MONTREAL — Despite a recent admission that he used crack cocaine while in a “drunken stupor” Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Thursday put his name on the ballot for the city’s municipal election later this year.
“Just filed my paperwork for the 2014 election,” Ford tweeted to about 89,000 followers, minutes after registering with the city clerk.
The mayor of Canada’s largest city made international headlines during 2013, after admitting to smoking crack cocaine, showing up drunk at public events, and for having to make humiliating public apologies over various inappropriate comments.
With Ford refusing to resign, the Toronto City Council voted in November to strip him of most of his powers.