[evandyk]

While the behaviour is not meritorious, I feel that it is a distraction from more important matters. I expect the city wasted more than $7k is 10 different ways today.

This is true, but it's a bigger slice of the Toronto budget than Bev Oda's $16 orange juice was of the federal budget

Yes, I know that a thimble full of orange juice probably costs $16 on King West these days, but that was back in 2012.

 

[smably]

While the behaviour is not meritorious, I feel that it is a distraction from more important matters. I expect the city wasted more than $7k is 10 different ways today.

It's not just about the money for me, it's about the councillor's competence and integrity. It sounds like he failed to exercise good judgement and also may have misled council about the events leading up to his missed flight home. That kind of thing makes an impartial observer (like me) question his judgement in other matters.