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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Did Ford piss off the media / union people in Toronto? Because every article I read is pretty much an attack ad on the guy. I don't follow Toronto politics so I have no idea if he's doing a good or bad job, but for awhile there, every day Yahoo had a different article up pretty much making fun of the guy. Is he really doing that bad a job, or is there some kind of vendetta against him?
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He is making a lot of difficult decisions. The city is bleeding red and so he has privatized things which has increased unemployment. Most of the knocks against him are mainly about optics. Using city buses to transport his football team (and kicking off people). He is a non-stop excuse maker - nothing is ever his fault. He says some really stupid and offensive things (he thought Lake Manitoba was in Ontario). He couldn't kick off pride day, as traditionally the mayor does, because he was going out to his cabin and wanted to beat traffic (it was literally a block from his office)..
He has also gotten rid of a lot of bike paths (13km so far) and it seems like weekly, we are hearing about cyclists in Toronto being killed. Then there is his refusal to pay back the 3000 dollars. Ford is a very wealthy man and grew up with a silver spoon, so while some of his fiscal decisions might be necessary, he comes off as uncaring and very arrogant.