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" We were just getting used to the saga of Bob Ford, mayor of Toronto, who allegedly got caught on film allegedly smoking alleged crack, allegedly, and allegedly being friends and allegedly smoking alleged crack with a guy who got iced downtown, although Ford was cleared of any involvement in the drug-related slaying, which is exactly the kind of thing that looks great in the headlines and on the ol&amp;#039; resume. Maybe we were looking in the wrong place, mais non? I mean, zut freaking alors, mes amis. Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum faces 14 charges, including fraud, breach of trust, conspiracy and corruption in municipal affairs, Quebec&amp;#039;s anti-corruption police confirmed Monday morning. Applebaum, who became the city&amp;#039;s interim mayor last fall after former mayor G\u00E9rald Tremblay quit under pressure, was arrested at his home early Monday and taken to the headquarters of the S\u00FBret\u00E9 du Qu\u00E9bec. At a 10 a.m. press conference, the anti-corruption squad outlined the charges against Applebaum and two others. According to Robert Lafreni\u00E8re, head of the Unit\u00E9 permanente anticorruption, or UPAC, the charges against Applebaum are related to two real-estate deals in the C\u00F4te des Neiges-Notre Dame de Gr\u00E2ce borough. Lafreni\u00E8re said that &amp;quot;ten of thousands of dollars&amp;quot; in bribes were involved. Most of this happened between two and five years ago, long before Applebaum became the interim mayor, although the vetting process for interim mayors here seems to need a little work. Of course, the criminal class in local politics has been tres formidable for a while now. Applebaum, 50, is just the latest Quebec mayor to be arrested by the anti-corruption unit. Gilles Vaillancourt, the former longtime mayor of Laval, was arrested in a sweep last month and charged with fraud and gangsterism. Gangsterism? That&amp;#039;s an actual charge? We give it cute little names down here like, RICO. Meanwhile, back in Toronto, the natives are getting restless and taking things into their own hands. Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who had a cup of juice thrown at him at an Italian street festival over the weekend, chuckled about the incident on his Sunday radio show, while also acknowledging it could have been a serious threat. Ford initially made light of the situation, laughing and calling it a little bit of added &amp;quot;excitement&amp;quot; during Saturday&amp;#039;s Taste of Little Italy festival. But he quickly hardened his tone. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not funny,&amp;quot; Ford said Sunday afternoon on NewsTalk1010. &amp;quot;That hurt, man. When it hits you in the face, you don&amp;#039;t expect it, right?&amp;quot;...On Sunday, the mayor also mused about the contents of the drink that was tossed his way, saying he took a &amp;quot;quick whiff&amp;quot; and thought he&amp;#039;d detected rye or vodka. He&amp;#039;d know, I guess. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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