Ford's canned comments weren't worth the wait
January 24th 2014
Rosie DiManno
The Star
This article is about an Economic Club speech given by Mayor Rob Ford. Ford did not start off on the right foot before this speech even began. He came an hour late due to some elevator malfunctions. He was stuck inside the elevator for around 45 minutes before even getting to the Club. This long wait caused many reporters to leave. Ford does not shy away from pumping his own tires. He like to throw around numbers of accomplishments and boast about how he has done nothing but positive things to the city of Toronto. “Folks, let’s face the facts. Toronto is booming like it’s never boomed before. Today, we’re an economic powerhouse." He says that since becoming mayor in 2011, he has saved Toronto approximately 1 billion dollars. But really he has saved around 750 million. Still a very large, impressive number. The article talks about the promises he has made. like how he says he will be putting a three stop subway into Scarborough. Ford has made promises and kept many. He has fixed sidewalks, sewers, roads, bridges and expressways. while saving money.
I know that many people don't like Rob Ford, especially after the whole crack cocaine incident. But after reading this article I liked the fact that Ford has saved a lot of money for Toronto and he believes in what he's doing. Although he has indulged in some illegal activity which we all know about. He is still completing tasks while again, saving money. Everyone can agree that we wouldn't want some Mayor to be spending huge amounts of money, when they could be saving it and being put to better use.
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