There's video! http://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=899379 Or was it a Mike Ford commercial? Hard to tell. P. S. Little Dougie is now combing his hair just like Dad. P. P. S. The dog is still alive.

You're right, of course. Which reminds me of Merv, one of the NDP's star campaign managers. He won Peggy Nash her first seat, but liked to keep a low profile, so low in fact that I once saw him quoted after an all-candidates debate telling the press what an awesome job Peggy had done . . . but...

As it should be. Why does anyone care who a lowly MP chooses to be his campaign manager? Do you know who your MP employed in the last election? The only reason it was reported at all was because everyone loves the circus . . . and the media sure loves to cover it.

The Toronto Sun's coverage of this includes these two quotes from Doug: “I have to focus with the family and Rob’s kids,” he said. “I wouldn’t have time to be going full steam ahead. That’s the first part. Second part is I don’t think it would be fair to the people of Scarborough if I ran out...

Indeed. The fact it's a BILLION dollars is awful curious. To Tory's credit, he could've left this a year or two until Doug announced his candidacy.

It's not much of a square, but I propose the City rename that infamous patch of land next to Renata's house, the Rob Ford Pederastry Quadrangle (for, you know, those kind of people).

In my day, we called that "sloppy seconds."

Criticising "the gravy train" was never terribly unique to Rob. People have been doing it in various forms since the Great Depression. The reason it worked so well is exactly because it is so overused, like most of the clichés in the Ford Brothers' lexicon. Furthermore, I'd bet Trump doesn't...

According to this document from City Staff, the cost of the by-election will be $175K, plus another $50K in rebates to whomever gives donations to the candidates. Then there's the additional cost to refill the seat that Mikey is vacating, which means yet another election, but in this case one...

He's not invincible. Why do you think they're coming on so strong before the race has even begun?

So, can all Ward 2 candidates expect the same treatment? Normally no one gives a wet slap about by-elections, not even the voters in the ward.

It's quite telling that CTV had their little Deco/Ford documentary all ready to run roughly one hour after Michael announced his candidacy . . . and now I think I understand why Mammo was so insistent on moving the item on the Ward 2 by-election moved to the front of the agenda. Could it have...

At the time, people suggested it was because Gord comes back from breaks smelling of cigarette smoke, and she couldn't handle it. I suspect it was more likely to do with the fact that they can't stand each other.

The way Mark Towhey writes about how Rob returned every call, makes it sound as if it is was another of his compulsive behavioural issues. If things weren't going well, he'd pick up his phone list—day or night—and "dial for love." Add to that the fact Rob had almost super-human (and drug...

A surprising number of councillors never say a word on the floor of Council. I've been watching a fair bit of the public feed for a few years now, and every meeting there's at least one moment where I say to myself "who's that?"

I linked an interview from shortly after Rob died that make Mikey sound like an embarrassing Ford robot, calling up CP24 for the exclusive, and pulling the political stunt of showing up for a TDSB meeting the day after his uncle had died, because that's What Rob Would've Wanted. He's barely...

The first time I watched the appointment process in action, they appointed Peter Leon in Etobicoke. A right-winger, sure, but an excellent choice. The next time, there were two seats up for grabs: downtown got their lefty, and the suburbs got their righty. All in all, in my brief experience...

This is on City Council's agenda tomorrow. CC18.2—Declaring the Office of Councillor, Ward 2–Etobicoke North Vacant and Deciding the Method to Fill the Vacancy Prepare yourselves for a Doug eruption, since it's probably the only reason he's even in town.

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/rob-fords-toronto.14268/unread

Job security, I suppose. I wonder . . . is that his taxpayer-funded phone number?