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The Toronto Sun published an article today<\/a> on the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation report card on City Hall. Guess who is at the top of the list, the star student, the class nerd? Only Toronto’s worst city councillor, Rob Ford. Somehow, unbelievably, the laughingstock of council is used as the barometer of fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n

I have no problem with the organization releasing a report card on City Hall’s finances. But when it uses the most petty, small-minded, and ideologically-driven councillor that Toronto has to offer as a glowing example of how to properly fund City Hall, it makes me think that the folks running the CTF are drinking the same potent booze that Ford consumes at Toronto Maple Leafs games<\/a> (remember the drunken tirade at the ACC: yelling at fans, handing out business cards, and then lying to the media the next day that it wasn’t him?).<\/p>\n

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but the Toronto Sun has sunk to a new low. Do they really want to be taken seriously in this city or are they trying the expedite their slow, painful demise? And do the editors realize that the people who would be hit hardest by cuts Ford and the CTF wish to make would be the Sun’s own readership? Mind boggling.<\/p>\n

Find out the grades of the remainder of council by following the continue reading link.<\/p>\n

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ROB FORD A+<\/p>\n

FRANCES NUNZIATA A<\/p>\n

CHIN LEE A-<\/p>\n

CESAR PALACIO B<\/p>\n

MICHAEL WALKER B<\/p>\n

MARK GRIMES C<\/p>\n

PETER MILCZYN C<\/p>\n

JOHN PARKER C<\/p>\n

KAREN STINTZ C<\/p>\n

DENZIL MINNAN-WONG D+<\/p>\n

CLIFF JENKINS D-<\/p>\n

MICHAEL THOMPSON D-<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

BIG FAT F’S<\/p>\n

SANDRA BUSSIN F<\/p>\n

SHELLEY CARROLL F<\/p>\n

GLENN DE BAEREMAEKER F<\/p>\n

MIKE DEL GRANDE F<\/p>\n

FRANK DI GIORGIO F<\/p>\n

ADAM GIAMBRONE F<\/p>\n

ADRIAN HEAPS F<\/p>\n

NORM KELLY F<\/p>\n

JOE MIHEVIC F<\/p>\n

HOWARD MOSCOE F<\/p>\n

JOE PANTALONE F<\/p>\n

GORD PERKS F<\/p>\n

BRIAN ASHTON F<\/p>\n

MARIA AUGIMERI F<\/p>\n

RAYMOND CHO F<\/p>\n

JOHN FILION F<\/p>\n

SUZAN HALL F<\/p>\n

GIORGIO MAMMOLITI F<\/p>\n

PAM MCCONNELL F<\/p>\n

BILL SAUNDERCOOK F<\/p>\n

GLORIA LINDSAY LUBY F<\/p>\n

RON MOESER F<\/p>\n

ANTHONY PERRUZZA F<\/p>\n

KYLE RAE F<\/p>\n

JANET DAVIS F<\/p>\n

ADAM VAUGHAN F<\/p>\n

PAUL AINSLIE F<\/p>\n

PAULA FLETCHER F<\/p>\n

MIKE FELDMAN F<\/p>\n

DOUG HOLYDAY F<\/p>\n

CASE OOTES F<\/p>\n

DAVID SHINER F<\/p>\n

MAYOR DAVID MILLER F<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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