Mayors Gone Bad
“Mayors Gone Bad is a rollicking good read, impossible for political junkies to put down.” (Halifax Chronicle-Herald)
“Philip Slayton’s book, Mayors Gone Bad, should be required reading not just for every mayor and city councillor in Canada but also for anyone thinking of running for a seat at the table of municipal office.” (Prince George Citizen)
“In Mayors Gone Bad Slayton combines skilful analysis with engagingly lucid writing… This is a carefully crafted, well-documented book.” (Winnipeg Free Press)
Praise for Mayors Gone Bad
Read the review in Quill and Quire, Aug. 4, 2015
‘Mayors Gone Bad’ examines corruption and incompetence in municipal government (Community New Commons, June 17, 2015)
“Canada’s Mayors Are Doomed To Fail, Author Says” (Toronto Star, 16 May 2015)
“Philip Slayton On Mayors Behaving Badly” (Maclean’s, 8 May 2015)
Check out these photos from Philip’s launch party, taken by Peter Rehak at Ben McNally’s in Toronto (clicking picture will take you off-site):
