Several people have suggested here that the main reason Thug isn't "really" interested in being Mayor is because Deco is in trouble, and he's needed back at the helm there, but is that actually the case? Can anyone point to evidence of this claim? I haven't seen anything about it mentioned anywhere, apart from a few folks speculating about it in this forum.
Whatever crackpot scheme the Fords are cooking up here, I'm confident at the very least that said scheme exists. The details almost don't matter; they're clearly exploiting Fatass' "deahthbed fall from grace" for all its worth. The barely concealed smirks on the faces of Thug's daughters at his press conference - you know, the one he called to insist the media respect his family's privacy - was a dead giveaway. They knew it was all a performance, and that their father was full of shit. And them standing behind him, doing this while he's in the foreground, pretending to break up at Baby (Whale) Bro's tragic illness (cue the violins) was a macabre touch. They really are a family of ghouls.
I would agree that Thug doesn't genuinely want to be Mayor, but he probably sees the position as a stepping stone to Queen's Park, and I doubt he'd appreciate losing the election, especially if it's a humiliating defeat. That wouldn't serve his purposes at all. Remember, it's all about Ego with the Ford familglia.
