Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a hand\u2019s on kind of guy who likes to cut through all the bureaucratic bullshit that swirls around his job and just get it done.<\/p>\n

If Nike were a politician, it would be Rob Ford.<\/p>\n

He just does it.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re one of his constituents and you need something resolved, you should just drop Rob an email, because he\u2019s a man who will take the bull by the horns and go to the matt for the ordinary Joe.<\/p>\n

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What follows is a recent correspondence between a citizen and the Mayor:<\/p>\n

From: Stephen Anderson
\nSent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 02:16
\nTo: Robfootball@toronto.ca
\nSubject: Unacceptable and unprofessional behaviour by a Royal Taxi driver (Plate 1736)<\/p>\n

This morning, at approximately 1:30 am, a Royal Taxi (Toronto Taxi plate number 1736) picked me up on Front Street. The cab displayed a sticker indicating that they accept Interac payment. The ride was uneventful. At my destination, St. Clair West and Bathurst, the driver claimed his payment machine was “not working” and refused to shut off the meter while driving me to an ATM to pay him, which incurred me additional fees since the ATM was not my home bank.<\/p>\n

This has been a repeating problem with many taxi drivers lately, and it is unacceptable. I would like you to look into this please. The driver should have informed me at the time of pickup that he did not have a working payment machine and let me decide whether to board his vehicle.<\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/p>\n

Stephen Anderson<\/p>\n

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Dear Steve-O:<\/p>\n

Let me tell you, this sort of crap really gets under my skin.<\/p>\n

Dude LIED to you!<\/p>\n

Me and a couple of my staff-buddies have spent the better part of the day tracking this crook down and his name is something like Makebed, and he\u2019s one of those guys who isn\u2019t really a Canadian. I called him on the phone but I guess I got one of his wives. She was all, \u201c No speakie, no speakie!!\u201d so I just yelled at her for ten minutes, making sure she knew it was \u201cMayor Goddamn Ford bringing the hammer!\u201d It\u2019s an intimidation thing I learned playing high school football. If you\u2019re mixed-up with your words but you still want to be understood, you just fucking yell. Honestly S-dawg, it\u2019s helped get me where I am today.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to guess that if you yelled at Makebed then this whole problem would have gone away, but maybe you\u2019re small or gay or something, and so you\u2019ve done the right thing by bringing the problem straight to the top, to the Big Dog, Rob Ford.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ve got my staff working on deporting the guy from the city. I don\u2019t want criminals driving cars in my town. If you think you can come into this city and rip off real Canadians, well, you got another thing coming, and Makebed, taxi plate number 1736, is going to get an awful lot of special attention from the city, if you know what I mean. (Just got back from fact finding trip to Chicago and learned a lot about stuff like this)<\/p>\n

Anyhow, it\u2019s nearly 8:00, so I\u2019m finishing up and heading out for some beers and shots– if you want to join me and the boys( NO HOMO!) we\u2019ll be upstairs at the Tilted Kilt on The Esplanade. They got the hottest waitresses in town. Boobs everywhere, it’s a Breastaurant, bro, and if they know you, they\u2019ll charge you the regular price for the Super Sporran sized portions.<\/p>\n

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Ready, set, hut!<\/p>\n

Rob Ford<\/p>\n

PS: I\u2019ll teach you how to yell. No charge, buddy, no charge– I work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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