Rob Ford hits the mayoral campaign trail several years early

Sure, Rob Ford may currently be riding out one of the rockier periods in his administration’s term thus far; but that hasn’t stopped him from committing to running for re-election in 2014. In fact, according to the Globe and Mail, Ford says he’s “already out campaigning.” Of course, the mayor has a lot to get done in the meantime. The budget gap is still gaping, and his detractors on council are getting bolder by the day (although the push for garbage privatization passed through council fairly easily). We wonder what part of the 2014 campaign he’ll focus on first: the necessary loans or the legal fundraisers? Read the entire story [Toronto Sun] »