Back on the Mayor Ford/Crack story, first, I made a mistake. In my earlier post I said that ex-Chief of Staff Mark Towhey resigned. That’s not correct. He was fired. When I was writing this morning I’d misremembered and thought there was some uncertainty about whether he resigned or was fired. But he was definitely fired. Actually, he was apparently fired twice and escorted out of the Mayor’s office. Now, part of me wants to say it’s hard keeping track of the murder and crack smoking and hash dealing and resignations and firings. But no excuses. I got that part wrong.

Now, here’s why this is significant. Read More