Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack

Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by iharris on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:37PM (#5776469)

Some context: Rob Ford is the mayor of Toronto, the most populous city in Canada. This is the newest of numerous controversies during his time in office.

Edit: it's also worth noting that Mayor Ford's relationship with the media has been... colorful. Some funny cases include him calling 80% of journalists "maggots" (1) and lying about a drunken outburst back in 2006 (2).

(1) http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51a27b477b1eacc589c3f4ae-...

(2) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2006/05/03/tor-f...

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by soperj on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:17PM (#5776632)

More than that, his brother (Doug Ford - also a counselor) is being accused of being a high level hashish dealer in the 80s. 2 of his staffers have now quit, and one was fired for apparently telling him to go to rehab. He's been told that he's no longer wanted as a volunteer high school football coach. Also has been kicked out of a hockey game for being too intoxicated and was arrested for dui & possession of marijuana in florida before he became mayor. It's a circus.

Also he was almost kicked out of office at Christmas time this year for voting on something in which he had a vested interest.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by hondje on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:45PM (#5776763)

A Canadian kicked out of a hockey game for being too drunk? That's something else right there

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by Lerc on Monday May 27, 2013 @07:19PM (#5777107)

I think it was more the fact that he was being violent without being a player.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by HorizonXP on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:16PM (#5776628)

The fact that this is getting such widespread attention is making Toronto look like a farce, and as someone from there, it really upsets me. Now when I tell people I'm from Toronto, it will be, "Oh, that's the city with the crack smoking mayor right?"

Really unfortunate and despicable. Cannot believe we voted this idiot into office.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by soperj on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:20PM (#5776644)

To be fair, this: "Oh, that's the city with the crack smoking mayor right?" Could also refer to Washington DC.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by spamizbad on Monday May 27, 2013 @06:26PM (#5776937)

Washington DC would be "Oh, that's the city with the crack smoking mayor who was reelected, right?"

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by toyg on Monday May 27, 2013 @06:34PM (#5776970)

Welcome to the club! I come from the country that voted one Silvio Berlusconi to head the government. Multiple times. For 20 years.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by yogo on Monday May 27, 2013 @07:33PM (#5777159)

I find that it makes Toronto more interesting. A mayor smoking crack? It doesn't get better than that, and it was about time someone turned it up a notch--having multiple mistresses is for the rookies. This guy knows how to party and I would expect him to be reelected :D.

Plus from what I can tell he wasn't busting crackheads left and right while doing the drug himself. That gets more respect than uh, let's say a guy busting prostitution rings while banging prostitutes himself lol.

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by afterburner on Monday May 27, 2013 @06:07PM (#5776851)

Here's an interesting overview of Rob Ford's shenanigans in 2012:

http://torontoist.com/2012/12/2012-villain-rob-ford/

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Re:Indiegogo fund raises enough money to buy video of Mayor ... by muratmutlu on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:40PM (#5776472)

Thanks, I added a bit of context

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