{"id":44045,"date":"2015-03-05T02:02:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T18:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44045"},"modified":"2025-01-29T21:16:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T02:16:56","slug":"fontana-named-federal-teddy-winner-for-defrauding-taxpayers-over-sons-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/05\/fontana-named-federal-teddy-winner-for-defrauding-taxpayers-over-sons-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Fontana named federal Teddy winner for defrauding taxpayers over son&#8217;s wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44083\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/648px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/648px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Fontana (Wikipedia photo)\" width=\"648\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/648px-Joe_Fontana_2012.jpg 648w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/648px-Joe_Fontana_2012-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London, Ontario Mayor Joseph Frank &#8220;Joe&#8221; 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