Well said, Mr. Koci. Rob Ford is one politician that is fighting the unions

Rob Koci’s editorial (“Why So Many of Us Still Support Rob Ford”) got 50 online comments within a few hours.

There were a lot of readers who thought Koci was dead wrong. One reader, Vinnie, asked that Koci lose his job for writing such things (“Fail. I ain’t even a contractor but I URGE you all to FIRE ROBERT KOCI.”) 

But about half of all comments were totally supportive of Koci’s viewpoint on Ford. (Our online poll (441 responses) shows that 42 per cent of readers “would vote for Rob Ford if he was your mayor.” 58 per cent would not.)

Here’s a pro-Rob Ford comment from Denis Charron.

“Well said! Rob Ford is one politician that is fighting the unions and other government privileged.

The interesting thing is that more and more people are starting to recognize the unfair situation that now exists.

People in the private sector are starting to grasp the costs of salaries, benefits and pension plans that the public sector workers enjoy at the expense of our tax dollars… and the reality that the cost of these programs is not sustainable.

There was a time when many would consider the benefits that public sector employees were getting and think, “Good for them!”

But now, most people don’t have these kinds of perks in their employment anymore and are often struggling just to make ends meet.

So now the sentiment is, ” Why should my tax dollars give them so much, when I can’t get any of those benefits myself?”

And, hopefully, that is the beginning of a turning tide.

We need politicians like Rob Ford that are able to fight for us and our tax dollars… and say, ‘We can’t afford that!’ “