First time poster here, though I have followed the Rob Ford's Toronto thread as a guest until now. I am not an insider nor do I work within media, justice or politics, but I do have an interest in Toronto's future and always enjoy a good drama.
Out of curiosity, I
googled the address to DECO. Note the 4th result, called:
Taxi fare in Toronto from 28 Greensboro Drive to 40 trehorne drive ...
These results are probably cached taxi fare rates based on searches that have been made in the past. So somebody out there frequently/occasionally/once looks up cab fare between these two addresses.
Then I googled
40 Trehorne dr. The 6th result (after a slew of k ford results) is:
scott macintyre Online Resume - Resume Builder. So we can see that a Scott Macintyre has an online resume, showing his contact person as Kathy Ford (Doug and Rob's sister?). The resume lists his latest work experience as:
Shipper /Reciever /Expediter (05/17/1999 – 03/19/2010)
So one may surmise he may have performed work for DECO, as he reports his contact person as Kathy Ford, and we also have the potential linkage on cab fare searches between the two addresses. Most here are probably aware that a Scott Macintyre has been written about in the media in drug related stories, and had a falling out with Rob Ford's sister, culminating in his arrest at the mayors house. But one particular
charge noted in the past comes to mind:
...and in 1999, he pleaded guilty after a police sting uncovered his role in a plot to traffic more than 50 pounds of hashish.
So there's a guy named Scott Macintyre out there who not only has a record of street user level cocaine incidents, but also in fact has been part of larger distribution network in 1999, which seems to overlap the time period that the Scott Macintyre on the online resume, possibly worked as a shipper/receiver at DECO.
Could this tie into some of the other posters' ideas about DECO? According to the Globe, owner Randy Ford was "
involved in the drug trade", albeit a long time ago, and has generally never appeared in the spotlight like Rob and Doug have.