Just think of the repercussions the G&M story might have had they released it early November 2012 rather than keeping it in the can....
WTF is G & M?
Just think of the repercussions the G&M story might have had they released it early November 2012 rather than keeping it in the can....
Globe and Mail. In my house we call it the Gob and Puke.WTF is G & M?
The Globe’s report, an investigative article released Saturday, says multiple unnamed sources characterized Ford as “a go-to dealer of hash” in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke for many years, mostly in the 1980s.
“Some of the sources said that, in the affluent pocket of Etobicoke where the Fords grew up, he was someone who sold not only to users and street-level dealers, but to dealers one rung higher than those on the street,” the article said.
It also cites sister Kathy Ford’s links to violence and white supremacists, and decades-old charges of assault causing bodily harm and forcible confinement against brother Randy Ford, which reportedly had to do with a neighbourhood drug dealer. The Globe couldn't determine the outcome of the charges. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's lawyer, Dennis Morris, who represented Randy at the time, said he did not recall the incident, the paper reported.
Well before the events of the past week, The Globe and Mail began to research the Ford brothers in an effort to chronicle their lives before rising to prominence in Canada’s largest city. Over the past 18 months, it has sought out and interviewed dozens of people who knew them in their formative years.
What has emerged is a portrait of a family once deeply immersed in the illegal drug scene. All three of the mayor’s older siblings – brother Randy, 51, and sister Kathy, 52, as well as Doug, 48 – have had ties to drug traffickers.
Ten people who grew up with Doug Ford – a group that includes two former hashish suppliers, three street-level drug dealers and a number of casual users of hash – have described in a series of interviews how for several years Mr. Ford was a go-to dealer of hash. These sources had varying degrees of knowledge of his activities: Some said they purchased hash directly from him, some said they supplied him, while others said they observed him handling large quantities of the drug.
One of those arrested was Randy Ford, who was 24 at the time. Court records retrieved from the Archives of Ontario show that he was charged with assault causing bodily harm and the forcible confinement of Mr. Orlando. The records do not disclose how the case was resolved. Randy Ford’s lawyer at the time, Dennis Morris – currently representing Rob Ford in the controversy over the alleged crack-cocaine video – said he did not recall the incident. He questioned the allegations surrounding the Ford family’s past: “What’s the point, other than a smear campaign?”
Most recently, in January, 2012, her long-time boyfriend, a convicted cocaine and hash dealer named Scott MacIntyre, was charged with threatening to murder the mayor at his Etobicoke home. He eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser offence and was given credit for time served.
(In a brief interview with CBC after the alleged death threat, Doug Ford said: “To be honest with you, I really don’t know Scott MacIntyre.” Photographs and video taken on the night of the 2010 election show that Mr. MacIntyre was part of the small group of family members celebrating with the new mayor, his wife, Renata, and Doug.)
Ms. Ford’s relationship with Mr. MacIntyre is even more perplexing because of an earlier incident: In 2005, he and another man were accused of shooting her in the face during an altercation in her parents’ basement. She survived the blast and was rushed to hospital, while Mr. MacIntyre fled in her mother’s Jaguar. Crown prosecutors later dropped numerous charges against him, while his co-accused, Michael Patania, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a handgun.
But even before that, there was gunplay – and it was fatal. Seven years earlier, Ms. Ford’s lover was fatally shot by her ex-husband, a drug addict named Ennio Stirpe. At his trial, Mr. Stirpe testified that his victim, Michael Kiklas, was a martial artist, which forced him to bring along the shotgun as “an equalizer.”
Not mentioned in the press at the time was the fact that Mr. Kiklas was a white supremacist – a group with which Ms. Ford associated in the 1980s.
Wow, this has the potential to get very ugly if some of these claims prove to be genuine.
Doug Ford: Drug Dealing Allegations 'Disgusting'
Either Doug Ford has one hell of a good lawsuit on his hands... or he's a pathetic loser who has no business being in politics.
Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing - The Globe and Mail
Looks like brother Randy was arrested as part of a drug related kidnapping.
Starts to sound more and more plausible the more you read.
Which raises the question, how did Rob Ford get to be mayor in the first place, were the press totally asleep?
This is one messed up family, I'm starting to see why Rob Ford acts like such a sociopath.
Ford and his brother are their own worst enemies. Yet all the news stories are just that, stories, allegations, unnamed sources, nothing proven in a court as the NP stated.
And if he was that big of a dealer, should be thousands who would know that.
SO CK - where have you been when Libs are caught with their hands in the cookie jar? No threads- No nothing.
Toronto Councillor Doug Ford denies that he sold drugs in high school | Posted Toronto | National Post
Doug Ford looks poleaxed in this video.
Doug Ford responds to allegations - Politics - CBC Player
He also says he won't sue, so how serious is he about defending his "good" name. If they fabricated this he could hammer them in court.
He wasn't alleged to be a street level dealer, read the story. Some of the convicted dealers who were sources for the story claim he was very good at staying out of public view.
I wasn't on this site when the Liberals were in power federally, I also didn't like the abuses of power when they were in office. One doesn't justify the other, this isn't a partisan issue, it's a basic public accountability one.
Having such a dysfunctional and almost openly sociopathic mayor and supporters surely can't be good for Toronto and Canada at large.
I'd be more than happy with fiscally responsible, democratically minded and honest conservatives in power...that doesn't to seem to even happen anymore.
Wow, this has the potential to get very ugly if some of these claims prove to be genuine.
Doug Ford: Drug Dealing Allegations 'Disgusting'
Either Doug Ford has one hell of a good lawsuit on his hands... or he's a pathetic loser who has no business being in politics.
Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing - The Globe and Mail
Looks like brother Randy was arrested as part of a drug related kidnapping.
Starts to sound more and more plausible the more you read.
Which raises the question, how did Rob Ford get to be mayor in the first place, were the press totally asleep?
This is one messed up family, I'm starting to see why Rob Ford acts like such a sociopath.
According to Gerry, one can't draw those conclusions! I personally am not convinced the family is on par with the Cleavers-![]()
.....Which raises the question, how did Rob Ford get to be mayor in the first place, were the press totally asleep?
This is one messed up family, I'm starting to see why Rob Ford acts like such a sociopath.
Most city councils have a little clique, and he's the outsider that wouldn't play ball with that clique, so they are now trying to replace him with an insider who will play their little games.....
Maybe when I see photos of a skinny Rob Ford sporting numerous zits and a mouthful of rotting teeth.........I'll give some credence to the story..........till then, I'm with Ron. Innocent until proven guilty.
but, but, but the masses must be entertainedCrack Cocaine Scandal. Nice to see we've now completely descended into tabloid journalism 100%.
I really don't care one way or the other about Mayor Rob Ford, personally I find him rather boorish but that's just a personal opinion based on observed behaviour. What I am really sick to death of though is tabloid-esque news headlines that do nothing but detract from actual issues of government, be they at Federal, Provincial or Municipal levels.
but, but, but the masses must be entertained
Crack Cocaine Scandal. Nice to see we've now completely descended into tabloid journalism 100%.
I really don't care one way or the other about Mayor Rob Ford, personally I find him rather boorish but that's just a personal opinion based on observed behaviour. What I am really sick to death of though is tabloid-esque news headlines that do nothing but detract from actual issues of government, be they at Federal, Provincial or Municipal levels.
I think the key to situations like this is "open mindedness". While having no idea myself of his guilt or innocense, I think one must be prepared for the possibility that some one knows more than we do, so won't be shocked either way when the full story comes out.