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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

November 6, 2013 by Graeme MacKay
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Toronto Mayor Ford to Stay in Job After Using Crack

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford vowed to continue as head of Canada’s biggest city and said he will run in the next election after admitting he used crack cocaine.

“I want the people of this great city to decide whether they want Rob Ford to be their mayor,” he said today at a media conference at city hall that was broadcast by CP24 television.

Ford, 44, said he has “nothing left to hide” and these “mistakes” would never happen again.

“I love this city, I love saving taxpayers money and I love being your mayor,” he said at the conference.

Ford’s vow to press on followed his admission today at an earlier media conference that he smoked crack cocaine, likely in one of his “drunken stupors.”

Pressure is mounting for Ford to resign after Toronto police said last week they had found a video that showed him appearing to inhale from a glass pipe. The Toronto Star and U.S. website Gawker were the first to report on the video in May, sparking a five-month police investigation that included airplane surveillance and cameras mounted on poles tracking Ford’s movements.

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Ford, who apologized on Nov. 3 for being “hammered” at a street party in August and for being in his office at 2 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day with a half-empty bottle of brandy, vowed to curb his drinking and get a driver. He has repeatedly said he wouldn’t resign.

“I feel like a thousand pounds have been lifted off my shoulders,” Ford said at the second media conference today. “I can’t explain how difficult this was to do.”

Several city councilors and at least three Toronto newspapers had urged the mayor to step aside before today. (Source: Bloomberg)

Posted in: Ontario Tagged: Biggest Loser, Crack, Crack cocaine, drugs, Editorial Cartoon, mayor, Ontario, Rob Ford, scandal, Toronto
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