On the very first day of the 2014 campaign period, Embattled Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, registered Thursday for the 2014 mayoral election — and made it clear that he will try to run on his fiscal record while ignoring serious concerns about his character, The toronto Star reports.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Ford said he had picked a catchy slogan this time: “Ford more years.”

“My track record speaks for himself. If you want to get personal, that’s fine. I’m sticking to my record, and talk is cheap,” Mr. Ford said when asked how people can ever trust him again, after a year in which he was revealed to have lied about crack cocaine use. “You’re going to see action like you’ve never seen before.”

According to The Star, Mayor Ford dropped off his nomination papers as soon as city hall’s election office opened its doors at 8:30 a.m. He arrived so early — 8:15 a.m. — that he had to wait in the hall.

Mar. Ford’s challengers so far include: Toronto Councillor and TTC chair Karen Stintz and businessman and former Councillor David Soknacki, who are both right-leaning.

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(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)