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Councillor Doug Ford lashed out at Nick Kouvalis, Rob Ford’s 2010 campaign wizard, who has joined the “big tent” supporting John Tory for mayor, and vowed to trounce the “establishment” and “elites” coalescing around the radio broadcaster.

“We kicked their ass by 100,000 votes last time. I look forward to kicking their ass again. You can quote me on that,” Councillor Ford said Wednesday. “You’re going to see a team like you’ve never seen before. We have the largest, strongest ground game in the country — bar none. This isn’t our first rodeo.”

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Mr. Tory, former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, hasn’t decided if he will be running for mayor. But the ranks who want him to has been swelling.

A group of 50 Tory enthusiasts — Conservative strategist John Capobianco, Liberal insider Bob Richardson and Mr. Kouvalis among them — met recently one weekend morning in the offices of the now defunct Heenan Blaikie law firm to discuss how they can convince him to join the fray.