Toronto’s printer Mayor Rob Ford will fight court ruling to remove him from office

Toronto’s printer Mayor Rob Ford says he will appeal yesterday’s verdict by Ontario Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland to remove Mr. Ford from office. The judge ruled that the mayor of two years violated the Municipal Conflict-of-Interest Act by speaking and voting in city council on a motion that recommended Mr. Ford repay $3,150 he improperly solicited from city hall lobbyists for his private football foundation.  In anticipation of potential disruptions to both Toronto’s civic government and the judicial system, Mr. Justice Hackland put his ruling on hold for 14 days to go into effect December 10^th.

In response, Mr. Ford (left centre) says that besides appealing the decision, he will also seek a stay from Divisional Court to keep him in office beyond December 10^th until the appeal process is finished.  He also says that, if he loses the appeal, he will run again in the by-election to fill the office he has vacated pending the general election of 2014.

Rob Ford and his family are owners of Deco Labels and Tags (Toronto, Chicago, and New Jersey).
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As you can see from the sampling of Web links below, journalists and bloggers are having a field day of speculation as they consider possible interpretations and future results of these latest events.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-removed-from-office-vows-to-appeal/article5661417/

http://www.globalnews.ca/video/raw+video++rob+ford+confirms+he+will+appeal+guilty+verdict/video.html?v=2309524527#canada

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/toronto/citynews/news/video/237927--mayor-rob-ford-to-appeal-judge-s-guilty-ruling-in-conflict-of-interest-case

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1293190--mayor-rob-ford-guilty-kicked-from-office-but-can-run-again
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/25/toronto-ford-conflict-case-decision-release.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/11/26/f-rob-ford-mayor-future.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1293441--fiorito-judge-s-rob-ford-decision-was-not-about-the-money

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/rob-ford-too-stubborn-to-be-mayor/article5707594/

Addendum:  A few more links from 28 November 2012:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/28/rob-ford-says-hes-sorry-but-pledges-to-fight-to-stay-as-mayor-to-finish-job/

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1293585--rob-ford-s-appeal-will-be-filed-in-the-next-couple-days
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/cityhallpolitics/article/1294164--plan-c-a-ford-switcheroo

http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/456483/if-rob-ford-cant-run-in-byelection-its-dougs-turn-for-mayor/

http://news.nationalpost.com/tag/rob-ford/