Mr. Stewart sound like he has some anger management problems that he needs to address and solve with professional help.  It's unclear to me how the relationship with his daughter who is currently a successful student at has  University and his ex-wife have  to do with his qualifications for City Council?  Mr. Stewarts parenting practices sound terrible and his daughter is now almost an adult and was visiting her father at his home during this event. I assume she is living, when in town with her, Mother. The daughter doesn't have to see her father and neither does the ex-wife.  I'm not clear what the relationship is to his running for council has with his family relationship problems?  What qualifications or standards to do the job,  do voters want in a city council person? I'm torn, between viewing this article as an attack on this man or there is lots more to the story that might be pertinent . Are all candidates for city council family relationships investigated for bad parenting?