Shwa Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 Interesting little tidbit from the Star starring one of Toronto's eagle eyed best, the bemusing Giorgio Mammoliti. Pay up, city tells Mammoliti The City of Toronto has retained an outside lawyer to assist in its efforts to collect $74,000 from Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, a key ally of Mayor Rob Ford.Under former mayor David Miller, city council paid Mammoliti the money to cover his cost of defending himself against a challenge to his campaign expenses in the 2006 election. Mammoliti had submitted legal fees of $36,598 and $15,487 for an analysis of his campaign office rent. Council paid those amounts, plus $22,320 to cover the income tax hit. The city issued a letter demanding payment and retained lawyer Greg Richards at Weir Foulds to assist, said city solicitor Anna Kinastowski. City staff went outside rather than give the file to a city lawyer because Mammoliti is, in effect, their boss as a member of city council, Kinastowski said. Tsk, tsk, tsk Giorgio. One would think that he would cough up the cash toute suite because, you know, austerity is the rule of the day. Now the City has to hire a lawyer and incur more expenses on his behalf... Quote
MiddleClassCentrist Posted October 16, 2011 Report Posted October 16, 2011 Clearly, he participated in Communist practices by accepting city money to defend himself. Quote Ideology does not make good policy. Good policy comes from an analysis of options, comparison of options and selection of one option that works best in the current situation. This option is often a compromise between ideologies.
Shwa Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Posted October 16, 2011 Clearly, he participated in Communist practices by accepting city money to defend himself. That communist bastard! Quote
Black Dog Posted October 17, 2011 Report Posted October 17, 2011 These are they guys we're trusting with our city's finances? Ford fundraising events missing key details Mr. Ford’s campaign used $55,327.63 of the $71,5000 raised in June to pay for the legal fees incurred by the mayor in his attempt to counter allegations that his campaign’s unorthodox financing techniques ran afoul of Ontario election laws, according to the recently submitted documents. Quote
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