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On the morning after the appeal court decision on the stay of Bill 5, NDP councillor Joe Cressy issued an e-mail advising constituents he’s going to “continue to fight back against this unprecedented attack on the city.

“Doug Ford’s attack on our city has been relentless … he is committed to trampling on our … fundamental rights,” he wrote.

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His leftist partner in countless efforts to mess up the city, Cllr. Mike Layton told the eager left-wing media Doug Ford haters as he signed up to run in Ward 11 that “one-on-one interaction with councillors is going to suffer.”

Of course none of them were so put off about this “unprecedented attack … on fundamental rights” that they decided to step aside and not run, so they could focus on the fight.

Just sayin.’

All of them — Layton, Cressy, Paula Fletcher, Gord Perks and Kristyn Wong-Tam — rushed down to the Elections Office Thursday to ensure they put their names on the ballot during the two-day window to sign up for the Oct. 22 election.