Toronto Mayor Rob Ford hands out candy canes to children at a Santa Claus parade in the city. There were apparently a few boos, but most Torontians still love him for his crusade to cut their taxes, etc.
A Commentary by Doug Draper
I scratch my head when I receive notes from others that they don’t care if Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smokes crack or does serial drunken stupors, just so long as he cuts taxes and spending.
It doesn’t apparently matter to these folks if he crosses paths with drug and gun-running gangs and places himself in the position of being extorted by them at the expense of a police department assigned to snuff out these gangs, just so long as he lowers taxes and guts spending for libraries, recreational parks, and so on.
Think about what that says for a Canada that used to care a little more about something called the common good.
Anyway, these Ford supporters may not also care to see (in fact they might even enjoy) Ford being portrayed as the meltdown case that he is in American and other media around the world. Who cares what that does for Toronto’s efforts to market itself to the rest of the world as a world-class city and dynamic place to invest money, right? Just so long as Rob Ford continues to be propped up by people who only care about gutting services in the city and reducing taxes.
For the latest American joke on Toronto and Rob Ford from a popular late night talk show host, click on the following – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FS8SGZxxao
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Niagara At Large 
I tend to agree (big surprise). People have said that they don’t care what he does in his personal life, as long as he does a good job running the city. But what he does on his own time is illegal! Smoking crack is illegal (I looked it up). So is drinking and driving. And lying about his illegal drug use – not to mention his sarcastic comments about having “plenty at home” destroyed any credibility he had left as a servant of the people. He’s a laughing stock now. Also, good point about Toronto marketing itself to the world and how the Ford fiasco will impact future investors.
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