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A SKATE BREAK: Skaters take a break to warm up at the Harbourfront Centre’s Natrel Rink Saturday night during D.J. Skate night. For more photos from this nighttime skate, visit us online at http://bit.ly/UyzusE

Roots series in aid of Regent Park School of Music JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Having benefited from the generosity of the Regent Park School of Music (RPSM), Cameron House Records is looking to give back. The record label and school are teaming up to bring a four-part music series to the Cameron House,

with donations accepted in support of the RPSM. Richard Marsella, RPSM director, said the series came about when one of the school’s supporters, David Gilbey, came into the school with a plan to hold a fundraising concert series. The series will continue the school’s ongoing goal of creating stronger ties with Toronto’s music

community. “My dream for the Regent Park School of Music has always been to connect it in a meaningful way with artists in the community,” Marsella said. “The guys at Cameron House are great guys, so this is a great fit.” Marsella himself has become a regular fixture on the Cameron

House stage, playing there Tuesday nights. Mike McKeown of Cameron House Records said the series will also serve as a thank you to the school after a pair of pianos were donated to the Cameron House. “They were doing their big move (into the new Daniels Spectrum >>>funds, page 7

The City of Toronto is looking for volunteers to help bring about a more successful Riverdale Farm. The farm had been on the chopping block due to municipal budget cuts but was given a reprieve after the community banded together to point out its value as an educational and recreational site. A coalition of community members was tasked with devising a business plan to make it self-sustaining, with council adopting the plan in the fall. “We’ve been waiting for this for a while,” said Anne Pastuszak, a vocal advocate of Riverdale Farm and member of the coalition that came up with the business plan. “Now (the city is) looking for a skills-based group to take the business plan the coalition members put together and put it into action.” The Riverdale Farm Stewardship Group, as the new entity will be known, will consist of a group of volunteers with experience and expertise in event management, corporate fundraising, financial management, law, strategic and business planning and more. The city has put out a call for applications, which Pastuszak said is welcome given there has not been much progress seen since the city accepted the business plan in September. “The communication within the >>>apply, page 10

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Canadian jazz pioneer Archie Alleyne celebrates 80th birthday with Jan. 19 show JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

‘After a while, I had to ask myself, ‘Archie, do you want to play drums or do you want to make buttons?’ Well, that was an easy one.’

ver the course of a lifetime in the Toronto music scene, Canadian jazz pioneer Archie Alleyne has seen more than his share of change. Alleyne, who turned 80 on Jan. 7, was one of the first local black musicians to take the stage in the clubs along Yonge Street, helping to break down barriers for countless others who followed. Growing up in the Kensington Market area, the drummer got involved in music early in his life. It was, at the time, one of the few options open to young black men. “Most people in (the black) community worked on the railroad and the only other job available was shining shoes on the corner,” he said. “Jazz music was the only thing that was ours – the Duke Ellingtons and the Teddy Wilsons, that was our entertainment.” Alleyne was disenfranchised from school, finding he did not relate to what was being taught in his classes at Lansdowne Public School where history classes focused on European explorers. “When they did highlight African history, it was always people with a big plate in their mouth,” he said. “I thought ‘I haven’t seen anyone like that at Spadina and Dundas.’ I learned to read and write and add two and two and said ‘I’m out of here.’” Alleyne started working at a button factory but soon found his passion for jazz. He got a gig at the Parkside Tavern and eventually wound up as the house drummer at both the Colonial Tavern and the Town Tavern. “I would play at the Parkside Tavern from nine to one in the morning, get home by three and then get a little sleep before going back to work at the button factory,” he said. “After a while, I had to ask myself, ‘Archie, do you

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Legendary drummer Archie Alleyne will celebrate his 80th birthday at Paintbox Bistro in Toronto, Jan. 19.

want to play drums or do you want to make buttons?’ Well, that was an easy one.” He noted the first taverns to allow black musicians were typically owned by Jewish families, which helped paved the way for his entry. “Kensington Market at the time was a big black and Jewish area,” Alleyne said. “The Jewish

families understood what my community was going through because they had to deal with some of the same things.” Just because Alleyne and fellow black musician Sam McClain were able to break down the colour barrier and play in what had been “whites only” clubs, it did not mean an end to the segregation. For years

afterward, Alleyne said he fielded calls from friends who wanted to come see him but were afraid they would be denied entry because of the colour of their skin. “I told them to come down and just walk past the doorman,” he said. “Don’t say anything, don’t look at him. By the time he realizes you’re black, you’ve already seen a set.” As he has continued to play into his 80s, Alleyne has become an unofficial documentarian of Toronto’s black music scene. His Syncopation: Life in the Key of Black series highlights the talents of black artists past and present with live music and photographic exhibits showcasing some of those who helped break new ground for those playing today. “For the last 25 years or so, I’ve been collecting photos of these musicians from their families,” he said. “If I don’t collect this history, who will?” Alleyne is constantly looking for opportunities to bring his Syncopation series on the road to other communities with large black communities, hoping to both share what he has uncovered and learn new details about the black music scene in areas such as Chatham and Owen Sound. While he has played with many of music’s brightest lights, including Billie Holiday, Chet

Baker, Nina Simone and Lester Young, his favourite moments came when touring West Africa in the 1980s. “For me, it was a chance to see the heart of my community and go back and see my roots,” he said. While music has been good to him, Alleyne is intent on giving back. He has started up the Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund (www.aasf.ca), which provides scholarships and bursaries to young people looking to get into a career in music. For his contributions to the music scene, Alleyne was named to the Order of Canada in 2011 and has earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Urban Music Association of Canada and a Toronto Arts Award among his many accolades. While Alleyne currently lives in the Beach, he is hoping to move back downtown and has taken a shine to both the Kensington Market and Regent Park communities. “(Regent Park) is a lovely area and it’s cleaning up so well,” he said. Alleyne performs regularly with his ensemble Kollage (www.kollage.ca) and plays at the Magic Oven at Queen and Parliament. Paintbox Bistro He will perform a special 80th birthday show at the newly opened Paintbox Bistro at 555 Dundas St. E. to kick off the bistro’s new Season of Entertainment program, which will feature a seven-date jazz program with plans to expand the live entertainment on tap to include indie music, live comedy and more. Alleyne will play alongside pianist Stacie McGregor, bassist Artie Roth, trumpeter Alexander Brown Cabrera and legendary vocalist Jackie Richardson beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19. To reserve tickets to the show, call 647-748-0555.

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oronto council must understand the future of the Gardiner Expressway is a significant consideration. The Gardiner’s place in Toronto’s transportation infrastructure is an issue that needs to go beyond next week’s budget deliberations. It can’t just habitually resurface when a piece of concrete falls from it. Council needs to identify a comprehensive plan. Council must move forward with the Environmental Assessment (EA) process that began under the previous administration exploring tearing down the Gardiner east of Jarvis Street. That EA was shelved, however, after the 2010 municipal election – despite no council order to do so. That the budget committee voted Tuesday to resume the EA, originally authorized in July 2008 at a cost our view of $7.69 million, is reason for optimism. Gather info Council must have the best information available. The EA to make best will present those options. decision The Gardiner is well-used. It is busy. But it is aging. Currently about $500 million is proposed for the roadway over the next 10 years. Engineers have raised significant concerns that the eastern portion’s safety will be compromised by the end of the decade should those repairs not be made. Those dollars are significant. Most recently, Toronto’s budget committee asked for a report on the pros and cons of selling or leasing the Gardiner. That, too, is an impactful proposal. There are important questions for council to consider. How should we expect our major roadways to operate? How do any of the proposals for the Gardiner fit in with other planned transportation improvements, such as light rail? What kinds of impacts can our communities expect? The Gardiner is a large piece of Toronto’s existing transportation infrastructure. According to Waterfront Toronto figures from 2008, some 200,000 drivers use it daily west of the core. That number is 120,000 east of Jarvis. It’s a significant east-west corridor, serving not only residents of the city, but the Greater Toronto Area. But in many respects this is the ultimate neighbourhood issue – one that has an impact beyond even the 14 Toronto neighbourhoods the roadway actually touches. The pressures of gridlock, only expected to intensify, have far-reaching impacts – into all of our neighbourhoods. Council must gather the best information to confront that reality. newsroom

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I would deduce that Clayton Ruby’s victory in dislocating our great Mayor Rob Ford from city hall has outraged hard-working Torontonians like myself who welcomed Ford’s prudence after the excesses of the David Miller years. Maybe Ford will delight Ontarians if he announces that he is going to run provincially in the election next spring for the Conservative Party paving the way for PC inroads into the heartland of Toronto. Should Ford lose his appeal, I only hope that Doug Holyday or Doug Ford will fill the void, shielding Toronto from regressing back to the Miller-era days, which elected to support union jobs rather than go with the most costefficient TTC streetcars and subway train replacements at the expense of the taxpayers and who gave us the abhorred land-transfer tax that has hindered real estate transactions. David C. Searle

Ford’s image as ‘stolid everyman’ survives Mayor Rob Ford was back in court Monday, this time sitting quietly in an Osgoode Hall courtroom as his lawyer Alan Lenczner made a final pitch for his job. Newspaper deadlines being what they are, by the time you read this it is entirely possible that the three judge Divisional Court panel will have decided on Ford’s appeal of the conviction by Justice Charles Hackland. Monday was not so much about the future, but what has gone before. Being an appeal, there was no new evidence, no testimony and a surfeit of arcane legal arguments, which was as it should be: Ford’s lawyer’s job was to dig into Hackland’s decision to convict Ford under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, and demonstrate whatever errors he

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might find. Lenczner took on another task, though: to present and recast the narrative of the mayor’s career on council in the kindest light possible. Honest man So when Ford spoke and voted on his own behalf over a recommendation to compel him to repay $3,150 in charitable donations to lobbyists, he did so, according to Lenczner, as “an honest man.” There was no subterfuge, nothing hidden. He simply had a flawed

understanding of the way the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act applied to matters of personal accountability on council. It’s a narrative that seems to be an easy sell for a large number of Torontonians. Polling Ford continues to poll well in spite of a great deal of evidence that suggests he shouldn’t. Quite apart from the February vote that led to Ford’s conviction, over the past two years the mayor has been accused of diverting his office staff to support his football coaching hobby, which he has also missed city meetings to attend. None of this came up at the appeals court, of course, because none of this was before the court. So Lenczner could pres-

ent an image of a mayor dedicated to openness and honesty, whose simple desire to help young people only occasionally affected his judgment. There was some indication that the narrative found some currency with the judges. Senior Justice Edward Then wondered aloud whether Ford might not have simply made an honest mistake. Clayton Ruby, the lawyer effectively prosecuting Ford on behalf of Torontonian Paul Magder, spent a good amount of time attempting to disabuse him of the notion. So in that sense, whatever the future holds for him in reality, Ford can take some comfort in the fact that the narrative he and his supporters crafted – of the stolid everyman – has at least survived the ordeal of his mayoralty.

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Deeply Rooted WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W. CONTACT: www.cameronhouserescords.com/ deeply-rooted-in-music-education COST: Free, donations to Regent Park School of Music Cameron House Records is hosting a music series in support of the Regent Park School of Music. Shows are free but donations are accepted. Tonight’s concert features Big Tobacco and the Pickers and David Baxter.

Eglinton Community Centre Eglinton Community centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E., offers a variety of unique courses and classes at various costs. Contact www.centraleglinton.com for information.

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GREEN FORECAST: Pia, 5, left, and Samien, 7, slide down the hill at Christie Pits Sunday morning. Temperatures are on the rise in Toronto, culminating in a balmy double-digit forecast by Environment Canada for the weekend, so it looks like tobogganing will be on hold until the next snowfall.

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Deeply Rooted WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W. CONTACT: www.cameronhouserescords.com/ deeply-rooted-in-music-education COST: Free, donations to Regent Park School of Music

Cameron House Records is hosting a music series in support of the Regent Park School of Music. Shows are free but donations are accepted. Tonight’s concert features Whitney Rose and Kayla Howran. Concerts continue March 30 with The Rattlesnake Choir and Samantha Martin and April 27

Sacred Circle Dance WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Saturdays WHERE: Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. W. CONTACT: Joan Warren, 416466-9292, ejoan.warren@gmail.com, Traditional and modern dances to a variety of world music. No experience or partner is needed and all dances are taught. Suggested donation of $8. Compassionate Friends Support Group Toronto Chapter WHEN: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month WHERE: Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave. A support group for people who have lost a child.

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Third album stark departure for Northern Secondary grad JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com If the key to creativity is reinvention, midtown resident and singer-songwriter Joanna Chapman-Smith has it in spades. Chapman-Smith is about to release her third album, Love Me Deeply, which marks a stark departure from her previous two offerings. “My first album (titled Lily Come Down) was sort of a singer-songwriter album so it was pretty sparse,” the singer said. “The second (Contraries) was more of a bohemian party album and this one’s more orchestral.” L ov e Me D e e p l y w a s inspired by heartache and has a sultry, jazzy feel and includes string arrangements. The album is more polished than her previous two releases and, while Chapman-Smith felt ample preparation time with her accompanying musicians would help smooth out the recording process, that turned out not to be the case.

Joanna Chapman-Smith not afraid of change “The last album was a bit more of a free-for-all when we were recording and the process was really different for this one,” she said. “For this one, we spent a few days (before recording) to figure out exactly what we wanted to do and I expected it to be a fast, efficient process, but it didn’t work out that way.” The album, and the title track in particular, focus on love and loss. ChapmanSmith wrote the title track after spending a week canoeing in Algonquin Park, making it a spiritual song of sorts for her. “Because I’d been in the trees, I had all this nature imagery in my head as I was writing it and that helped it take on a wise voice,” she said. “I felt like the song had a bit more wisdom than me and there’s a bit of a seriousness and gravity to it.” Creating an album that differs so greatly from her previous efforts is hardly unusual for Chapman-Smith, who admits to loving change.

After growing up in midtown Toronto – she attended John Ross Roberston Public School and Northern Secondary School as well as the Claude Watson School for the Arts – she moved out west, returning home more recently to continue her career. “This is really where I got my start in music,” she said. “At Northern Secondary School, I had one teacher who was really incredible and inspired me a lot, even taking me to my first open mic.” Chapman-Smith also plans on passing along her love of music through teaching. She teaches at the Midtown Music School and she often teaches music to others while on tour, hosting classes for anyone wanting to learn. “I find it helps me connect with a community in a more intense and meaningful way and lets me spend more time getting to know a community than just playing there one

night,” she said. She is hoping to streamline her own teachings to bring music lessons to communities that lack resources for musical education. “Music is such an important thing for the spirit, for confidence and for the life that wakes up in people when they’re making it,” she said. Chapman-Smith is already hard at work on her next project. That album will offer up songs based on folk tales from around the world, sometimes delving into the raw, violent imagery found within such tales. “I love old folk tales,” she said. “They deal with strange world views and some of the advice they give is so weird.” Chapman-Smith will launch Love Me Deeply at a show at Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. For more information on the singer, visit www.joannacs.com

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Joanna Chapman-Smith is set to release her third album, Love Me Deeply, Saturday at Hugh’s Room.

>>>from page 1 building) and they got new pianos, so they offered us two of their old ones,” McKeown said. “Since they did that, and because they’re a great organization, we decided to do a benefit series for them.” The funds will go toward ensuring children and youth in Regent Park have a chance at a music education. The RPSM has offered affordable lessons to youth in need in Regent Park since it

began in 1999, and has since opened satellite branches in Parkdale, Jane and Finch and Lawrence Heights. With the school’s recent move, they have the capacity to bring in more students, with funding the sole obstacle. “After the move, we can reach so many more kids with our programs,” Marsella said. “We just have to have a sustainable model for doing that.”

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Apply for Riverdale Farm Stewardship >>>from page 1 community wasn’t tremendous from about the middle of August until now,” she said. “There wasn’t a point person to answer a lot of (questions) and hopefully now that will change.” City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Director Richard Ubbens said the call for applications will allow people with a variety of skills to help make the farm more viable. “There are a lot of opportunities there whether it’s through sponsorships, donations, marketing, law, business or a number of other areas,” he said. “The fact is, the farm is rather unique and this will bring more opportunities for the site in educating and engaging people in the city.” Ubbens noted the farm is valuable as a resource for children, who can go to the farm and learn about horticulture, farming and where food comes from. He added, however, it is also a popular

destination for families and for those looking for a peaceful setting in the middle of Toronto. Based on a 19th century farm, the site also offers programming, scenic walking paths, barns with livestock and more. One of the main keys to making the farm more sustainable, Ubbens said, will be to raise its profile and turn it into more of a destination. Pastuszak noted none of the members of the coalition who devised the business plan will be given a position with the Stewardship Group out of hand, noting they will be subject to the same application process as everyone else. She said she hopes plenty of applications roll in, ensuring a strong team of volunteers. For information on the Stewardship Group and how to apply, visit www.toronto. ca/parks/featured-parks/ riverdale-farm/stewardship. htm

Sherlock Holmes exhibit unveiled at Toronto Reference Library The Toronto Reference Library has gained an air of mystery with a special exhibit delving into 125 years of Sherlock Holmes. The exhibit will feature a wide variety of selections from Toronto Public Library’s special collections, including rare books, manuscripts, artwork and artifacts from the library’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collection. The collection – one of the world’s largest – includes first editions of Sherlock Holmes books, including a first edition copy of the legendary fictional detective’s introduction to the reading public, as well as images of Holmes and other famous and infamous characters from the Holmes novels, a set of stained glass windows depicting 221B Baker Street, parodies and pastiches dating back to the 19th century and more. In addition to the exhibit, which opened Saturday, Jan.

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Chow overcomes rare syndrome Trinity-Spadina MP confident she will regain her smile DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Olivia Chow has lost her smile. “A new year, a new look,” said Trinity-Spadina MP Chow at a news conference last Friday to speak about her diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type 2 – a viral infection that has caused her to lose control of the muscles in the left side of her face. Chow said she and her doctor caught the disease early over the holidays and thanks to an aggressive prescription of steroids and antiviral drugs, the virus is gone from her body. But it will be some time – weeks, months or longer – before the nerve damage is able to heal and she can regain control of her facial muscles. difficult for contacts Chow, wearing eyeglasses because the paralysis makes it difficult to put in contact lenses, was upbeat when she spoke with reporters. “Because I caught it early, I had a very effective and fast treatment,” she said. “As a result I have no pain right now and the only thing that is not working well is that I can’t smile in a balanced way. I can still smile, but not balanced. “But that doesn’t stop me from working hard, pushing (Prime Minister) Stephen Harper on transit and infra-

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Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow, suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type 2, speaks during a media conference last Friday.

structure.” Chow said she is “extremely optimistic I will recover” and she minimized the impact it would have on her political career. In addition to her work in Ottawa, polls show Chow is the odds-on favourite to beat Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in a possible byelection this winter. “Mr. Ford’s situation is still in front of the courts so we shall see what happens after Jan. 7 and what council decides,” Chow said. “I am listening very seriously to what people are saying to me.” The judicial panel in the Ford case is expected to provide a ruling shortly. The illness is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox and shingles. Chow recommended older adults who had chicken pox be vaccinated against the virus.

Mayor Rob Ford’s fate now in hands of appeal judges DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com Lawyers for and against Mayor Rob Ford faced off Monday for the final appeal that will ultimately decide whether Ford will continue on as mayor of Toronto or be tossed out of office for violating Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. The hearing at Osgoode Hall lasted a day, with Ford’s lawyer Alan Lenczner laying out his four-pronged argument as to why Ontario Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland’s conviction of Ford ought to be struck down. This fall, Hackland found Ford guilty of violating the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. In February 2012, Ford spoke and voted on recommendations from Janet Leiper, Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner, that Ford be made to repay $3,150 in donations by lobbyists to a football charity he operated. Ford maintained the lobbyists didn’t want their money back, and said he would have to pay the money himself. Under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, elected officials are prohibited from voting or speaking on matters in which they have a pecuniary interest. Lenczner presented four arguments in favour of his client. He maintained council had no power to extract the money from Ford because the City of Toronto Act didn’t list that among possible punishments. He also argued Ford had made an honest mistake; that

the amount of money in question was insignificant; and the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act did not govern councillors’ code of conduct. Clayton Ruby, representing Toronto resident Paul Magder in the complaint against Ford, spent the afternoon arguing none of those points held water. He maintained Ford was wilfully ignorant of the conflict of interest rules and Ford’s explanation that he relied on the city solicitor for advice on the act did nothing to mitigate that. “If I rely on advice from the city solicitor – No. 1, I know the city solicitor doesn’t work for me, she works for the city,” Ruby said. “If there’s a conflict, it’s between the city and me. How can I reasonably expect that I think I can get advice on conflicts of interest from the other side? And there’s no way on earth that the city solicitor can know the financial affairs of all 44 councillors.” Ruby was subject to thorough questioning from the chief Divisional Court Justice on the three-judge panel, Justice Edward Then, who wondered if Hackland’s judgement on Ford had been too narrow. “When you’re looking at good faith, isn’t it important to balance that outlook and balance the factors rather than looking at those things that weren’t done?” Then said. “Isn’t it important to look at the things that were done?” Then pointed out Ford had been generally cooperative with the city’s integrity commissioner – save and except

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Mayor Rob Ford, right, and his brother, Etobicoke North Councillor Doug Ford, leave Osgoode Hall after the appeal hearing into the mayor’s conflict of interest ruling.

his refusal to pay the money back. “I’m not sure Mr. Ford, short of insisting on the point that he not reimburse, didn’t cooperate quite fully with the integrity commissioner,” Then said. “He met with her several times, sent out letters asking whether he could return the money. The one thing he didn’t do was yield on the point of reimbursement.” And he said one of the times Ford was warned about his conflict might have been politically poisoned, because it came during the last term of council when former councillor Sandra Bussin was speaker. “He didn’t think she was being objectively helpful because they never agreed on very many issues,” he said. Ruby countered: “That may make sense by itself, but if the speaker of the city council draws this very issue to your

attention and you ignore it and vote on it because you don’t trust her, is it then reasonable to take no steps to seek legal advice from anyone. You can’t call that good faith. It’s not good faith.” And Ruby maintained there had been a pattern where Ford had repeatedly ignored the integrity commissioner. He also disputed the idea the amount of money was insignificant. “It certainly mattered to him,” said Ruby. “He never said it didn’t matter or that this was an insignificant sum. His lawyer says so.” The hearing wrapped up just before 5 p.m. Then said the panel would reserve judgement, but would decide as quickly as possible. If the court upholds Hackland’s decision, there is no further avenue for appeal, and Ford will be removed from office.

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