Kids could get out of paying Rob Ford’s field fees—this year, at least

Councillor Janet Davis and like-minded colleagues are poised to block yet another of Rob Ford’s belt-tightening measures by letting children and youth use city playing fields for free. When reviewing the 2012 budget in January, city council overlooked a measure to stop giving children’s sports leagues free access to the fields. Now that coaches, parents and the kiddies themselves have spoken up—sometimes quite wittily—Davis says she’s confident council will agree to reconsider the fees and give the leagues a reprieve, at least for this year. Ford hasn’t yet said if he’ll support the reversal, but he should have at least seen it coming—after all, when you try to shake down kids, the talking points practically write themselves. Read the entire story [Globe and Mail] »