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Related: About this forumGlobe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing
In the 1980s, anyone wanting to buy hashish had to know where to go. And in central Etobicoke, the wealthy Toronto suburb where Mayor Rob Ford grew up, one of those places was James Gardens. In the evening, the sports cars often wound along Edenbridge Drive, past the gated homes and the lawn-bowling pitches, until they reached the U-shaped parking lot. By nightfall, the public park was a hash drive-thru. One former street dealer, whom we will call Justin, described the scene as an assembly line.
There were usually a number of dealers to choose from, some of them supplied by a mainstay at James Gardens a young man with the hulk-like frame and mop of bright blond hair: Doug Ford. Most people didnt approach Doug looking for product. You went to the guys that he supplied. Because if Doug didnt know you and trust you, he wouldnt even roll down his window, Justin said.
Today, Mr. Ford is a member of Torontos city council and no ordinary councillor. First elected in 2010 as his brother was swept into the mayors office, he has emerged as a truly powerful figure at City Hall trying to overhaul plans for Torontos waterfront less than a year after arriving. He also has higher aspirations, and has said he wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, Doug Ford Sr., by running in the next provincial election as a Conservative.
Meanwhile, he serves as his brothers de facto spokesman. As Toronto is gripped by allegations that its mayor was captured on a homemade video smoking what appears to be crack cocaine and his office descends into disarray his chief of staff was fired on Thursday Doug Ford has been the only person to mount a spirited public defence of his largely silent sibling. On Friday, after the Mayor finally made a statement about the accusation, he was the one who fielded questions from the press.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/
Just a product of the common sense revolution.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)when rob's crack video surfaced.
Has to wonder. Has the Globe lost influence to the Sun with the Fords?
And now Doug seems to be in tight with the PC's and perhaps to become their leader?
One has to wonder.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)God I thought they couldn't find anyone worse than Hudak.