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Originally Posted by smoothpops
From CBC
"The vote absolved Ford from having to comply with an August 2010 directive from council and the city’s integrity commissioner, Janet Leiper, to pay back $3,150 in donations that corporate and lobbyist donors had given to the Rob Ford Football Foundation when he was a city councillor."
and now i have another question, apparently he was told 4 times to re-pay the money before the vote. which aldermen voted along with ford to allow him to keep the money? They're not guilty of any crime, but that was some terrible voting. I'd be pissed if my city council voted like that.
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Here is where i get lost on this story.
Since he never received any money.....why would he have to re-pay it to anyone, and just as puzzling...to whom should it be re-paid?
From what i understand...the only reason the judge made the ruling he did, was not because Ford used city letterhead even though that is a violation, its because he didnt recuse himself from the vote in council determining whether or not he should be sanctioned (or whatever term they use) for using city letterhead in a fundraising sense.
Seems like a massive over-reaction to have an elected official removed from office for something so seemingly insignificant.