Unprecedented turn of events at City Hall as now everyone has heard that Mayor Rob Ford has been ousted from his post at City of Toronto. It is great to see the system provide accountability to our politicians and the law should be used to reprimand those that view them- selves, ‘above the law’. At the center of the controversy was the fact that he solicited funds from his office using city stationary to ask supporters for donations for his football fund. It provides opportunity for underprivileged children to play a sport he is passionate about. Also he does this of his free will. Unfortunately the funds he collected, approximately $3100, he was to pay back because of conflict of interest. Instead he voted on a resolution to keep the funds when he should not have. After many people urged him to pay back the money, he blatantly refused. As a result we have the result and decision. Politics is a dirty game and I refused to get involved because after watching the movie, ‘The Omen’, the son of the devil was to be born to a powerful political, frankly that scared me from this career path.  But the point is that in Quebec we have a Mayor that is accused of openly taking bribes from contractors bidding on public-works projects; Same in London Ontario with their Mayor; How about Our Provincial Government and Mr. McGuinty, who decided to quit while in Office, prorogued Parliament to avoid the real issues facing Ontarians. Meanwhile negotiating contracts with the Public sector, without opposition and to go off into the sunset with his severance (for quitting?) and a pension (indexed to inflation) at our expense?  Though Mayor Ford’s arrogance is unforgivable, his sins are nothing in comparison to these other examples of pigs feeding at the trough. Ford should be commended for doing what other politicians aren’t doing and that is ‘community involvement’. Using the courts to chase individuals on a technicality sets a dangerous precedent for the tax paying public. The Next Vote gets all these clowns out of there! Sincerely-Philip Magnoli, my friends call me Don Filippo-The FX Specialist- www.donfilippo.ca

 

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