Mayor is doing 'fantastic': Doug Ford

By Don Peat ,City Hall Bureau Chief

First posted: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:42 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014 03:17 PM EST 

      

 Doug Ford. (Toronto Sun files)

TORONTO - Councillor Doug Ford would rather have Mayor Rob Ford on his “worst day, worst night” running City Hall than every city councillor combined on their “best night.”

Ford made the comments on AM640 on Thursday morning after avoiding the media spotlight for two days after he assured reporters his brother wasn’t drinking again just a few hours before the mayor admitted he was off the wagon.

“I didn’t know,” Ford told AM640 host John Oakley. “I agree with Rob, it is a minor setback. Rob overall is doing fantastic.

 On Tuesday, Ford told reporters at City Hall that video of the mayor ranting in Jamaican patois and hurling insults at Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair wasn’t filmed on Monday.

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“He just had a minor setback as they say, fell off the wagon, but Rob’s resilient and he hopped back on and he’s a fighter.”