Toronto mayor Rob “Laughable Bumblefuck” Ford is back in council for the first time he admitted that he smoked crack (though he insists he’s not a “crack smoker”). He’s refused to step aside and repudiated his lawyer’s suggestion that he was going into rehab. Meanwhile, the trial of Sandro Lisi proceeds apace — the mayor’s friend/fixer/driver/muscle, up on drug dealing and extortion charges — and the video evidence that the mayor arranged wordless package handovers with Lisi in parking lots and parks and public toilets is on everyone’s mind. Rob Ford has always made a big deal about saving the taxpayer money by refusing a driver (it was his excuse when he was caught reading while driving on the highway), but he clearly also didn’t have a driver because it would have interfered with crack smoking, drunken stupors, and covert meetings with drug dealers.
But say what you will about the mayor — and there’s a lot to say, for example, his claims of saving money are BS — he certainly has comedic timing. Check out the pregnant pause in council after he’s asked whether he’s bought illegal drugs. Comedy genius!