Rob Ford's administration is in his final days. I do not expect him to remain in office past Labour Day. As of today, his press secretary and deputy press secretary have quit, leaving him vulnerable to the media. He has never been able to handle the media by himself. What the Star has started, the Globe and Mail, with it's detailed account of the Ford family's involvement in the narcotics trade, has finished.
That is why I found this article by Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun (ugh) to be...interesting.
"Doesn’t matter if the evidence is authentic? Impossible to survive? In football terms it’s bulletin board material. He got up from what he considers a blind-side hit and carefully tried to word his way out of what the Star reporters have alleged."
Let's see: dude has a DUI/marijuana possession, got kicked out of a Leafs game after getting drunk...not hard to see a pattern here. The man clearly has a history of getting drunk and high. And we have the Globe to thank for revealing just how prolonged and deep Ford's involvement with narcotics is.
"Ford Nation will fight on."
"They had him in check but not checkmate. In check good chess players still have moves."
This argument is pure drivel. Granted, things have changed (and not in Ford's favour) since Warmington wrote this. Ford's chief of staff and press secretaries have resigned: in the case of Towhey, he was fired after insisting Ford get treatment for his substance abuse issues. Not something to be proud of.
The clock is ticking in the hunt for the only thing that appears to have the power to crack this case.
The clock is ticking all right: for the final few minutes of the most bizarre mayorship Toronto has ever seen.
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