filled a human rights complaint against Ford. Mammoliti's son Michael filed his papers to run against Ford in the 2003 municipal election but withdrew at the last moment. In 2007, he called for an investigation of Ford and Doug Holyday after they filed total expenses of $0 and $1,471 in 2006, respectively. Mammoliti was generally considered a right-leaning and socially conservative member of council. He was an outspoken supporter of Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino, and spearheaded an unsuccessful effort to pressure the Toronto Police Services Board to renew Fantino's contract. In the 2003 election, he supported John Tory's bid to become Mayor of Toronto.On July 28–29, 2011, the executive committee of Toronto City Council heard deputations by 169 Torontonians on the hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts suggested by KPMG consultants. Mammoliti claimed there were "very few" worthwhile deputations and described the event as a "socialist party". In response to the late July executive committee meeting, Mammoliti launched a "Save the City...Support the Ford Administration" Facebook group in August 2011. He indicated that he created the group so that the "taxpayer" would have an opportunity to comment on how municipal taxes should be spent in Toronto and stated: "If you smell like someone who can be a part of the Communist Party you’re not going to be welcome on the site." On August 11, 2011 Mammoliti suggested the "communist movement" hides in the NDP and added that he wants to "weed out the communists in this city." On October 12, 2013, the Toronto Sun published an op-ed by Mammoliti, opposing plans to build the Finch LRT. In December 2013, the City of Toronto's integrity commissioner opened an investigation into a $5000-a-table Mammoliti fundraiser attended by lobbyists. The integrity commissioner released a report to Toronto City Council detailing two fundraisers held for Mammoliti which paid him $80,000. On July 9, 2014, Toronto City Council voted to suspend Mammoliti and withhold his salary for three months for holding the fundraisers. City Council also authorized a review of the fundraisers for any criminality. In June 2014 he angered many people when he suggested Parkdale was a district full of pedophiles. He also suggested that all-ages shows attracted pedophiles. In August 2014, Councillor Mammoliti expanded on his desire to restrict electronic dance music (EDM) events in Toronto, by suggesting that all food festivals be banned in the wake of a stabbing