Saturday marked the city’s first day in municipal limbo after former mayor John Tory officially stepped down Friday. “Toronto has been my cause,” Tory said at a final news conference at city hall Friday afternoon. “It breaks my heart to leave. But leaving was the right thing to do, as hard as it might be.”
Tory’s unexpected resignation follows a Star investigation that revealed an extended relationship between the 68-year-old married politician and one of his much-younger staffers.
I am not optimistic.
