Editing Howard Moscoe (section)

==Trivia==
* Moscoe has dabbled in the visual arts. His sculpted wooden birds were featured at the 1990 Cabby Art Festival in Toronto.<ref>[[Rosemary Sexton]], "Cabbies take the stage for Harbourfront show", ''The Globe and Mail'', January 13, 1990, A13.</ref> He later created a "[[pop art]] haven" of tacky orange furniture in his council office, to the chagrin of other councillors.<ref>Andrew Duffy, "Moscoe's 'tacky' orange furniture ordered out", ''Toronto Star'', February 17, 1993, A7.</ref>
* Moscoe has weighed in excess of 300 pounds at different times in his career, and was nicknamed "Hungry Howard" by the Toronto media in the 1990s. He took steps to control his weight in 1991 after being told that he had [[diabetes]]. By June 1992, he had dropped to 285 pounds.<ref>Marlene Habib, "Diabetes scare forced politician to drop 55 pounds", ''Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', June 8, 1992, D1.</ref> As of late 2005, he weighed 275 pounds.<ref>Jill Mahoney, "Canada's added girth a growing concern", ''The Globe and Mail'', December 10, 2005.</ref>
* When the restoration of [[capital punishment]] was discussed at a 1979 meeting of the [[Federation of Canadian Municipalities]], Moscoe introduced a facetious motion calling for the restoration of torture. He later clarified to reporters that he intended his proposal as a parody of the original motion, and said that he opposed both torture and the death penalty as irrational acts. He expressed concern that some constituents took his motion seriously, and approved of it.<ref>Marina Strauss, "Alderman suggests torture of criminals", ''The Globe and Mail'', June 5, 1979, P10; "Alderman is disturbed by calls backing lashing", June 7, 1979, P3.</ref>
* He organized a sarcastic "Howard Moscoe Re-Election Money Grub Banquet" to raise funds for his re-election bid in 2000.<ref>"Money-grubber Moscoe roots for funders", ''Toronto Star'', May 13, 2000, p. 1.</ref>