sentences:  During this campaign, Natale filed an injunction to prevent Mario Gentile from using the word "re-elect" on his signs.Gentile had previously served on Metro Toronto Council for nine years, but had not technically been elected to the position as North York did not introduce direct elections for Metro councillors until 1988 (he had been elected as a North York councillor, and was chosen by council as a Metro representative).The judge dismissed the accusation as one of semantics.