the option of banning Ford from running for up to seven years ... The city’s integrity commissioner ruled in 2010 that then-councillor Ford was wrong to use official letterhead and other city resources to solicit donations from people lobbying him for his namesake football foundation ... Ford, who was on council for a decade before becoming mayor in late 2010, testified he never read the Conflict of Interest Act or the councillor orientation handbook. Nor did he attend councillor training sessions that covered conflicts of interest. The mayor promised in his oath of office to “disclose conflicts of interest” but, when asked by Ruby if he understood the words, Ford said: “No ...
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1293190--mayor-rob-ford-guilty-kicked-from-office-but-can-run-again

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

4. I wonder if Ford will do a "Yeltsin standing on the tank" moment outside City Hall. n/t.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 12:46 AM

Nov 2012

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

2. Agnes just let out a cheer!

Reply to shockedcanadian (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:45 PM

Nov 2012

That's wonderful........I'm amazed, and hope that he bloody gets defeated.

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

3. 'Ford Nation' is going apeshit

Reply to shockedcanadian (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2012, 01:43 PM

Nov 2012

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA Maybe they'll secede from Canada.

theKed

(1,235 posts)

5. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

Reply to shockedcanadian (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 11:15 AM

Nov 2012

Seriously, the guy spends the better part of 2 years making a very public ass of himself, embarrassing the entire city, and being a massive slow-motion trainwreck of a mayor.

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