Ford dismisses bad poll results, says he’ll ‘stay the course’

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Mayor Rob Ford dismissed poll results that suggest his approval rating has plummeted, saying Wednesday that he believes he still has broad support.

“The people I talk to tell me ‘stay the course,’” he told reporters in his City Hall office. “I talk to literally hundreds of people every day, be it through phone calls, out on the streets, everywhere I go.”

Asked about poll respondents’ overwhelming opposition to the city manager’s proposals for cuts, Ford called the criticism “very premature.” He has not yet expressed an opinion on most of the proposals, and council has not yet endorsed any.

“We haven’t made any cuts at all,” he said.

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