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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford: Canada's shame, America's hero (1 Viewer)

It's like they let the town drunk run the city, but it turned out he's actually good at it. I wonder how many more months he has on that ticker.

 
This likely would have been big news a week ago, now it hardly registers.

Judge links mayor Rob Ford to jailhouse beating.

TORONTO - A former common-law spouse of Kathy Ford who vowed to expose the Ford family to the media was savagely beaten in jail because he was a “bother” to the mayor, a judge told his sentencing hearing.


Justice Paul French said Scott MacIntyre “was viciously attacked and severely beaten” by inmates on March 12, 2012, in a “jailhouse justice” episode after the former boyfriend of Ford’s sister Kathy sent two letters. French concluded that the beating "was visited upon MacIntyre because of his being a bother to (Mayor) Ford.”

MacIntyre’s letters were intercepted from the Metro West Detention Centre last year. One letter meant for Kathy Ford included “messages to convince her to drop the charges, words to the effect … stop this s--- or I am going to start a s--- storm. You … think I should play nice, f--- you,’” French said in a transcript.

“A second letter, addressed I believe, to the Star, indicated a reporter should come and speak to Mr. MacIntyre for information that he could divulge to the papers.”

More than 18 months after the March 2012 beating — which left MacIntyre with a broken leg, shattered teeth and other injuries — questions remain on the horrible assault. No one has been arrested and authorities Thursday declined to release any information.

Ontario Correctional Services spokesman Brent Ross confirmed an investigation was conducted in the beating but “the substance of that investigation is confidential and cannot be released.”

Ross said all correctional facilities’ investigations are confidential.

Toronto Police spokesman Const. Wendy Drummond said she had no information to provide at press time.

There is no known link between MacIntyre’s beating and the explosive Ford video divulged Thursday.

A transcript of MacIntyre’s sentencing proceeding in June 2012 revealed that he was jailed for 10 months for uttering death threats, possession and attempting to break a court order — which was prohibiting him from communicating with the Fords.

MacIntyre, a convicted drug dealer who burst into Ford’s home while demanding money the Fords owed him, later threatened to kill the civic leader on Jan. 11, 2012.

MacIntyre came close to Ford, screaming, “You owe me money and your sister owes me money. If I don’t get it, they will kill me,” French said.

“You and your family are going to get it; you are going to pay for it.”

The heated argument “almost came to physical violence,” the judge said.

French said it was expected it would take a year for MacIntyre to recover from the “catastrophic leg injuries.”

At the sentencing hearing, both Fords generously urged leniency and freedom for MacIntyre.

His lawyer Sam Boutzouvis said his strung-out client “never intended to go to threaten Mr. Ford. It was meant to get a message to Kathy and it deteriorated from there.”

MacIntyre has racked up drug offences, starting 28 years ago. He was busted with heroin and cocaine within hours of his confrontation with the mayor.

MacIntyre is now free.

The mayor declined to comment Thursday night.
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Rayderr said:
Limp Ditka said:
Rayderr said:
Why would inmates care if he was bothering the Mayor?
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You don't think an inmate would administer a beat down for a couple of perks/privileges?
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But he was in an Ontario facility, not a Toronto facility. Does the mayor have that much sway over the province?
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Metro West Detention Centre is in Rob Ford's hometown, Etobicoke, a suburb of Toronto.

There's also this article, from August - Ford visiting the same prison after hours, less than two weeks after the beating.

Councillor Doug Ford refused to discuss a Globe and Mail report about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s after-hours visit at a west-end jail in March, a visit that another Ford ally suggested was an example of the mayor’s desire to lend a helping hand.


The visit was deemed unusual by correctional officials and prompted an e-mail describing the incident for the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, multiple sources have told The Globe.

Mr. Ford went to the jail that night to speak with a then-inmate named Bruno Bellissimo, The Globe has learned. Mr. Bellissimo, 43, is not named in the e-mail, but two sources, including Mr. Bellissimo’s mother, identified him as the person Mr. Ford was trying to contact. The mayor has yet to give an explanation for the visit, but his deputy mayor Doug Holyday addressed the visit Monday at city hall, saying the mayor was likely trying to lend a helping hand.

On Monday, the mayor’s brother, councillor Doug Ford, said he hadn’t read the Globe report on the jail visit. He refused to respond and directed questions to the mayor.

“I don’t even know who Bruno Bellissimo is,” Mr. Ford said.

The mayor has yet to give an explanation for the jail visit, but his deputy mayor Doug Holyday addressed the visit at city hall, saying the mayor was likely trying to help out.

"I can believe the mayor would go to visit someone in jail if it was someone that he knew and someone that he was concerned about," Mr. Holyday said. "Maybe the family was concerned and asked him to do it. That's just the way the mayor is. He goes to a lot of places, sees a lot of people and tries to help as best he can."

He added he has not spoken to the mayor yet today.

At around 7 p.m. on March 25, about three hours after official visiting hours, Mr. Ford arrived unannounced at the Toronto West Detention Centre and asked if he could have a tour of the jail, four sources with knowledge of aspects of the incident said. After the tour request was declined, the mayor indicated he wanted to meet with Mr. Bellissimo, a source in the correctional system, as well as Mr. Bellissimo’s mother, Maria Bellissimo, said in interviews.

That request was also declined and the mayor departed – leaving an unsolved mystery within the correctional service about why the mayor visited at such an odd hour, why he was indirect about the purpose of his visit and why he needed to speak with Mr. Bellissimo, a 43-year-old who has had run-ins with police and has what numerous sources describe as a history of drug-related activity.

Since May, when journalists from the Toronto Star and Gawker, a U.S. gossip website, reported that they had been shown a video of Mr. Ford smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine, questions have lingered about how well the mayor is acquainted with people accused of participating in the illegal drug trade.

Mr. Ford has not explained in detail how it came to be that he posed for an infamous photograph that shows him mugging with three accused members of the Dixon City Bloods, an alleged drug-dealing, gun-running street gang that was the target of a major police investigation; he has also not explained what he was doing outside the house where that photograph was taken – a bungalow in North Etobicoke where a violent home invasion took place in May and which is occupied by associates from Mr. Ford’s youth, including siblings Fabio Basso and Elena Basso.

The mayor’s after-hours trip to the jail has introduced a new character to the mix – Mr. Bellissimo, who is one year younger than the mayor and in the words of Maria Bellissimo, has known Mr. Ford “since Bruno was small.”

Mr. Ford’s spokespeople declined to answer questions about the visit. Those questions were twice put to them in writing, and they were also asked about the incident in person on several occasions. Mr. Ford was approached by a Globe reporter and asked why he tried to visit Mr. Bellissimo and he did not respond.

Spokespeople for the provincial government and the correctional service declined to comment and a freedom of information request for records about the incident was denied in full under privacy provisions of the act.

When Mr. Bellissimo was approached by The Globe he repeatedly said “leave, buddy” and accused the reporters of harassing him. His mother spoke briefly with two Globe reporters, and explained that she heard about the mayor’s trip to the jail through someone she didn’t name. She said the mayor was a long-time friend of the Bellissimo family and that her son and Mr. Ford had been friends since they were about seven. They used to swim together, she said.

At the time of Mayor Ford’s trip to the jail, Mr. Bellissimo was awaiting trial on charges that he had assaulted his parents and uttered a threat, court records show. He was convicted in early May, given credit for the more than 60 days he spent in the detention centre and sentenced to two years’ probation, the records show.

Five current and former neighbours who asked not to be identified by name described Mr. Bellissimo’s conduct on the street as disruptive. All of them described incidents where Mr. Bellissimo had been verbally abusive, sometimes screaming obscenities at his parents after they locked him out of the house. One neighbour said she had seen police at the house before the assault incident.

Three of those sets of neighbours said they have seen Mr. Ford at the Bellissimo residence, often speaking with Mr. Bellissimo’s parents.

Mr. Bellissimo attended Don Bosco Secondary School in the mid 1980s, and was separated by one grade from Fabio Basso, the 45-year-old occupant of the bungalow where Mr. Ford was photographed with the three alleged members of the Dixon City Bloods.

Both men have been identified as long-time friends of Mr. Ford dating back to their teenage years, but it is unknown to The Globe whether Mr. Bellissimo and Mr. Basso are acquaintances. When Globe reporters approached the Basso home to ask questions for this story, they were urged to leave by Elena Basso, Fabio Basso’s older sister.
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If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:

 
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Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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best part is him saying that not only will he not step down, but he intends to run for re-election.

 
Rayderr said:
Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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best part is him saying that not only will he not step down, but he intends to run for re-election.
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good chance he wins too.

he's far from a perfect mayor, but he does pretty well in office.

 
Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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Heard that on the radio and expected a denial like all politicians do. I think he should remain in office just for answering that honestly.

 
cstu said:
Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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Heard that on the radio and expected a denial like all politicians do. I think he should remain in office just for answering that honestly.
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You do realize he lied for months and months before he got caught on video doing it...honesty is not something he is familiar with. Plus people seem to ignore throwing liquor bottles in the woods, urinating behind a public school, hanging out with drug dealers/thugs (one of which ended up dead), hookers, etc....

the guy isn't a good citizen or person let alone a good mayor

 
Gotta admit I didnt vote for him the first time around.... but if I had a chance, Id pay to get to vote for him.

Legendary status: confirmed

 
Rayderr said:
Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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best part is him saying that not only will he not step down, but he intends to run for re-election.
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Doesn't Toronto have a zero tolerance drug policy or is the policy tolerating a zero?

 
Soulfly3 said:
Northern Voice said:
This morning's quote (with video): I didn't say I'd eat her #####, I'm happily married, I have more than enough to eat at home.
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He's going down in folklore.

Canada is the centre of the universe right now with this guy, and they're LOVING it.

I need to look into whether or not I can vote in the next election in TO if I still own properties there
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I see what you did there.

 
I think my favourite part is the way he's obviously planned to say it right at the end, then turns and walks away. He's the mayor of Toronto, talking to media about eating ##### and he thinks it's a "drop the mic" moment.

 
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Northern Voice said:
I think my favourite part is the way he's obviously planned to say it right at the end, then turns and walks away. He's the mayor of Toronto, talking to media about eating ##### and he thinks it's a "drop the mic" moment.
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Thinks? He knows it's a drop the mic moment

 
killface said:
cstu said:
Soulfly3 said:
If front of City council today "I effed up"

q: have you bought illegal drugs in the last 2 years?

a: yes I have

this guy is ####### awesome.

smoked joints w torontonians.

snorted coke on st paddys day in a pub

drunk all the time

:wub:
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Heard that on the radio and expected a denial like all politicians do. I think he should remain in office just for answering that honestly.
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You do realize he lied for months and months before he got caught on video doing it...honesty is not something he is familiar with. Plus people seem to ignore throwing liquor bottles in the woods, urinating behind a public school, hanging out with drug dealers/thugs (one of which ended up dead), hookers, etc....

the guy isn't a good citizen or person let alone a good mayor
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He could have still lied and said he got the drugs for free.

 
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