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More liligunls shnuld have been namml. hr said "The wulu- xhnuld hau- been hmadm." ”ruling sand " ['hvn- won- " numlu-r of hands at play hvrer "They icitvy [tuve n-ulh limill-d thvnN'Iw-s In n-nm Hubert Homing. who hus worked wnh other residents for months promoting legal action of same kind try recover further damages msulting from the RIM Park financing Scandal. said the city's $3l-rmllion um against Ford isn't broad enough. he City ofWaterloo has I foolishly put all of its egg', in mm basket with its lawsuit against for. mer "casttrcr John Frord. says a concerned citizen. Lawsuit against Fond net broad enough, says resident Hut at least vverybody gm mu all right. said Skull Ahmed. as twerymu' wax ahle In esrapv the oil fire that started in tltc familyk kitchen and mun spn'ud In the rest of their suhsidired townhouse, "No trite got hurt. thail, what's must impurlnnl." hc said, "ttcm, can be rcpluced but human beings, mn'l." And with my insumnn- there wasn't any way In replace what was ima by the refugm- family. “In: escaped [mm ititr-tttrrt Somalia in 19yl. Waterloo high school raises honey for family after fire destroys home titttan Said-Ahmed/ Oiiiiiv already fared tough times hallm- " fire ripped through their Paulunder [hive home March 24 and destroyed most of thor worldly gm» siessiotvi. ['he fire left the (innlr I: WCI sIudent's, family ol lll homeless and living It‘lllr porarily ill the Comfort Inn in Waterloo unlil mun- appropriate shelter could he found. bat. Te)pjortg one of their own' IMit lit SWEDEN. IIISEII II (HIM. B-K VOLVO "hug 'al t, VvJTE'L-J 505' wawl=la.uxI-u nr-v By roman BAILEY l 1rronicle Staff BY Bots %ta.tNAt 7010"“ Ir Stu]! CERTIFIED During his testimony al the HIM Park judicial inquiry. Ford admitted he now-r vonfirmed the formu» la used In calculate the lease payments In MH’ Financial ytcrvituvr, Ltd, the unmmny who finanrrd rnnslrurlinn ofthe park. wax m‘rumtv. [11rd snld hr trur,trd Ilu'n MFI' virv-Itrcs"ltutr and salesman Haw Hohxnn. and nl'w-r IN! tlu. m'ml In {In-d Ford, who is also the rily's former chief financial officer. recommended the RIM Park financing agron- ment to city council for approval in September 2000. The oty announced the suil last week. citing negli- gence. breach of fiduciary obligations and breach of contra“ as gruunds' based on Forde, role in the RIM Park financing agreement. of rec0Verv. "We dld a little brain, stunning and thought sew vral acticittes, would help w, raise money and stuff for [he iumihz" ln addition ttt collecting mixsmns (In Monday. the whnul held a special barbe- ihc goal is In raise mum thun $3.0m] to help get the family had on their feet. "I nu-nlmned it to wwplmnlc and mgethcr we drum-d to charge ahead tsrth it." said Fischer. who n-ud uhnul the story con- cerniup, Said-Ahmed. one [at her murkvtir1g, students. With help from l'erri Fis- chvr and Stephanie Hukym. huxlnusx trau0ters at the wlmul. and fvllow class, mun-s like Brooke Srhlwi- dvr and her family. the \l‘hlllll started collecting mum-y In support the fami- ly [m Manda): And " also showed the 18-year-old that tuuuetimes tragvdv (an bring out the best in other people as the xlul'l and students at he, Waterloo high school, and mcmbrrs of the. wider com- munll}. have rallied around the family. He said it's unlikely Ford will he run-red under the city's lirmrs and Omissions Liability insurance. "ffervd Ihmugh a regional insur ance pool, given Ford admit, ted In bang, to the city about chrrking the arrururv of the RlM Park Is'mv "Krcr'mt'r1t Ford resigned from his pnsilinn with the city in early2002. Fleming said he dumn'l believe the city will sep much i if any - of the sought-after $31 million. Osman Said-Ahmed. centre. looks over some of the donations made to his family who lost their home in a fire March M. Spearheading the fundraising effort are Brooke Schneider. left, and teachers Terri Fischer and Stephanie Bakyta, far right. cue yesterday which had They also ruffled off dents needed to do arte supplies donated hy husi- some passes m Galaxy Cin- hearing about a family " messes in the community emas donated hy Latem need in their school. Am like the Sohey's (Ill High- Industries. owned by the they've been blown away by land Road, Schneidcrs. [Jul- Schneider family. the response. larama. MEiM Meats and Fischer said it was‘ Mmtu- "The response has heel Z.ehrs, thing that staff and stir amazing" said Fischer. "WI the numbers. His choice resulted in the rust of the park doubling from $1 12.9 million. with an interest rule of4.73 per (Tm In $227 million. with an interest rate of 'over nine per cent. An out-of-court settle- ment reduced the cost In $145 million. Fleming also pointed out that covering Ford under the indemnification bylaw wnuldlfl make good fimart, vial svnw for the (In: giwn ilk-(11y - spunfimlly tax pay/um _ would he rm’vring the (Innmgvx, However, that coverage is also based on whether the employee acted honestly and in good faith High a View to the best interests of the corporation. Ford could seek coverage under the city's own indem- nification bylaw. which was passed in mm when Ford was still an employee. According to the policy. an employee will not he cov- ered under Errors and Omis- sinus Liability insurance when any dishonest act is committed hy the insured. The insured, in this raw. is Iasrd. Fleming said the city ctruld have also reasonably targeied the city Council. led by frormer mayor Joan Mrk- innnn, that approved the RIM Park financing agree- mom. as well as the city vouncil. It'd by former mayor Lynne W'oolstcrwroft, that approved thv mdrmn'r fication bylaw and managed the clean up after the Nuarl- llal broke. "That's why the city should he suing more than Mr. Ford." Fleming said. "If they fail, there's, no fall-bark position." He believes if Ford is awarded coverage under the indemnification bylaw. it wuuld be in the city's best interest to drop the suit. "They'd tcity) be suing the left pocket to fill the right pocket," Fleming said. "Thi, response has been amazing" said Fischer. "We dents needed to do after hearing about a family in need in their school. And they've been blown away by the response. , hat (Iran up inrludml "My fear is the city hasrit heen willing In do what it takes, to wrun- " better pow tion." Fleming sand. "link-as thcy have mlm- tricks, up thvir sslvevvs, that Vm Iml awan- of, I'm um‘nmfunuhlv wulh tht' approach that's hm'n Lake" "I this point." "That council tied the hands of the current coun- cil, future councils and past councils." Fleming said. agreeing In an out-of-court settlement without involv- ing the rily's insurance provider. and accepting a clause in former chief administrative officer [CNN Tom Sluckie's resignation which prt‘venls the city from pursuing legal action against him. Fleming said he's made this argument and others to the city. But the advice has fallen on deafears. he said. Donations can be made at any TD Canada Trust under account number 6251831. The branch num- ber is 153. In addition In the special fundraisers held this week. there is also a special hank account set up at H) Cana- da Trust to help the family, "You always know that there's smttehody behind you when you go to this school." he said. s'iaid-Ahmed said he and his family were thankful for the suppurL Ihere is a real sense of family at WU said Fischer. And it was one way Suldr Ahmed's whom] family could hel p. "ll's not often that a tragedy strikes our family. but when it does we cer- tainly jump in to take care of them." said Fischer. were awed at the way the school auppnned ux and the way that local business- es donated everything for the harhecue." " There wasn't any ques- lion," added Bakyaa. "They just asked Ln what we needed?"