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Citizen tells | council: ‘I , told you so‘ | he lawsuits are still Aying around I Waterloo city hall, with former treaâ€" surer John Ford filing a $1â€"million countersuit in response to the $31â€"milâ€" lion lawsuit the city filed against him in March. The lawsuit was part of a statement of defence Waterloo‘s former chief financial officer filed with the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, even though the city clerk‘s office said they haven‘t been forâ€" mally served with the lawsuit. The city is seeking $31 million from Ford for his role in the RIM Park financâ€" ing fiasco, which added more than $33 million to the cost of the 500â€"acre recreâ€" ation facility. Even more concerning to a local citiâ€" zens‘ group that pushed for the litigation is the revelation that Ford has been denied coverage by the city‘s insurance provider, even though he sought protecâ€" tion under the city‘s past insurance policy which expired June 1. Robert Fleming, the head of Waterloo Watch, the group that encouraged city council to consider filing suits against former city officials, including past city councils, said they pushed the city to name more than one person in the suit out of concern that coverage could be denied to Ford because of some of the "willful acts" he admitted to during the RIM Park inquiry. Those acts include failing to check the numbers on the financing scheme pushed by MFP Financial Services Ltd. officials before Ford recommended that city council approve the deal in Septemâ€" ber 2000. Waterloo soon found out that instead of getting a interest rate of 4.73 per cent council agreed to, they were paying a rate of more than nine per cent. Fleming said. that in itself could be grounds for the insurance provider to deny coverage under the previous policy, because willful acts aren‘t covered under that or any other agreement. And without the insurance coverage for Ford, there is no way the city will be able to recover the $31 million in extra financing costs, as well as the costs of the RIM Park inquiry. "John Ford is the first name that would come to everybody‘s mind internally for WATERLOQ CHRONICLE Introducing The Allâ€"New By BoB VRBANAC Chronicle Staff Now In Stock Continued on page 4 2005 MAlclLOO PUBuC LWikAARÂ¥ o your community since 1856 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO Woodside National Historic site hosted a Victorian Halloween for visitors on Saturday with traditional games like bobbing for apples, the featured attraction. Lazar Vukoje, 6, was finally successful capturing an apple after a few tries with the sticks Catch of the day $1 INCLUDING GST Crosby Audt 1175 Weber St. E., Kit. BOR VARANAC PHOTOS 894â€"9300 crosbyaudi.com Viewpoint City Pages Sports Classified Drayton Entertainment to open new theatre. WHAT‘S INSIDE Page 13 27