A “tanned and relaxed” Mark Ferguson may run for city council in 2014

The hypothetical slate of candidates recruited by Rob Ford better watch out, because CUPE Local 416 president Mark Ferguson may run for city council in 2014. Ferguson, who sort of quit during a heated meeting back in February, decided during a recent vacay to Florida that he’ll stay on with the union until his term ends in November, according to the Toronto Star. (FYI, the paper describes him as “tanned and relaxed,” which sounds like a huge improvement from this). After he’s done, Ferguson said, he may return to his former job as a paramedic—or he may try to rally support behind a bid for a council seat. Seeing as the union prez already floated the idea in a recent interview, we’d hazard his political ambitions are more developed than he’s letting on. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »