wrongdoing. February 13, 2008: Council votes to censure Councillor Mitchell for the second time in three years. This means he will no longer be able to hold a committee chair or vice chair position for the rest of his term. February 15, 2008: The Hamilton Spectator's editorial board calls for Councillor Mitchell to resign after the land-severance scandal. As of December 2008, he remains on council. July 11, 2008: Former MP, Ian Deans, announces he is considering seeking election in any of the cities wards in the 2010 election if his Parkinson's has not incapacitated him April 11, 2009: Sam Merulla, in a Hamilton Spectator article about his career, announces his intentions to run for re-election in Ward 4. November 30, 2009: Councillor Ferguson becomes the first councillor to say he is considering a run against Fred Eisenberger for mayor. January 1, 2010: Councillor Tom Jackson openly muses about running for mayor while fellow Mountain Councillors Scott Duvall and Terry Whitehead announce their intent to seek re-election in Wards 7 and 8 respectively. January 4, 2010: Jose Bustamante and Scott Duvall file their nomination papers to run for City Council in Wards 10 and 7 respectively, on the first day nominations open. January 8, 2010: Michael Baldasaro becomes the first candidate to register in the Mayoral race. May 18, 2010: Andrew Hines files to run for mayor. May 31, 2010: Mayor Eisenberger files for re-election. June 3, 2010: Julia Kollek, after filing to run in Ward 13 earlier in the year, withdraws her candidacy, leaving Councillor Russ Powers the only candidate in Dundas. June 7, 2010: Glenn Hamilton files for the mayoral race, bringing the number of candidates to five. June 22, 2010: Ryan Sparrow, Public School Board Trustee candidate for Ward 4, withdraws from the race. Sparrow had been a School Board candidate in Ward 3 during the 2006 Election, taking 17% of the vote, and was a candidate in the 2008 Federal Election for Hamilton Centre. July 20, 2010: Blogger Edward Graydon files to run for mayor, bringing the total number of candidates to six. Former mayor Larry DiIanni is widely speculated to announce his intention later in the week. July 26, 2010: Former Mayor Larry Di Ianni announces his candidacy for the position of Mayor. In an interview with the Spectator, he said that he "has learned some political lessons, but also has seen the community, and