City set for battle with mayor
The City of Vaughan is gearing up for a head-on legal fight with its mayor.
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Councillors ‘appalled’ by Jackson
Embattled Mayor Linda Jackson’s latest salvo in the controversy over her campaign finances has councillors seeing red and talking tough. In a move that preempts charges being laid against her by city-retained prosecutor Timothy Wilkin, Jackson notified the city late last Friday afternoon she intends to fight council’s actions in court.
Jackson — stay put or go?
He’s not saying the mayor should quit. But, Councillor Alan Shefman says, “if I was in her position, if that was me, I would resign.”
Jackson’s future in jeopardy
Mayor Linda Jackson says she was unaware of the apparent mismanagement of her 2006 campaign finances that has now placed her job in jeopardy. But if she didn’t know what was going on with her election dollars, her husband and campaign manager Mario Campese did, according to auditors Ken Froese and Glen R. Davison, who uncovered several apparent contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
Council vetoes audit requests
A depleted council of just three voted last week to deny self-described watchdog Paul De Buono’s trio of audit requests.
Jackson campaign audit raises eyebrows
An audit into Mayor Linda Jackson’s 2006 election campaign books has reportedly uncovered several contraventions of the Municipal Elections Act.
Audit mania: Two more reps targeted
Council’s latest audit request targets were prepared for the inevitable. “Nothing surprises me anymore,” Ward 2 councillor Tony Carella said Monday.
Second audit sought on current mayor
Quintino Mastroguiseppe and Gino Ruffolo have made good on their threat and formally asked council for a second audit of Mayor Linda Jackson’s 2006 campaign books.
Now the former mayor is target of audit request
The headache that is the bitter 2006 municipal election flared up again this week for former mayor Michael DiBiase.
DiVona fights to clear his name in finance appeal
Councillor Bernie DiVona was not content to sit idly by when a trio of residents took their pursuit of an audit into his campaign finances to Newmarket court last month.
Mayor’s audit woes deepen
Mayor Linda Jackson’s campaign finances could be subjected to the intense scrutiny of a second compliance audit.
Judge rules against Jackson
Mayor Linda Jackson’s political fortunes suffered another major setback in the seemingly endless 2006 mayoral war — she is now facing a court-ordered audit of her campaign finances.