# ROB FORD THREAD ::: Toronto Mayor smoking crack? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 30, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917 "2013-05-30T12:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/1 "2013-05-30T12:42:05Z")
so I mentioned this in another thread, but there are a bunch of updates just making this better and better. The video was up for sale for $200k and gawker started a “crackstarter” to pay for the video and raised all the money needed. but read the article for so much more: > In another bizarre turn to the Rob Ford “Crackstarter” saga, The Star reports that the embattled Toronto mayor told his staff “not to worry” about a video that allegedly shows him smoking crack because “he knew where it was.” > > According to the report, Ford held a meeting on May 17 to address the video scandal with senior staffers. The Star’s sources say that during the briefing, Ford told his aides he not only knew the video’s whereabouts, but also gave an exact address, which he said he obtained from “our sources.” > > These details come in direct conflict with Ford’s public denial, made a week later. > > “I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,” Ford said on May 24. “As for a video, I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen, or does not exist.” > > The Star goes on to write that operations and logistics director David Price approached then-chief of staff Mark Towhey with a hypothetical situation regarding the video: > > “Hypothetically,” Price asked Towhey, if someone had told him where the video was, “What would we do?” > The straitlaced former military man told Price that nobody should do anything other than contact police. > > At one point, according to an account of the conversation, Towhey was heard to remark, “We’re not getting the f—ing thing!” > > His concern was that, if a video existed, someone could be killed for it. > > A week after the staff meeting to address the scandal and a day before his public denial of the video, Ford fired Towhey on May 23. According to The Star, Towhey was fired after he suggested the mayor “seek help for his health.” > > More eyebrows have been raised in the case since it was revealed that Anthony Smith, 21, who appears alongside Ford in a photo sent to Gawker by the video’s owners, was shot and killed at the end of March, The National Post reports. > > Two reporters for The Star and John Cook, an editor for Gawker, claim that the men who sold Ford drugs have shown them the alleged video of the Toronto mayor smoking crack and spouting slurs. Gawker subsequently launched its “Crackstarter” campaign to raise $200,000, the asking price for obtaining a copy of the recording. The campaign has hit its goal, though Gawker has not yet obtained the video. > > Rather than shrink from the controversy, Ford has taken to the offensive, calling the media “a bunch of maggots” on his weekly radio show. > > On Monday, Ford’s press secretary George Christopoulos and deputy press secretary Isaac Ransom quit their positions in city hall. The Toronto mayor also apologized for his public outburst against the media. > **[Did Rob Ford Know And Lie About Alleged 'Crackstarter' Video?](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rob-ford-scandal-toronto-mayor-crackstarter-video_n_3359236)** > > Did Rob Ford Know And Lie About Alleged 'Crackstarter' Video? ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/2 "2013-05-30T12:48:50Z")
This man definitely belongs in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/3 "2013-05-30T13:32:07Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > This man definitely belongs in Chicago. Or Detroit ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/4 "2013-05-31T05:53:32Z")
yeah this whole thing is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/5 "2013-05-31T06:02:15Z")
It’s not like he was shooting up maple syrup. seriously. ---
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/6 "2013-05-31T08:14:28Z")
So basically, he is behaving like someone on crack. Nice. Good going, Toronto! ---
**Author:** ![k.man](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k.man/32/5790_2.png) [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/7 "2013-05-31T08:18:40Z")
I don’t understand why the city is not issuing a drug test for this clown. we can save countless hours wasting on this BS, get this man out of office and call it a day ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/8 "2013-05-31T16:06:30Z")
Cocaine is out of your system in about 48-72 hours, so I think a drug test would be pretty worthless ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/9 "2013-05-31T17:19:58Z")
i thought a blood test could pick up trace amounts going back like a month? anyways, this video is many months old anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/10 "2013-06-02T06:07:58Z")
chances are if he used is months ago, he’s used it again since. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/11 "2013-06-02T19:09:35Z")
“I’m here for the 5 o’clock free crack giveaway!” ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/12 "2013-06-03T06:23:02Z")
![http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/uj5rp.jpg](http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/uj5rp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/13 "2013-06-03T07:19:07Z")
^Boobs. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/14 "2013-06-03T07:20:40Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > When I read this, I think you care about this just as much as the things you care about…you should have used a smaller circle 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/15 "2013-06-03T07:47:13Z")
you dont understand venn diagrams then 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/16 "2013-06-03T07:48:17Z")
HAHA I understand them, I am just in the ball busting mood today! ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/17 "2013-10-31T12:15:41Z")
the police have the video now! > **[Police: We have the Toronto mayor drugs video](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24763664)** > > Police say they have recovered a sought-after video in a drugs scandal surrounding Toronto mayor Rob Ford. > Toronto police say they have recovered a mobile-phone video which has been the public centrepiece of a drugs scandal surrounding mayor Rob Ford. > The saga has captivated the city since reports surfaced in May of the existence of the video, which appeared to show the mayor smoking a crack pipe. > The video, first brought to light by journalists who reported seeing it, has never been released publicly. > Mr Ford had insisted it never existed and that he did not use crack cocaine. > “There is nothing on that video that would support the laying of criminal charges,” Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair told media Thursday, of the video they recovered from a computer hard drive. > The contents of the video, he said, were consistent with previous media descriptions. > In May the Toronto Star newspaper said it had been approached by drug dealers trying to sell the video; though two of its reporters viewed the video, the organisation declined to pay for it. > A Gawker journalist also reported seeing the video and the organisation raised more than $200,000 in an online campaign to buy it, before being told by a source the video was “gone.” > A photo depicting Mr Ford with two young men, which Gawker said they were given by the drug dealer selling the video, became notorious when it emerged one of the men, Anthony Smith, had been shot dead on a Toronto street. Two men are facing murder charges in that case. > Driver charged > Still, reports of the mystery video’s existence triggered a massive police investigation into the mayor and his associates, specifically a friend and occasional driver named Alexander “Sandro” Lisi. > Alexander Lisi leaving court (file) > Alexander Lisi, shown leaving court earlier this month, is a friend and occasional driver for Mr Ford > Mr Lisi has since been charged with marijuana trafficking and possession. Police said on Thursday that he now faced a charge of extortion in relation to the video. > Documents released Thursday also reveal a lengthy police surveillance operation against Mr Ford, with officers going through his rubbish and monitoring late-night meetings between Mr Ford and Mr Lisi. > The documents were released by court order Thursday after petitioning by leading Canadian media outlets. > Several of Mr Ford’s aides have resigned and his chief of staff was sacked in recent months. Some were interviewed by police in the case. > But no charges have been laid against Mr Ford, who has maintained his innocence and refused to step down. > Divisive figure > The case has riveted the city and its suburbs of just under six million people, Canada’s largest. Mr Ford and his brother Doug, also a city councillor, have become divisive figures. > Mr Ford was elected in 2010 on a tough economic platform in which he promised to rein in spending and end the influence of special-interest groups. His term in office has been plagued with allegations of substance abuse and regular confrontations with media, whom he accuses of organising a witch-hunt. He also narrowly escaped being removed from office in a conflict of interest case. > But he has drawn public sympathy with his folksy image and a very public battle with his weight. > Before Thursday’s revelations, Mr Ford had pledged to run for re-election next year. He refused to comment to reporters at his home early on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/18 "2013-10-31T12:50:59Z")
The plot thickens… ![https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX7I-9SCcAApigO.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX7I-9SCcAApigO.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_s13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Adam\_s13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adam_s13)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/19 "2013-10-31T17:01:40Z")
wtf, Ikea monkey? - - - Updated - - - now, that’s really interesting ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917/20 "2013-11-01T06:50:22Z")
gotta say, not following this at all even still. disgraced politicians are boring. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rob-ford-thread-toronto-mayor-smoking-crack/230917.md?page=2)