Ford remains tenacious about budget cuts despite diminishing support
Despite the apparent softening of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s hard line on some city services, I don’t think there is any doubt he is going to stay the course when it comes to slashing the city’s budget for 2012 .
Even on the day ( today ) that an Ipsos Reid survey reveals that he has lost some public support from the day he was elected, Ford gave me a ” damn the torpedo’s response on 680 news during a short telephone call as he drove home from the 20 hour long marathon meeting of his executive council. Listen to Ford here
Yes, he needs at least 23 votes from the full city council next week to get the recommendations of his executive committee passed.

