Doug Ford's Primadonna gene is enhanced now that bro is Mayor

Oh so that's where the idea to restrict the press is coming from...

Doug Ford says the Star is ruthless.

Speaking at a meeting of the city’s government management committee, Ford condemned the Toronto Star for filing requests under the Municipal Freedom of Information Act, for asking questions of the mayor’s constituents and for what he called “stalking” his 76-year-old mother for a story.

“I’m the first to admit that 90 per cent of the media is very respectful; they don’t come charging through the office, but there is a media outlet that doesn’t respect that,” Ford told David Nickle, the city hall press gallery president, on Tuesday.

The committee was discussing a proposed change to security rules that would prevent reporters from entering the councillors’ office area without restrictions. Apparently, the idea is to require accredited media, who rent offices in City Hall, to sign in like the general public and be escorted to councillors’ offices.

It’s still before the committee.

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And let's move on to the priorities of the non pinko crowd, now shall we?

A push to ban the sale of pop and sports drinks in city arenas fizzled on Tuesday when a committee voted to continue filling half of its vending machines with sugary drinks.

To emphasize the point that government should not be telling people what to drink, Councillor Doug Ford took a swig of Coke, and asked for someone to pass him a Pepsi.

“Once you get rid of all the sodas and the water, are you going to go after my butter tarts downstairs, too?” he asked members of the government management committee.

“I’m not being sarcastic. And the next step would be let’s dictate what we should eat, what we can drive. Should we take the bus because it’s not healthy to drive a car. Where does it stop? Where does the socialism stop?”

You sir, are an idiot. When right wingers make idiotic pronouncements such as that, it is a delight to behold. In a train wreck sort of way..

Has no one told him he lives in a socialist country?

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