# Toronto's alleged crack smoking mayor. Why is he still in office? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410 "2013-05-26T15:45:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/201 "2014-07-09T12:50:51Z")
The mayoral campaign is picking up, or perhaps “kicking up” is a more accurate phrase. [Ford kicked out of therapy group while in residential rehab for abusive behaviour](http://globalnews.ca/news/1440370/rob-ford-kicked-out-of-therapy-group-in-rehab-for-abusive-behaviour-report/) [Ford’s sobriety coach kicked a protester](http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/toronto2014election/2014/07/08/rob_ford_urged_to_resign_by_protestors.html) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/202 "2014-07-10T03:00:03Z")
At least the good folk of Toronto seem to be concluding that they’ve had enough of Rob Ford in the mayor’s chair: [http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/city\_hall/toronto2014election/2014/07/07/john\_tory\_has\_the\_lead\_in\_new\_toronto\_mayoral\_poll.html](http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/city_hall/toronto2014election/2014/07/07/john_tory_has_the_lead_in_new_toronto_mayoral_poll.html) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/203 "2015-02-05T12:32:40Z")
[Rob Ford Assassination Plot Considered In Via Rail Terror Suspects’ Plans, Court Hears](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/04/rob-ford-assassination-plot-via-rail-terror_n_6618306.html) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/204 "2015-03-03T13:25:56Z")
Hey, kids, here’s your chance to own [Ford’s used pajama pants](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Rob-Ford-Memorabilia-Print-Pants-/221701182032?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item339e6b9250) that he wore to Walmart. They’re the perfect gift for that Bubba you married. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/205 "2015-03-03T16:05:09Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Hey, kids, here’s your chance to own [Ford’s used pajama pants](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Rob-Ford-Memorabilia-Print-Pants-/221701182032?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item339e6b9250) that he wore to Walmart. They’re the perfect gift for that Bubba you married. Wow, somebody’s already bid over $500??!! Do they expect do be able to distill crack out of it? ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/206 "2015-03-03T16:29:44Z")
I’m not sure anyone wants Rob Ford’s crack. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/207 "2015-03-03T17:25:53Z")
Even after he’s gone from the mayor’s chair, he lingers on… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/208 "2015-03-03T17:27:21Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Even after he’s gone from the mayor’s chair, he lingers on… … like the smell of unwashed pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/209 "2015-03-03T20:05:20Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Wow, somebody’s already bid over $500??!! Do they expect do be able to distill crack out of it? The tie he wore when he confessed about smoking crack? [$16,600 and rising.](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/221701180851?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) As far as distillate of Ford’s crack in his PJs goes, priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/210 "2015-03-25T06:56:58Z")
Doug Ford during campaign: “John Tory is a jerk who’s not fit for the office of the mayor.” Doug Ford after campaign: “John Tory is a jerk who’s not helping me to pay off my debt for buying attack ads.” John Tory: “I’m not complaining about the ads,” said Tory. “I’m just not going to pay for them.” Story here: [John Tory refuses to help Doug Ford pay off campaign debts](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/john-tory-refuses-to-help-doug-ford-pay-off-campaign-debts-1.3005983) > [@](#): > > Mayor John Tory has previously helped sitting mayors and mayoral candidates get out of debt after costly election campaigns, but has so far refused to help his former opponent Doug Ford. > > The mayor said Ford spent campaign funds attacking his character — something Tory evidently did not appreciate. > > “I’m afraid it’s just not possible,” Tory said when asked whether he would help Ford pay back campaign debt. > > “I think people would call into question if I was thinking straight.” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/211 "2015-03-25T20:10:35Z")
Rotflmao! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/212 "2015-03-29T04:37:38Z")
[Rob Ford may be terminal, MRI seeks to learn size of tumour](http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/health/rob-ford-may-be-terminal-mri-seeks-to-learn-size-of-tumor/article/429386#ixzz3VkJTDL00) > [@](#): > > The former mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, is awaiting news on whether he will undergo surgery to have his cancerous tumor removed. If doctors discover that surgery won’t help him, Ford told media Friday it will mean that “they can’t do any more for me.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/213 "2015-04-03T09:56:37Z")
[Former Toronto mayor Ford to have surgery to remove tumour in May](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rob-ford-results/article23770287/): > [@](#): > > Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will go ahead with surgery next month after doctors told him that the tumour in his abdomen has shrunk down to about five by four centimetres. > > Mr. Ford’s announcement on Thursday, which he made on the sidewalk outside Mount Sinai Hospital, comes amid a rocky battle against liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer. In recent weeks, the controversial Mr. Ford told reporters that if the tumour did not shrink to a size small enough to operate on soon, he would not survive another year. > > “I got good news today,” Mr. Ford told reporters outside the hospital. “The good news is they can operate because the tumour has shrunk. … I’m very, very happy, delighted.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/214 "2015-05-13T06:41:48Z")
[Rob Ford conscious and out of surgery; doctors declare a success](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/11/rob-ford-in-hospital-for-cancer-surgery-today.html) He was on the surgical table for ten hours, but doctors say they got everything, and no new growths were found. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410/215 "2015-05-13T21:46:32Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > [Rob Ford conscious and out of surgery; doctors declare a success](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/11/rob-ford-in-hospital-for-cancer-surgery-today.html) > > He was on the surgical table for ten hours, but doctors say they got everything, and no new growths were found. Glad to hear it. Guy’s an idiot but that doesn’t mean I’d wish him harm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torontos-alleged-crack-smoking-mayor-why-is-he-still-in-office/659410.md?page=10)