I’m sure he was just doing it out of concern that bicyclists might hit a pothole:
Mayor Rob Ford called senior staff to his office this summer to request unscheduled road improvements outside his family-owned business in time for its 50th anniversary bash. The job, completed before the August celebration at the Etobicoke headquarters of the Ford family’s Deco Labels and Tags, cost the city between $7,000 and $10,000, staff estimate.
The official, Peter Noehammer, told The Globe in an interview Thursday that he did not know the mayor had made the request himself.
Mr. Noehammer is the director of transportation responsible for the Scarborough district and he was filling in for Mr. Mende when The Star made its first call in August, he said. In his 16 years in the city’s transportation department, Mr. Noehammer said he had never had an elected official ask him or his colleagues to expedite road work on personal or business property.
[...] can result when two municipalities share control over a street that serves as their border. And Systemic Failure reports that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is, again, raising eyebrows with his transportation [...]