Silverstein interview with the Globe and Mail reveals that Rob was ready to hang in running for Mayor even from his sick bed, and had to be "persuaded" to end his bid by Diane and Doug....
At 11 a.m. – just three hours before the 2 p.m. deadline – Doug, mother Diane, staffer Amin Massoudi and Mr. Silverstein – told Mr. Ford he was running out of time. “We realized … that if we were going to do this, we had to kind of pull the trigger.â€
Mr. Ford agreed to drop out and run as a councillor. Mr. Silverstein would instead serve as spokesman on Doug Ford’s mayoral campaign.
“For it all to be snatched away from us like that seemed really very cruel,†he said.
“To see the mayor going through what he had gone through, and knowing just how difficult it was going to be for him, made it that much more difficult for all of us to watch.â€
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