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Mayor Rob Ford won’t let any members of council know how he plans to save $50 million because they’ve “stabbed [him] in the back.”

Wearing the orange Denver Broncos jersey of Scarborough’s Orlando Franklin at a press conference Monday afternoon, Ford said that his colleagues won’t take him seriously despite his “track record” which he said “speaks for itself.”

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The mayor said he couldn’t trust the councillors when the majority of them voted in favour of stripping him of his many of his powers two months ago.

“Once bit, twice shy,” said Ford. “And I’ve been bitten pretty hard.”

When asked why he won’t share his saving solution in advance, so he can garner support for his ideas, Ford said council would laugh at him and it wouldn’t “go anywhere.”

He insisted he would reveal his plans to save $50 million when city council considers the 2014 budget on Wednesday and Thursday.

“I’m not getting laughed at anymore,” said Ford. “I’ve saved the money.”