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It was like old home week at Toronto City Hall this week, as Doug Ford popped out of his self-imposed seclusion to remind everyone of the good old days of absurdity and silliness, which reigned so freely during his brother’s four years as mayor.

It seems so long ago now. Has it really been only four months? Since John Tory took over as mayor Toronto’s municipal culture has been sunk in a boring miasma of pragmatism and policy. How do we pay for transit? What can be done about public housing? Blah, blah. As if politicians were elected to get stuff done. The press has been bored stiff.

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So, thanks to Doug Ford, who woke everyone up, however briefly, with his burst of olde-style Ford lunacy, as a kind of short-term palliative to get everyone over the hump.

Mr. Ford let it be known he’s upset that Mayor Tory declined the opportunity to attend a fundraiser on his behalf. Doug, who used to boast a lot about how he spent his own money – of which he has tons – on stuff like getting elected, now wants to recoup some of that personal cash. The Fords are holding a $300-a-person event at their mother’s house, and invited Mr. Tory. He turned them down.