tory (filling pages 1 to 3), underneath a banner about the page 4 to 6 coverage of the Ford wedding scandal wasn't enough.
At the top is an ad for Lastman's Bad Boy. And at the bottom is an ad for a cemetery.
If this is a troll by the Toronto Star - congratulations!
If the full page resignation of John Tory (filling pages 1 to 3), underneath a banner about the page 4 to 6 coverage of the Ford wedding scandal wasn't enough.
At the top is an ad for Lastman's Bad Boy. And at the bottom is an ad for a cemetery.
If this is a troll by the Toronto Star - congratulations!
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Jonny5
Senior Member
The ad for the funeral and cemetary services business at the bottom is a nice touch. Tory's political career is dead and buried.
toaster29
Active Member
I'm not sure if the woman is 31 now, or was the 31 at the time, but this is a full grown consenting adult. Some of the comments in this thread seem to imply she was barely legal or 18 years old. Saying "young enough to be his granddaughter" and "closer in age to Hazel McCallion" without actually mentioning the woman's age is sensationalist and trying to make it seem worse than it is. The issue is more about the power dynamic (boss and staffer), not about the age difference.
allengeorge
Senior Member
Agreed. This - not age - is the issue at hand for the public.
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Richard White
Senior Member
The irony with the strong mayor powers is that a by-election MUST be called to replace Tory.
Unlike before when someone could have been appointed, the new legislation doesn't permit it.
Doug Ford must not be liking this. He probably thought he had a puppet in the Mayors office and now he has a thorn in his side.
He can't appoint a province friendly mayor either. That rules out putting in Mikey to run things instead of McKelvie.
I wonder if Gil Penalosa may run again.
Unlike before when someone could have been appointed, the new legislation doesn't permit it.
Doug Ford must not be liking this. He probably thought he had a puppet in the Mayors office and now he has a thorn in his side.
He can't appoint a province friendly mayor either. That rules out putting in Mikey to run things instead of McKelvie.
I wonder if Gil Penalosa may run again.
adma
Superstar
It isn't about "appointing". It's about running a Ford Nation standard bearer and getting the Ford Nation electoral steamroller up and running to get said standard bearer elected.
And again, if it were about blatant nepotism, likelier Kinga than Mikey.
zang
Senior Member
My guess:
Rob Ford didn’t have a cushy spot on the family trust of one of the biggest oligopolies in the country.
I’m gonna guess that the IC’s Tory & Rogers investigation picked back up after Tory got a third term. And that it’s very likely they’d find impropriety warranting a spanking.
Getting ahead of it with this affair news kills two birds with one stone.
1) It stops any potential extortion over the affair.
2) It saves his cushy ties with Rogers.
The report would show impropriety, sure. But the worst the IC could do is make the very rich man fake an apology and take a pay cut for a while. It would be far worse for his ties to Rogers however, and at a time when they’re already dealing with leadership problems. The Rogers Sisters could lose an ally helping keep Ed Rogers from going full-blown dictator over there.
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toonderly
Active Member
I thought that investigation had concluded in December and cleared Tory of any conflict.
Northern Light
Superstar
You think turnout will be up six points for a summer election (it was only 29.2% in November)?
How very optimistic.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Thank god Wong-Tam is already a MPP. She’s probably kicking herself that she can’t run….not without annoying the NDP brass.
Northern Light
Superstar
Possible Candidates mooted in the National Post:
Cressy, Layton, Bailao, Keesmaat, Nate Esrkine-Smith (whose been musing about running for the Prov. Liberal leadership, after being perpetually overlooked for cabinet). Chloe Brown (3rd place finisher in November with 6% of the vote, apparently on a campaign with 2k in funding)
They also mention Wong-Tam.
Cressy, Layton, Bailao, Keesmaat, Nate Esrkine-Smith (whose been musing about running for the Prov. Liberal leadership, after being perpetually overlooked for cabinet). Chloe Brown (3rd place finisher in November with 6% of the vote, apparently on a campaign with 2k in funding)
They also mention Wong-Tam.