Somehow the media always finds its way back to the media. The Mayor’s levee is tomorrow at City Hall, but the burning question for reporters is that the mayor won’t take questions from them during that event. In past years, the mayor has taken questions about what he sees in the coming year for the City. This year, reporters have been asked not to interrupt the levee. It will go off in the City Hall rotunda from 2-4 p.m. An online poll in the Sun (inset) suggests this is not a big issue for the public. A majority (54% to 45%) are against questions. For Ford, the new year will see a Jan. 7 appeal of the conflict-of-interest ruling that ousted him from office. He won a stay of the ruling until his appeal is heard. After the ruling the mayor’s office announced it was cancelling the annual levee before deciding to replace it with an elaborate series of “skating parties.” Then, last week, that plan was scrapped and it was announced Ford would be participating in the traditional levee.
