Ford is crazy. For some context see his
wikipedia entry. Its pretty funny. He represents a heavy car commuter community to the west of Toronto. Here is a choice quote from a major national newspaper:
Originally Posted by Ford hopes new team has 'right' stuff. The Toronto Star. October 13 2003, p. B02
Further controversy erupted in a Toronto City Council session when Ford argued against the city spending $1.5 million on AIDS prevention programs. Ford stated that "It [AIDS] is very preventable," and that "if you are not doing needles and you are not gay, you wouldn't get AIDS probably, that's bottom line."
When given the opportunity to retract his statement, Ford instead replied with respect to the increasing rates of women contracting the disease saying, "How are women getting it? Maybe they are sleeping with bisexual men."[4]
He has a serious reputation for being nasty and having foot-in-mouthitis.