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mrsat_98
05-01-2014, 03:43 AM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rob-ford-takes-leave-as-new-drug-video-emerges/article18354671/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/05/01/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-to-take-leave-absence/?intcmp=latestnews

Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek treatment for substance abuse, he said Wednesday, as a report surfaced about a second video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine.

"I have a problem with alcohol, and the choices I have made while under the influence. I have struggled with this for some time," Ford said in statement late Wednesday. He is seeking re-election in the Oct. 27 vote.

Ford's lawyer, Dennis Morris, told Fox News late Wednesday that "it is a long campaign" (for Ford) and that a short break is a good thing. He did not give an estimate of how long the mayor's "break" would be.

Morris said he spoke to Ford earlier Wednesday and said the mayor has accepted that he has a problem.

"He acknowledges he has a substance abuse problem and he wants to do something about it," Morris told The Associated Press.

Morris declined to comment on two recent recordings that have apparently surfaced -- one of which allegedly depicts Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine in his sister's basement.

The Globe and Mail newspaper reported two Globe reporters viewed the video from a self-professed drug dealer showing Ford taking a drag from a pipe early Saturday morning.

The video is part "of a package of three videos the dealer said was surreptitiously filmed around 1:15 a.m., and which he says he is now selling for `at least six figures,"' the paper reported.

News reports of the existence of an earlier video of Ford apparently smoking crack first surfaced last May, igniting a media firestorm around Ford.

Ford, who launched his campaign for re-election earlier this year, acknowledged last year after months of denials that he smoked crack in a "drunken stupor" after police said they obtained a video that appears to show him smoking crack. The video has never been released to the public.

Ford has careened from one scandal to another, becoming a national embarrassment for many Canadians.

Also on Wednesday, The Toronto Sun reported that it obtained an audio recording of Ford making offensive remarks about other politicians at a bar on Monday night.

Ford has refused to resign, despite mounting pressure after a string of incidents, from public drunkenness to an appearance in another video that showed him threatening "murder" in an incoherent rant. Toronto's city council has stripped him of most of his powers.

Ford said last year that he quit drinking alcohol after having a "come to Jesus moment" but later acknowledged that he drank again. A number of recordings of the mayor intoxicated have surfaced since.

Ford acknowledged "rocky moments over the past year" during his official campaign launch earlier this month but vowed to fight harder than ever to win re-election.

Ford, who was the first to register as a candidate in January, invoked the spirit of second chances during a speech in front of supporters.

A message left with Ford's chief of staff was not returned. Ford's lawyer, Morris, did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment on the reports that emerged Wednesday night.

John Tory, who is running against Ford in the election, said he's relieved that Ford is seeking help but said "for the good of the city" he should resign.

compromise
05-01-2014, 05:26 AM
He's actually a fairly good mayor, by North American big city mayor standards.

mrsat_98
05-01-2014, 05:51 AM
He's actually a fairly good mayor, by North American big city mayor standards.

Come to think of it he is better than some small town mayors. http://www.ktbs.com/story/25060463/homer-mayor-arrested-accused-of-malfeasance-in-office

Cdn_for_liberty
05-01-2014, 05:42 PM
oh well, lucky I don't live in Toronto cause come October, they'll get some big government left wing mayor.

RonPaulMall
05-01-2014, 09:23 PM
oh well, lucky I don't live in Toronto cause come October, they'll get some big government left wing mayor.

He's actually polling pretty well. Going to rehab will probably help his campaign in the long run.

Petar
05-01-2014, 09:36 PM
The guy is a good mayor but his bad behavior is continuously feeding the narrative that conservatives are stupid and insane.

He is hurting the cause overall, and he should just get a job at a gas station or something.