Rob Ford will be taking a 30 day leave to deal with issues
April 30, 2014 6:37 PM Subscribe
So there's now a crack video for sale that was allegedly recorded last Saturday. The Globe & Mail has a screen cap. Oh, and Rob Ford was recorded saying some pretty ugly things about his wife and one of his mayoral competitors in a bar on Monday night. Can this all just stop now, Rob, for everyone's sake?
This post was deleted for the following reason: If there's a Rob Ford news post to be made, please make it, but this is just editorializing and point at the fucked up guy. -- jessamyn
Ah beat me to it!
Here is audio of Dennis Morris, Ford's lawyer, confirming that he's taking a leave, although with very few details. Frankly Morris sounds like he hasn't been told anything.
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2014
Here is audio of Dennis Morris, Ford's lawyer, confirming that he's taking a leave, although with very few details. Frankly Morris sounds like he hasn't been told anything.
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2014
No, it isn't. There's audio up on the Sun site now. Apparently Ford said that he couldn't vote for Hudak. That may rock some of his supporters more than what he said about his wife or Stintz.
posted by maudlin at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2014
posted by maudlin at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2014
And yet Torontonians will still vote for this specimen. What the fuck, Toronto?
posted by Yowser at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Yowser at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
Those two articles suggest he's taking a break from his campaign...
posted by neroli at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014
posted by neroli at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014
This event falls under a particular category of "Proper" known as "High Time."
-Judith Martin, "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior"
Previously.
posted by gingerest at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014
-Judith Martin, "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior"
Previously.
posted by gingerest at 6:43 PM on April 30, 2014
Maudlin, where did you see that he's taking a 30-day leave? I haven't been able to see anyone confirming how long he's going.
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2014
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2014
Sorry, yes, his statements are about leave from the campaign. But can someone go to 30 days of rehab without going on some kind of leave from work? He's not resigning ... yet.
For the addicted Newstalk 1010 has a live stream here.
posted by maudlin at 6:45 PM on April 30, 2014
For the addicted Newstalk 1010 has a live stream here.
posted by maudlin at 6:45 PM on April 30, 2014
Lemurrhea, most of my info is from radio and twitter now. Here's the NatPost:
The lawyer for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse. This came the same evening that reports of two new videos of Ford surfaced, one of the Mayor reportedly making crude comments about a fellow candidate and another of him apparently smoking something that looked like crack-cocaine.posted by maudlin at 6:49 PM on April 30, 2014
The news that Ford was “ready to take a break” first came from the Toronto Sun. The paper said the break will last 30 days.
Dennis Morris, Ford’s lawyer, said Wednesday night that Ford acknowledges he has a substance abuse problem and he wants to do something about it.
Second link is to the Sun. I can wait.
posted by bonobothegreat at 6:49 PM on April 30, 2014
posted by bonobothegreat at 6:49 PM on April 30, 2014
But can someone go to 30 days of rehab without going on some kind of leave from work?
Hasn't he already been stripped of basically all duties they could find to strip him of?
posted by Etrigan at 6:50 PM on April 30, 2014
Hasn't he already been stripped of basically all duties they could find to strip him of?
posted by Etrigan at 6:50 PM on April 30, 2014
"When [he] got out of rehab for the very first time he was very, very, very, very, very, very, very optimistic."
posted by Joey Michaels at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014
posted by Joey Michaels at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014
Thanks maudlin. Interesting that the Sun itself doesn't seem to be saying it. Not a big deal either way, it'll come out later.
Love that 1010 is like "we have audio, but we can't air it until we clean it up". This is quick-breaking!
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014
Love that 1010 is like "we have audio, but we can't air it until we clean it up". This is quick-breaking!
posted by Lemurrhea at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014
a new raunchy audio recording of Ford ranting and swearing in an Etobicoke bar.
Not sure what an Etobi is, but that fella ought to stay out of coke bars.
posted by vrakatar at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
Not sure what an Etobi is, but that fella ought to stay out of coke bars.
posted by vrakatar at 6:52 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
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