City Hall staff have received a directive telling them to “remove and dispose” all copies of NOW magazine in City of Toronto locations apparently in response to this week’s cover featuring an article promising to expose “The naked truth about Rob Ford.”
The cover features a photo-shopped picture of a naked Rob Ford to illustrate the story.
“We are outraged”, says NOW Editor/CEO Alice Klein. “Rob Ford does not want Torontonians to know the naked truth”
The memo comes from Lorraine Pickett, supervisor of City Hall custodial services and was sent to a variety of city staff.
“The only thing that is offensive is the way Rob and Doug Ford are running this city,” says NOW editor/publisher Michael Hollett.
“The last mayor that tried to ban NOW Magazine was Mel Lastman and how well did his administration work out? The mayor refers to himself as “300 pounds of fun”, well, he’s 300 pounds but he’s sure no fun. We will fight Ford on this issue and all the others that we are certain makes Toronto less than the city we want it to be, less than the great city it can be.”
