Rob Ford is making moves in the lead-up to the Sheppard subway vote (also, Nick Kouvalis is back!)

Looks like Rob Ford isn’t willing to let his Sheppard subway dream go gently into that good night. While the initial vote to resurrect a light rail–based plan passed 25-18, the Globe and Mail reports that Ford can now count on the support of councillors Ron Moeser, who missed the original vote due to illness, and James Pasternak, who has reportedly joined the pro-Ford camp. The pro-LRT councillors, on the other hand, insist they have 23 reliable votes—still enough to win, but just barely. Meanwhile, councillors also say they’ve spotted Ford’s former chief of staff and mayoral campaign mastermind, Nick Kouvalis, lurking around city hall. Pro-LRT camp, beware. Read the entire story [Globe and Mail] »

(Images: Rob Ford, Christopher Drost; Yonge-Sheppard subway, gloom)