Ford office to taxpayer: we find your stain remover provocative.
Posted on June 18th, 2013 –
Our friend Michael sent a tongue-in-cheek email to the office of the mayor with a money saving suggestion (lot cheaper than security) — use cleaner for your shirts instead of hiring goons to tackle yoga instructors.
In any event, the response didn’t reflect nearly as much jolliness as you’d think the Fords’ office would engender. I know, Stain Away is primarily known as a denture cleaner, but the strange connotation that that conjures up was never addressed in the follow-up email.
Here’s Michael to explain:
This is a response I just received from Sheila in Mayor Blob’s office where she states that my recommendation that Blob buy some Stain Away, rather than hire security because his shirt got splashed during a slushie fly by, is a veiled threat against Mayor Blob.
“Mr. Irvine
Mayor Rob Ford has repeatedly said it is not his intention at this time to hire personal security.Are you suggesting that the Mayor will be attacked again (stain away reference)? Do you think it is appropriate that people are physically attacked?
Are you condoning violence against public figures or members of the government. More importantly is it your intent with this email to make a veiled threat against the Mayor or inciting violence against the Mayor?
Most reasonable people know that violence is not appropriate, and that it is illegal.”
Sheila
Director of Policy
Office of the Mayor
Best as we can figure, that’s Sheila Paxton, listed on the Ford office roster as “Senior Policy Advisor”. Seems like an ill-advised way to go about crafting a response.
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June 18th, 2013 11:25 pm
All I was trying to do was make a pleasant suggestion that would help the Mayor clean his shirt and save the taxpayer billions of dollars in security fees.
My apologies to Mayor Teflon Blob if that was, in any way, threatening.
June 20th, 2013 5:05 pm
Maybe you need to sue him, Michael, as he suggested.