Editing Rob Ford (section)

====2002 municipal budget====
During the debates around the 2002 municipal budget, Ford and Councillor [[Giorgio Mammoliti]] got in several heated exchanges, where Mammolitti called Ford a "goon" and Ford called Mammolitti a "scammer". The argument got heated to the point where Ford called Mammolitti a "Gino-boy". Mammolitti called the insult a "racist remark" and filed a complaint with the city's human-rights office. Three councillors stated that they heard the insult said by Ford, who denied it. Ford dismissed the councillors stating that they were liars if they thought he had made a racist remark. "I'm a conservative and the majority of people are left-wing and cannot stand my politics."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/name-calling-warps-debate-on-budget/article22395473/|title=Name-calling warps debate on budget|last=Abbate|first=Gay|date=March 7, 2002|page=A20}}</ref> The exchanges led Councillor [[Pam McConnell]] to complain about "testosterone poisoning" in the chamber. Ford extended his exchanges outside the chamber with columnist John Barber of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'': "I am not a racist. Anyone who calls me a racist is going to face the consequences!", to which Barber replied "You are a racist."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto|title=Inside Toronto|date=March 7, 2002|page=A21|last=Barber|first=John }}</ref>