Q&A: Joe Warmington, the journalist Rob Ford still likes talking to
When it comes to getting information from mayor Rob Ford, there’s the Sun’s Joe Warmington, and then there’s everybody else. Somehow, the mayor seems to be candid with the veteran columnist, even as he systematically cuts off reporters he doesn’t like. (Remember those times when Ford actually spoke to a reporter from rehab? That reporter was Warmington.) As a result of this rapport, Warmington has been called “Rob Ford’s personal Oprah,” a “go-to mouthpiece” and one of the mayor’s “enablers”—even if his competitors still begrudgingly reprint whatever information he gets. We spoke with Warmington about hate mail, his relationship with the mayor and the ethics of paying for a story.
I was kind of expecting a fedora.
The fedora was a marketing prop. Originally, [former Sun editor, current Sun columnist] Mike Strobel suggested that I do the Night Scrawler column, which I did from 1999 until 2005. We were trying to do a photo shoot, and I went to a store to get some cool clothes to wear for the picture. There was a fedora there, and I grabbed it, and that was the shot that Mike Strobel picked of all the shots. But then people started to expect it, so I wore a fedora for six years non-stop. It was something that allowed me to get into that character of “the scrawler.”
So earlier this summer, Rob Ford was gone for two months. What was that like for you as someone who covers city hall?
Well, he wasn’t out of the picture.
Right—he was calling you from rehab.
He never called me. People portray it as if he calls me, and that I just pick up the phone.
In one of your articles, you said that he called you.
He might call me back, but as far as I remember, I initiate the calls. Everybody else tries to initiate it, and I’m able to get him. I didn’t treat him being away as anything different as when he was here. Obviously, there was a time when we didn’t have contact with him. But whenever something developed, I would call him. There was a lot of pressure from Doug and others to leave him alone, and I do want him to get better. But there were a number of things that happened, and every time I called him, most of the time I got him. I presented what I was able to get to the public.
It seems like he gives you information that he doesn’t give other reporters.
Is it that? Maybe I’m able to get the information. Nintety-nine per cent of what you read is that he’s using me, or what have you, even though all those same media people take my information and put it in their stories. So obviously it’s something that they want. I’m always surprised, particularly by people in the media, that they try to sewer my character or my professionalism when they’re also using my material that they couldn’t get.
It’s well known that he simply won’t talk to certain reporters. If you’re from the Star, he’s not talking to you. It seems like he has a rapport with you that he doesn’t have with many reporters.
It’s probably true. I don’t know what the rapport is. I mean, I got him at a soccer game after he got out of rehab, and I haven’t talked to him since. I’ve called a number of times. I’ve even called today, and he hasn’t got back to me. So it’s not as easy as it looks. I think he trusts me, but he also knows that I’m not going to sugarcoat it either. If you really look through the columns, you’re going to see that the service I provide is to take what he says and put it out there. Sometimes I’ll filter it, sometimes it’s just in his own words. We have other reporters like Michele Mandel and Don Peat who have been uber-critical of him, so anything that needed to be covered that way was being covered as a team. If you look back to the night that he went into rehab—we broke that story. Was that softball? We had audio that nobody could get, that I was able to get, and we didn’t let him off the hook. At the same time, the Globe and Gawker were negotiating for the really damning photograph, which we were also aware of, but we wouldn’t negotiate with those people.
What do you mean you wouldn’t negotiate? The Toronto Star said that they wouldn’t pay for the original crack video, but they still managed to get something to work with.
You’d have to talk to them, but my understanding is that they were negotiating for the video and it was out of their league. I’m not going to make any judgment on that. We—the Toronto Sun—did not negotiate for that video. We could have negotiated. We were contacted about the original video, and we were also contacted by Gawker to make a deal. Ethically—and I’m not making a judgment—the Globe and the Star have paid for materials, and the Sun has never paid.
It’s interesting to me, because you have reporters like you, who have access to the mayor, and you value access—
I’m not a reporter. I’m a columnist. It’s a big distinction that a lot of people fail to grasp. Daniel Dale, Robyn Doolittle or Don “Pistol” Peat—they’re very good reporters, those three. But they’re not columnists. They’re not supposed to shape opinion or put their opinion in. With me, I’m a reporter/columnist. I’m like a reporter, but at the same time, I might put an opinion in. I don’t have to try to make you or an editor happy about balance.
What I’m getting at is that you have reporters like Don Peat. Then there’s you, who has access to the mayor—
I don’t have access to the mayor. I have to correct you. I have his cell phone number.
So you have a skill in getting him to speak.
He has his motivations. Obviously, he’d like to have his message out, and he has to have somebody to get it out at times. There are other times when I’ve gotten the information out. It’s all of those things. If I haven’t gotten something in a column, it’s in Don Peat’s article or Michele Mandel’s column. Nobody’s presented to me any kind of fact to show that what I’ve done is anything but breaking news.
Before Rob Ford was mayor, what was your relationship with him like? How did you get to know him? Did you ever hang out on a friendly basis?
We’re not friends. I’ve never been to his house, he’s never been to my house. But I did a lot of stories about him before. Ideologically speaking, the Rob Ford agenda coincided with the Sun’s agenda. They kind of married nicely together. We may have gone down the road of supporting John Tory last time, had he chose to run. But Rob Ford was tremendous in opposition. He was great for columnists because he was able to come up with these stories that were easy to do, about spending or things like that. He was very good on radio. I followed him on council a little bit, but then I started hearing him on the radio, and from there I started to call him and write stories. I’m pretty sure I broke the story that he was going to run for mayor. And I encouraged him to run for mayor. I thought he would make a tremendous candidate, and I think in many ways he’s been a good mayor. Obviously, there’ve been issues, but if you look at his achievements, some of those are real.
Such as?
Well, the things that he touts. I think they’re legitimate. Obviously, the behavior is serious. But really, it’s not that serious. If you take the mayor’s title out of it, I can guarantee you that there are people that I know or you know who have acted the same way, or even worse. There’s nobody who could have survived the scrutiny that he’s been under. I think he’s made mistakes. He’s not as good as he thinks he is, and he’s certainly not as bad as they say he is.
Having followed the mayor for a long time, how surprised are you at the course his narrative has taken? Could you see any of these problems budding, or could you foresee that he might go down this path?
I knew that he would be a character. He’s the author of his own misfortune, because he got involved in drugs and alcohol, and he wasn’t honest and open about it. Maybe I was naïve to think it wouldn’t be a big deal, and I still don’t think it’s a big deal. There are a lot of people who are offended by it, but there are also a lot of people who are ideologically offended by him, and that’s their leverage point. Most of the media are looking to present things in the worst possible way. I don’t operate like that. I like everybody who is running for mayor.
What do you do when you piss off a guy like Rob Ford? Because he called you once to let you know that he was mad at you.
That’s the time that he called me. What do I do? I report it. I took everything he said, and within an hour I had put it online.
Weren’t you concerned that he would cut you off?
It crossed my mind, and everyone said that it would happen. I just reported what the guy said. If you read the column, I didn’t say I hated him. I didn’t say I was mad at him. My family could hear bits and pieces of it on the phone. He was out of control. I wasn’t the one in the wrong, but I don’t hold grudges. I’m not in the business of trying to nail somebody.
Did you go to Ford Fest?
No, I was out of town. It’s the first one that I’ve missed in the last few years. I just watched it on CP24. I was fascinated by how the media dealt with the situation, and how smart the opponents of Ford are, and how worried they are about him. Because make no mistake: he is the guy to beat. If he didn’t go to the [East York church] debate, nobody would have watched the debate. Whether he’ll win or not, we’ll see. He’s got an uphill battle.
Have you gotten any hate mail recently?
Oh man. The hate mail is nonstop. If you read it, you can really start to believe it. Not just the email, but Twitter. Sometimes you’ve got to defend yourself on there, and sometimes you’ve got to ignore it. Most of the people are anonymous, but they get under your skin. I’m still waiting for somebody to present me with something I’ve written that is not journalistically sound—keeping in mind that I’m a columnist. Rob Ford is a man, and when he’s been a real horse’s ass, I’ve written that. My job is to get people to read my column, and they do. They do because I have access and I have something to say.
“I’m not a reporter. I’m a columnist. It’s a big distinction that a lot of people fail to grasp…I’m a reporter/columnist. I’m like a reporter, but at the same time, I might put an opinion in.”
“If you really look through the columns, you’re going to see that the service I provide is to take what he says and put it out there. Sometimes I’ll filter it, sometimes it’s just in his own words.”
“Obviously, he’d like to have his message out, and he has to have somebody to get it out at times…Nobody’s presented to me any kind of fact to show that what I’ve done is anything but breaking news.”
One more time then…what’s the difference between a columnist and a reporter?
Joe Warmington is Minister for Propaganda for Ford Nation.
Stuart Andrew Levy
Wormington will freak out if/when Ford loses.
Warmington is a shameless hack and shill.
Hanging out with drug gangs is not serious?
“…the service I provide is to take what he says and put it out there.”
Indeed. Rather like his staff who also have that in their job description.
“I’m still waiting for somebody to present me with something I’ve written that is not journalistically sound”
so no one has ever presented him with one of his own articles?!
a sense of shame, apparently.
“Obviously, the behavior is serious. But really, it’s not that serious.”
Seriously? Would you think it was ‘no big deal’ if your kid was financing gun and drug dealers, smoking crack with them, and skipping work to get plastered in the woods? Would you really just shake your head and say ‘oh well’?
“If you take the mayor’s title out of it, I can guarantee you that there are people that I know or you know who have acted the same way, or even worse.”
1. You can’t take the mayor’s title out of it. He’s the freaking mayor. He’s the ‘leader’ of one of the largest economies in Canada. He has greater responsibilities than your average CEO and you can be assured the CEO of CN, Suncor, Blackberry or MLSE would be out on his a$$ faster than you can say ‘broken morals clause’ if they had done 1/10th of what Rob Ford has done.
STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR THIS IDIOT, WARMINGTON.
Joe, Joe, Joe, what has happened to you? Has Ford corrupted you that much? Can’t you recognize truth when it bites you? Can you not see the corruption of Ford?
…..or maybe he just forgot about columns like the one he wrote about Ford’s “triumphant” appearance on Kimmel that managed to get published online BEFORE FORD ACTUALLY APPEARED ON THE SHOW – the one that he had to subsequently re-write after witnessing Ford’s appearance on Kimmel, which was anything but triumphant.
Even that crap about “take the mayor’s title out of it” – well, that’s the problem now, isn’t it Joe? You can’t take the mayor’s title out of it, because Ford’s the damn mayor!! Amazing he still can’t grasp that simple, but fundamental point.
This interview just shows how far down the rabbit hole Warmington’s gone – he can’t see his way up anymore. Any journalistic integrity he once had he’s willingly demolished in his pursuit of kissing up to the Fords.
I like Joe Warmington. I will vote for mayor Ford. Being sanctimonious as you lot are is very sad. Who died and made you Head of Judgement?
Or a press officer, which he seems to be more of…
“Maybe I was naïve to think it wouldn’t be a big deal, and I still don’t think it’s a big deal.” The “big deal” is the lying about it to Toronto for 6 months, the fact that he either didn’t show up to work or was hungover when he did, and the cavorting with criminals. Joe doesn’t understand that?
According to Wiki, “A columnist is someone who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions.” Joe is welcome to write all the glowing columns on Ford he wants, but when he includes interviews, recaps events etc., he’s a reporter.
“Joe Warmington” is merely Rob Ford’s pen name.
Silly. Rob Ford wouldn’t know what to do with a pen.
Wow. Ford’s a ‘character’… yes Mr. Warmington, Rob Ford is a character… out of a very dad movie and that character consists of a a gangster, a drug addict, a racist, a sexist, a homophobic, ignorant buffoon. We deserve a leader with integrity, honour and sound values… someone who represents the ‘best’ of us, not the bottom feeders….
As with most people associated with Rob Ford, he is either on the payroll or getting something out of the relationship… sadly, I don’t believe there’s anyone out there that Rob Ford has as a ‘friend’…. he has to pay people to be around him.
“I’m still waiting for somebody to present me with something I’ve written that is not journalistically sound”
How about the glowing “review” of Rob Ford’s Jimmy Kimmel appearance that was posted online before the show even aired? Had Warmington been at the taping that would’ve explained it, but he wasn’t. And the review was written as if he’d seen the show, not as if he was reporting on how Rob or Doug felt it went. No, the only explanation I can come up with is most certainly not “journalistically sound” – it’s a downright pathetic attempt at misleading the public.
I love these parody accounts.
I honestly don’t know how Joe sleeps at night.
My friends don’t smoke crack with gang members, nor would they still have their jobs if they did a fraction of the things he did. It’s baffling.
This is hilarious, not a surprise that Ford’s paid mouthpiece is a liar too. Remember, this clown is the guy who wrote a column saying Doug Ford was right to say four autistic kids were ruining an Etobicoke neighborhood. This man is a pure hack and a buffoon to boot.
How is not liking a guy whoi writes glowing columns about a bad junkie politician being sanctimonious? I actually don’t know why I’m replying to this, anyone who will vote for Ford can’t be taken seriously as a human being.
It’s tough to stop making excuses for an idiot when it is clear Joe is as big an idiot.
The active police investigation that he isn’t cooperating with, is a big deal.
I can disagree with you. Are you a human being? Offering an opinion is one thing being down right nasty about anyone I believe is showing the lowest side of humanity
He’s been a good mayor, the personal stuff is not a big deal, he’s the candidate to beat, I’m a good columnist. Silly man.
“taken seriously” is the key phrase. Nobody does, you.
Resembles Harrison Ford in that picture.
“I’m not a reporter…. With me, I’m a reporter/columnist. I’m like a reporter,…”
Make up your 6 brain neurons. Either you’re a reporter or you ain’t.
Okay Joe try this mental experiment: “take the mayor’s title out of it” and replace it with the title “teacher with the TDSB”. Now quick go write the column of bile you’d spill on that one.
You are a clown. And that’s why rofo loves you so..
We’ll come to you first for all the soft questions.
She said sanctimoniously.
Seriously, if you vote for Ford, you’re voting for a lying junkie that has no plan whatsoever. What you’re doing is telling everyone you support lies, drugs, absenteeism, narcissism and extreme stupidity, and thus are a joke of a person who does not deserve to be a part of normal society.
If this offends you, well too bad, maybe you should examine what your priorities are, because the ones you display by saying you’ll vote for Ford are ridiculously stupid.
It’s your opinion which you are entitled to. You are not offending me. I would have to know you and like you to take offense.What ever Ford did. It did not take any money out of our Pockets. He tried his best in my opinion to bringing this City back to what it used to be. Unfortunately our spend thrift council vowed Before the election to not let him run the city. Democracy, I think not. They did not have the right in stripping Ford of his power to strip us of our Democratic rights. Like it or lump it he was duly elected. I’m pushing 80yrs. I believe in Ford. therefore I will vote for him.!
Well said Sylvia. Notcleverguy is just a angry Olivia supporter who is upset that she dropping fast in the polls.
Keep up the good work Joe. I enjoy reading columns for the unbiased opinion that you offer.
I will say one thing: He at least tells people flat out that he’s not a reporter and instead a columnist, an editorial. He also then further points out that Daniel Dale and Robin Doolittle are reports, who deliver the facts.
People these days need to really understand the difference between an article and an op-ed.
They are fundamentally different.
Joe Warmington, is all about ratings at the cost of fabricating a relationship with the Ford brothers. It’s Rob Ford who’s in the fog if he thinks they have a bro-mance going on. Is Joe a Right Wing? I sure hope so, he’s employed by the Toronto Sun. None the less, the Right Wings as well as the Left Wings have to put their political views behind them because this is neither Right nor Left but Wrong… My Rant “The ToolMan”
Thank you. Well, that certainly explains his attitude.
AlySSaMah – Yes Daniel loves his peeping!!
ScottCluedOut – MAny Gang Members Wear Ties Now A Days. The Gang Is Called Liberals!! They steal and Cheat the public then erase their hard drives!!
G20ScumPork – We are still waiting!! You don’t have nothing why does this not surprise me?
No More Brain – There You Go Talking About The Liberal Party Again! I don’t like Wynne but I would never say those things about her like you just did. Don’t forget to talk about her friend at the TDSB. You know what’s his name the one on charges for pictures of children. Fine friends Wynne Hangs with, please I would rather gang members!
MoLowHater – I don’t know how you even comment here with something so stupid!
AssArcher – No more then the theiving Liberals have corrupted many a fool!!
The AssFace Pumpkin – No one will freak out if Ford loses we will just have to pay more Taxes on Stupid Things! If that is what you want vote “Yes, Boy Tory The Gravy Train Beatch Pusher” or “Theiving Chow the Communist”
Your nuts.
Well that was all cleared up many moons ago with Rob Fords public shaming and retraction.
Sorry Zembal what is your point?
Don’t think he ever checked his own writing.
Total drivel as usual Mr. Zembal.
You would never say those things because she hasn’t presented herself in such a totally disgusting manner… we have ample evidence of each of those ‘labels’…Rob Ford earned each and everyone with his own words, behaviour and language. Is there anything I stated that you have not witnessed in Ford’s own presentation over the last four years? And by the way, I don’t consider myself a Liberal… I just don’t accept that Rob Ford is a decent man… conservative, liberal, NDP… green party… he’s not what any political party wants to use as their standard…
He’s a disgrace to journalism, and has done his very best to try to legitimize Ford’s awful and immoral behaviour. It was pretty easy for me to make my comment, actually. You might want to get your meds adjusted, though. Just sayin’
Move to some Tea Party state…
Well, Ford doesn’t believe in you. Sure hope you don’t use public transit, because he’s decided retirees don’t need it. Among dozens of other things he’s done or said. Of course, if you’re rich, I guess you don’t need to care about anyone else.
I am definitely not rich! I wasn’t aware you and Mayor Ford were personal friends.
I have never met our Mayor. BUT HE WILL GET MY VOTE!
Be that as it may. I’m also happy to vote for Mayor Ford.
Well, Sylvia, I don’t need to be Ford’s friend – I simply have to listen to the things he says publicly. And he very publicly stated this week that transit was only for people with jobs. Do you really not know this? If not, perhaps you’d like to spend more time educating yourself and less time sending nonsense replies to me.
Since you’re not rich, it would behoove you to educate yourself about the views that Ford has, and the votes that he’s made to try to ensure that lower income people have less access to less services.
Plus, he’s a super duper hateful dude, which doesn’t say much for your ability to utilize your critical thinking abilities. I’d work on that instead of YELLING AT STRANGERS IN ALL CAPS. It’s rude, Sylvia. It’s just not cool.
Thank you for the laugh Mojo. I enjoyed the comment saying I was rude. Read some of the comments on this sight.
That was not what Mayor Ford said.If you intend to quote people a least do it right.
All rich people are not necessarily educated. Many people who are not rich are extremely educated. Just though you should know,
Perhaps Mayor Ford would not want you for a friend. I’m sure he is not losing sleep wondering why he don’t need him to be your friend Have you even met him? For the record I have not met him. I like him and I will vote for him. I do have that right as you have the right to not for vote for him.
Correct me if I’m wrong (which I’m sure you will do) but isn’t
that what elections are for?. Sorry about the caps I though perhaps no-one heard me the first time i said I was voting for Mayor Ford.
Have a wonderful evening.
Thank you as well for the laugh I had when reading your response. All caps *are* rude – it’s a netiquette thing, not my opinion, and you not understanding that isn’t a stance that flatters you. The rest isn’t worth discussing with you further.
I thank you. I felt you were getting tiresome as well.
Nice we agree on something.
Fair enough.
That is nuts.
Read it again…. he wants to have it both ways.
He begins by noting how he simply reports the mayor’s words, saying “If you really look through the columns, you’re going to see that the service I provide is to take what he says and put it out there.” I.e. NOT opinion-writing, but an objective reporting of the mayor’s words.
Then he later hays he’s a columnist, not a reporter
Anyone catch the double-speak?
He begins by noting how he simply reports the mayor’s words, saying “If you really look through the columns, you’re going to see that the service I provide is to take what he says and put it out there.” I.e. NOT opinion-writing, but an objective reporting of the mayor’s words.
Then he later says he’s not a reporter but a columnist, and that we should understand the distinction.
Later, in the very same answer to the question, he states, “I’m a reporter/columnist.”
He’s trying to have it both ways. He wants us to believe he’s an impartial conduit from the mayor to the public, while also asserting his right to be partial in his writing.
Double-speak, plain and simple.
Why people need to learn the difference between the two types of writing even more.
People who mistake an editorial or op-ed as a new article are quite common. I remember a grade 6 teacher spent a a day during the week lesson on journalism teaching us the difference. Hopefully they still teach kids this today.
Op-ed vs Article what?
I’m not questioning who you choose to vote for. What gives you the right to question me?.
Tons of Rob Ford supporters, me included, will vote for him AGAIN simply b/c we despise Socialism (Olivia Chow) and Liberalism (John Tory, a hetero male version of Kathleen Wynne), OC and JT are both socially liberal, RF is not, and both are in love with new revenue tools, RF is against such new revenue tools (sales tax, gas tax, regional tax, road tolls, photo radar, etc.), personally I see almost no difference, policy-wise, btwn OC and JT other than one is a non-white female and the other one a white male, IF “anybody but Ford” mob goes for the white male liberal, everybody is gonna see that Toronto is a RACIST city, if you hate so much RF at least show the rest of Canada and the World you don’t hate non-whites as well.
Make history and elect the very first non-white Mayor in the history of this city especially when you liberals would vote for anybody BUT Ford, right?
ROB FORD 2014
That is your choice.
To suggest Rob Ford has done anything for this city is what I question.
I believe he tried very hard, unfortunately the so called City Council, who vowed not to let him run Toronto should he win (previous election) stopped him at almost every turn.
When they stripped him of his powers they immediately raised their office expense as well as giving themselves a raise.
At the same time whichever way you want to look at, it they were changing the by-laws for Developers by accepting bribes. Where do you think that money went? I didn’t hear nor see an investigation into that. Did you?
Yes, Ford has goofed,who among us has not or told a fib/lie. Who among us could stand over 3 years of prodding, poking etc. into our lives. .I’m surprised he didn’t have a mental break-down.
I do believe in Ford. he did try to make the City a a less expensive place for us. I also believe in second chances.
I hope that answers your question.
He fully admitted on Twitter that he doesn’t challenge Ford because he wants to keep the access.
No Syl, it’s pretty much everyone’s opinion, except Rob, Doug, you and Joe.
I disagree, I don’t think it’s nuts. As a poor uneducated dim-witted member of our society, this is the 1 area where Sylvia can give a poke in the eye to all those around her who have moved on and prospered. She can assert her rights to vote any way she wants, and no one can tell her different.
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It’s like the mom in the trailer park with the dirty little kids who will scream at anyone that they can’t tell her how to raise her kids after any variety of non-sensical parenting decisions have been made.
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The world is passing them by faster than they can possible fathom, this is their single way to shout to the world that they are someone too.
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It’s sad, but it’s a fact of life.
Maybe Joe Wormington can get one of the actual reporters at the Sun to look into all the money from the developers. You know, how the Star uncovered mayor crack’s issues.
Yes I do know, thank you. Why don’t you do it??
So with the money Adam Vaughan received did it stay in his ward or did it go with him?
In November, at the height of Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal, Doug Ford told CNN that his brother is “a huge, massive social liberal.”
You really need to look at the facts, such as the raise in property taxes to pay for his beloved subway. Your cognitive dissonance is alarming.
“All rich people are not necessarily educated.” That is true…RoFo himself was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, flunked out of university and has only ever “worked” for his family’s company. A real man of the people.
He loses because his ideas are idiotic and consensus building is something he’s never understood.
What’s everyone’s opinion? You have spoken with the entire plant? Wow, I am impressed!
You seem to be as easily impressed as you are delusional.
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I thought this really was a parody account at first … but no one could keep a straight face as long as you have.
Umm, because I’m not a reporter Syl.
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Ask Joe what adam did with money you’ve alleged he received. He should be able to dig into it … being a columnist/reporter and all.
Nobody knows what was in his mind when he stated that ridiculous thing. He lied or was just bluffing, only God knows.
Rob Ford is running for Mayor and not Doug Ford and in Rob’s case any sane person is full aware he is NOT a socially liberal like Olivia Chow, John Tory and rest of the Mayoral candidates.
Mainstream Media LOVES to portray John Tory as a “conservative” candidate when in fact he is the hetero male version of Kathleen Wynne, socially AND fiscally.
http://egale.ca/all/john-tory-win-makes-support-for-equal-marriage-unanimous/
Ford gets an easy ride from Warmington, hence Warmington gets the info although only a fraction is true. I also know people like Ford but they are not on council in any capacity, nor would I vote for any one of them.
What kind of assclown uses a columnist to get their message out?! Oh yeah a Rob Ford assclown.
How does Warmington excuse the vile things Ford said about his own wife? Was he high when he offered her to other men? Was he drunk when he got enough to eat at home? Both Warmington & Ford are certifiable, classless, troglodytes.
Deflection. And lazy deflection at best.
Warmington probably gets a little envelop with his allowance whenever he meets up with Rob.
Warmington, you are either so entangled with Ford that you make the people who correspond with-then marry convicted serial killers look clearheaded or you are angling for a Fox News job. people read your column because you are the mouthpiece of the biggest leadership debacle not named Kim Jong ____.