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New videos and photos posted online of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at the Taste of the Danforth on Friday night are raising more questions about the mayor?s behaviour.
Videos posted to YouTube appear to show the mayor, who is holding a large cup of Tim Hortons coffee, slurring his words, saying he wants ?to go up to the party.?
Dressed in a black suit and tie, the mayor, who was not accompanied by any staff on the videos, poses for photos with residents. On one video he is heard to repeat three times that ?I?m not driving.?
According to one witness named Mala, who refused to give his last name, he said he saw Ford standing next to his Escalade SUV on Greenwood Ave. a few blocks south of the Danforth between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m.
Mala told the Star?s David Rider that neighbours were talking to Ford about taxes and political things.
?He was alone, he didn?t want to talk about serious stuff. He wanted to talk about football and soccer and stuff,? Mala said.
?When I approached, he wasn?t making much sense,? he said. ?The mayor looked like he was totally out of it ? He was slurring. It was noticeable.?
The mayor?s spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
The quality of the videos posted to You Tube from Taste of the Danforth, a weekend festival in Greektown, is mixed as the camera moves erratically in some cases.
Others at the festival quickly posted their own photos of the mayor on Twitter on Friday night. They included:
Questions around the mayor?s behaviour have increased in recent months after former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson first accused Ford of groping her behind at an event in March. Thomson said the mayor behaved inappropriately.
Ford immediately called Thomson?s allegations false.
The Star also reported that the mayor had been asked to leave the Garrison Ball in February after organizers were concerned he was impaired.
Then in May, the Star and U.S. web site Gawker reported that reporters were shown a video that allegedly showed the mayor smoking crack cocaine.
Gawker then started a fundraising campaign to buy the video, but even though $200,000 was raised, Gawker editor John Cook said he could not locate the video or its owner. The money was eventually donated to charity.
A week after the story broke in May, Ford addressed the issue, after refusing to discuss the video.
?I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,? he told reporters at city hall.
Ford added at the time: ?As for a video, I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen or does not exist. It is most unfortunate, very unfortunate, that my colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I have been judged by the media without evidence.?
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