christiesplits
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I would love it if council appoints a raging left-wing anarchist just for a jab at Ford.
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W. K. Lis
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Could we get another Ford at city council? Rob's sister or Doug's daughter? I shudder at the thought. However, city council as a whole wouldn't do that.
dforthandbview
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I just revisited the Sandro Lisi/Bruno Bellissimo/Peter Kordas story from 10 days ago, http://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha..._rob_ford_friends_who_sought_crack_video.html, and I noticed this has been added: "Note: This article is subject to legal complaint by Peter Kordas". (Warning: the video at the bottom of the page plays automatically. I wish The Star would stop doing that!)
TorontoDoh
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So Mark Twohey confirmed he did contact the police before getting fired by Ford....
guitarchitect
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Mark Towhey said:
Well this is interesting. If Towhey can open up about this now, does that mean the flood is about to begin, with other staffers beginning to talk? I wonder if there was a gag order of sorts in place, either by the police or in a city hall employment contract?
He also won't comment on whether or not Price talked about his "hypothetical" question due to the confidential nature of City Hall conversations
Johnny Au
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Not everyone has unlimited bandwidth. The Toronto Star should know better.
spider
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My wife and I were in the car when we heard that council had voted to appoint a replacement for Mr. Holyday. We looked at each other and said in perfect unison "Adam Giambrone". Please. Bring it on.
guitarchitect
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It's much worse if you tend to set your volume level(s) using sliders in software, and your speakers are up loud (but not playing anything) and you click on one of those articles. Reading, reading, readAH @%@$*!!!!
tiffer24
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Now would be the perfect opportunity to get another Ford into politics. Maybe Doug can suggest Randy Ford as a replacement for Doug Holyday in Ward 3. He's not a career politician, meaning he has no idea how city politics work, he has a long history of drug-use and violence, and he has a direct line to the current Toronto kingmaker, Rob Ford. Seems like a no-brainer. Think of the Sunday radio show with 3 Fords on air at once. Toronto couldn't do any better.
Just got a phone survey from Forum Research about city issues. One of the questions was who you would vote for. Choices were Ford, Stintz, Chow, Tory or "someone else". You also got to say what one change you would like to see in Toronto. 
nfitz
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My understanding is that it's Etobicoke community council that get's first crack at appointing someone. Presumably city council would simply rubberstamp whoever is chosen, unless they are grossly unsuitable.
Am I wrong about the process?
animatronic
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That's pretty much it. Ford lacks the ability to whip city council so they should be expected to endorse whoever the EYCC puts forward. Ford could conceivably whip the EYCC to propose someone unpalatable to city council, but since they'd be replacing a conservative with a conservative it's difficult to see city councillors putting up a fight.
NYCBoy2305
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Just got a phone survey from Forum Research about city issues. One of the questions was who you would vote for. Choices were Ford, Stintz, Chow, Tory or "someone else". You also got to say what one change you would like to see in Toronto.
Had that one Friday night.
jusbokeh
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would simply add more ammo to ford. not very likely to happen.
heard on the radio that Doug Holiday has a recommendation.
Adaax
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That's par for the course with these kinds of stories. Rarely do they go beyond the sabre-rattling stage.
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