Not quite an apology, very much a leadership twist

Premier's "pity party"

FORD’S SORRY-ISH, LIBERALS FIRE STARTING GUN

Premier DOUG FORD still seems salty over the loss of his private jet, breathing oxygen into the saga and scrumming with reporters on the matter for the second day in a row. But first — the race for Grit leader is on as a candidate I clocked months ago has officially entered the fray.

We called it! — DYLAN MARANDO — someone who I first told you in February had been eyeing the top Liberal job in the province — is so far the only greenlit candidate in the race. That means the former political adviser has cleared the party’s vetting process, handed in signatures from at least 250 card-carrying Liberals, and forked over $10,000 of the $150,000 entry fee. The Star has that story…

“We’re actually in this race. We’re sticking our neck out, and we did the hard work of being first to the start line and hopefully we’ll be first across the finish line as well,” Marando, who has advised then-Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU and former Premiers KATHLEEN WYNN…