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DSC said:
Not really, nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends. Neither Ford has many friends on Council and none are related to them. Doug made few friends on Council and annoyed most Councillors and, as someone noted above, I strongly doubt that any Fordites would really be too happy to see young Mike there as he appears NOT to be a chip off the old block and might have vaguely sensible ideas. If (or when) Robo departs I bet there will be an election unless he hangs on until not long before the 2018 elections.
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Mikey is still young and after all those years under R & D's guidance he may be going thru an adolescent rebellion stage, which may not last that long as we suspect he's still on the family's payroll. Momma, and Doug's Night Shift will be working on the succession plan. (I think Doug's more interested in becoming a casino owner/developer as something more suitable to his talents and affiliations than politics, per se. A casino was his first genius idea when he got on Council.)
 
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Hrrrmmm...interesting. I wonder if RoFo is so close to kicking the can that taking the signs down might be seen as symbolically gauche by City Staff or Councillors. You know, politely not speaking of the dying as though they are already dead.

p.s. I posted the Filion comment...I rarely have added anything of concrete value to this thread so I kindof have to hold onto my victories for dear life ;)
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Next week will be a huge indicator of that. Rob loves budgets.
 
DSC said:
Not really, nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends. Neither Ford has many friends on Council and none are related to them. Doug made few friends on Council and annoyed most Councillors and, as someone noted above, I strongly doubt that any Fordites would really be too happy to see young Mike there as he appears NOT to be a chip off the old block and might have vaguely sensible ideas. If (or when) Robo departs I bet there will be an election unless he hangs on until not long before the 2018 elections.
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There's also (not trying to be alarmist here) the question of Mikey's own health:

https://twitter.com/MichaelFordTO/status/698534123753889792
1/2: Yesterday I underwent pacemaker surgery at St Joseph's hospital and recovering very well today.
 
Hmm I was thinking that with Apple denying that request... I'd imagine they'd have rejected the TPS request to get into Lisi's phone no? Or was his just locked ?
Perhaps the investigation got stuck at a certain point and couldn't move forward
 
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