Mayors gone bad
By: Philip Slayton
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780670068302
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Mayors; Misconduct in office; Municipal government; Corrupt practices; Political corruption; Maires; Prévarication; Administration municipale; Pratiques déloyales; Corruption (Politique)
Description: A collection of profiles of recent and current Canadian mayors gone amok.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The naked gladiators; title: To the city; title: Peter Kelly of Halifax "Lessons we learned."; title: Larry O'Brien of Ottawa "It wouldn't be as much fun without me."; title: Gérald Tremblay of Montreal "My last act of love."; title: Michael Appelbaum of Montreal "I have never taken a penny from anybody."; title: Gilles Vaillancourt of Laval "It looks like it is good."; title: Alexandre Duplessis of Laval "Will she be dressed sexily?"; title: Sam Katz of Winnipeg "Who want it? Who needs it?"; title: Joe Fontanna of London "They are hot on my trail and baying for blood."; title: Rob Ford of Toronto "To the people of this great city, I want to offer a public apology."; title: Susan Fennell of Brampton "I've had it up to here with the lies, the innuendo and the smears."; title: Hazel McCallion of Mississauge "I only wish there had been clarity at the time as to what the rules were."; title: Nenshi, Iveson, Robertson, the western triangle of mayoral goodness; title: Jón, Boris, Anne and Bill, the world beyond; title: Conclusion. Devo-Max.