"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Saturday 26 January 2013

Who Won ?...The City Of Course

Yesterday was a kaleidoscope of images on T.V. starting with Rob Ford,Mayor of the CIty of Toronto running across a quad with something  like a report card in his hand, and  ending with  Honourable Dalton Mc Guinty, taking his leave of  the  Ontario Liberal Party after sixteen years as leader
The contributions of each man will be recorded in history. 
Accuracy will  depend on who writes it.
It's no small feat to be chosen  leader of a political party.
It's a tad more awkward to be chosen Mayor of  a City like Toronto. 
No shortage of ammunition was provided  and  hurled  from every direction at the Man who would be Mayor.
Little support for his candidacy was evident   in the Toronto media. 
Despite that , or because of it, the people of Toronto  made their choice. 
Excessive power used to pound a person into the ground, like a splayed out wooden tent peg, inevitably triggers  a sense of fair play in most. 
Toronto citizen reaction yesterday, proved it once again. 
Support for the Mayor was unguarded and unmistakable. 
In contrast, the mean spirits seemed almost to be cowering in
sheltered spots.   
Clayton Ruby who argued the case against the Mayor  pro bono  initially had nothing to say, Later he pronounced the panel of three learned ,well-respected judges  made several errors in law. 
It will have to proven before we know it for a fact. The opportunity to do so is not  guaranteed.
The initial decision  in the application, noted no  case law established under the Conflict of Interest Act  
The decision was said to be establishing case law. 
Well, now there's more case law.
That  contradicts the first case law.
       

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Judges did not address costs. But they said that if the 2 parties could not agree, they would hear arguments. I think Mayor Ford's lawyers will try to get their costs even if he was covered by insurance. Maybe someone else can explain to me how that works?