All Entries Tagged With: "Adrian Heaps lawsuit"
Star Editorial: Reject Legal Office For Councillors
The Toronto Star’s editorial board is recommending Councillor Moscoe’s motion to set up an Office of Independent Counsel to defend councillors against outside lawsuits be rejected at Council this week:
“Councillors are already well-protected. They have direct access to a public pulpit (the council chamber) to defend themselves. They have lavish expense budgets, in [...]
Levy: Why Howard Moscoe’s A Target
The Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy gives her reasoning why Councillor Howard Moscoe successfully presented a motion to establish an Office of Independent Counsel to represent the legal interests of councillors:
“Moscoe’s manipulations had absolutely nothing to do with the fact councillors are at legal or financial risk simply for doing their jobs.
His move has everything [...]
Star: Councillors And Lawsuits
The Toronto Star Editorial Board offers their comment on the Heaps lawsuit, which was before Toronto City Council this week:
“While council eventually did the right thing this week, some of them, including Mayor David Miller, still didn’t seem to grasp what was wrong with the attempted payout. In speaking to the issue, Miller depicted Heaps [...]
Levy: Crybabies Can’t Admit Error
In the wake of the Council decision not to reimburse Councillor Adrian Heaps’ legal expenses, Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy remains unimpressed:
“The mayor said Heaps was sued for libel — by someone who lost the election and had a “vendetta” — and was subsequently hung out to dry by council. As if the mayor hadn’t impugned [...]
Council Rejects Paying Heaps’ Legal Bill
After substantial media coverage, Toronto Council has reversed their earlier decision to reimburse Adrian Heaps for legal expenses arising from the 2006 municipal election:
Toronto council has abandoned its plan to cover the legal expenses of Councillor Adrian Heaps, who was sued by the candidate he narrowly defeated in the 2006 election.
But it has also asked [...]
James: Councillor’s Repentance Solves Only Part Of Problem
Star columnist Royson James applauds Councillor Adrian Heaps’ recent decision to refuse reimbursement for his legal fees, but suggests the issue is far from over:
“A citizen group called the Toronto Party has filed a lawsuit to get back the [Heaps] money. And Councillor Doug Holyday is asking the courts to quash the several council votes [...]
Heaps Turns Down Legal (Fee) Aid
After being the focus of considerable media attention for a number of weeks, Ward 35 Councillor Adrian Heaps has said “no thanks” to Council’s controversial offer to reimburse him for his legal fees:
“Heaps distributed a letter in which he told his colleagues that he wouldn’t accept the money just a day before the council meeting [...]
Levy: City’s $65,680 Legal Payout To Councillor Coming To A Boil
At the Toronto Sun, columnist Sue-Ann Levy strongly encourages Council to roll back the decision to pay out councillor Adrian Heaps for his controversial legal expenses:
“[A]s the controversy grows, the silence has been deafening — only broken by the few players (like Paula Fletcher) who feel they were justified doing what they did.
The star player [...]
Star Op-Ed: Council’s Reckoning
Today’s copy of Toronto Star features an editorial strongly encouraging members of Toronto City Council to reopen the issue of reimbursing councillor Adrian Heaps, along with other payouts to cover their colleagues’ legal expenses:
“Going before council this week is a motion to reopen this decision in order to withdraw the funding from Heaps. Such backtracking [...]
Heaps Legal Payout Remains Hot Issue
The ongoing issue of the $65,000 payout to cover Councillor Adrian Heaps’ legal fees remains a hot topic of conversation at Toronto City Council. First, Councillor Doug Holyday has filed a lawsuit against his colleagues on the issue, claiming they have “overstepped their authority” in covering Heaps’ legal fees:
“I think this is a clear [...]
Doug Holyday For Mayor?
Is Etobicoke Councillor Doug Holyday planning on running for mayor? Recently, a “Draft Doug” website has popped up, created by long-time Conservative activist and Etobicoke resident Dean French.
While this movement may be easily dismissed as a product of wishful thinking, the website, coupled with the fact Holyday has not registered to run again in [...]
Sun Editorial: Councillors In Heaps Of Trouble
The Toronto Sun Editorial Board joins their colleagues at the Toronto Star in condemning Toronto City Council for approving a payment of $65,680 for Councillor Adrian Heaps’ legal bills:
“While not commenting on Heaps’ case, Mayor David Miller said in a statement Monday councillors need to be protected from harassment lawsuits brought against them only because [...]
Miller: City Needs To Protect Councillors From Being Sued
NP Monitor reports that Mayor David Miller is calling for the adoption of a city policy which protects Councillors from legal action against them “only because they were elected”:
“The city doesn’t have a policy but it needs one to protect people who have been elected from lawsuits that occur simply because they’ve been elected. It’s [...]
James: Tax Dollars At Work Flouting The Law
At the Star, Royson James thinks Council should not be using taxpayer dollars to challenge a law that protect councillors from being sued:
“That is the law. Council has asked the province to change it, without success. By flouting the law, city council, a law-making body, sets a horrible example.
Heaps sought relief and city council approved [...]
