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Revision as of 02:17, 18 July 2006 editED209 (talk | contribs)529 edits stop reverting, the language regarding this traffic ticket is very unbiased, it is obvious you all have a problem with the facts← Previous edit Revision as of 02:51, 18 July 2006 edit undoChabuk (talk | contribs)4,845 edits revert. 2 administrators disagree with you. the onus is on YOU (as the person adding) to prove it is unbiased, not the other way around.Next edit →
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Once elected, Di Biase insisted on moving the City Of Vaughan beyond its roots as a commuter community. Working with various levels of governments, Di Biase guided the City to economic success and influence. He has firm in his committment to creating a "Downtown" for the city often viewed as typical "suburbia". The most recent example of this push is the new new Civic Centre, scheduled for completion in 2008, which will feature gathering areas and a large outdoor skating rink. He has also been instrumental in helping to secure the extension of the ] beyond its city boundaries and into Vaughan. Once elected, Di Biase insisted on moving the City Of Vaughan beyond its roots as a commuter community. Working with various levels of governments, Di Biase guided the City to economic success and influence. He has firm in his committment to creating a "Downtown" for the city often viewed as typical "suburbia". The most recent example of this push is the new new Civic Centre, scheduled for completion in 2008, which will feature gathering areas and a large outdoor skating rink. He has also been instrumental in helping to secure the extension of the ] beyond its city boundaries and into Vaughan.

Following Di Biase's election victory, he came under media scrutiny for three traffic tickets (running a red light) he received in a 15-month period during 2001/2002. Exerts from Jan. 10, 2004 ] article about the incidents:

''"Two of the tickets were withdrawn when officers didn't show up in court. The third, laid after a December 2002 accident, simply disappeared."''

The story reports that Di Biase hit a former ] police commissoner during his third accident:

''"Di Biase's car, a blue city-owned 2003 Acura, T-boned the passenger side of a BMW driven by Margot Marshall, a former York Region police commissioner and Whitchurch-Stouffville councillor, spinning her car around three times before stopping near a light standard."''


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This article is about a Canadian politician. For information about the wrestler see Michael Dibiase.

Michael Di Biase is the current mayor of Vaughan, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He became involved in the city's political sphere when elected local councillor in 1985. Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002, Di Biase was appointed interim mayor by virtue of his position as Senior Regional Councillor. In the 2003 municipal election, Di Biase won his first official term as mayor.

Once elected, Di Biase insisted on moving the City Of Vaughan beyond its roots as a commuter community. Working with various levels of governments, Di Biase guided the City to economic success and influence. He has firm in his committment to creating a "Downtown" for the city often viewed as typical "suburbia". The most recent example of this push is the new new Civic Centre, scheduled for completion in 2008, which will feature gathering areas and a large outdoor skating rink. He has also been instrumental in helping to secure the extension of the Toronto Subway beyond its city boundaries and into Vaughan.

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