Councillor Doug Ford slammed Toronto Starreporter Robyn Doolittle’s book Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story Monday, telling reporters it’s just another attack on his family.

The book details the life and scandals of Toronto’s infamous mayor Rob Ford, including new allegations that Ford transitioned to using crack cocaine following the death of his father, Doug Ford Sr. in 2006 and that the Etobicoke family likened themselves to the Kennedys.

“We aren’t even in the same league as someone like the Kennedys,” Doug Ford said. “It’s a joke. We’re just, (Rob Ford) and I, are down here to help the people of Toronto and that’s it.”

Doug Ford told reporters he doesn’t expect the book, which was released Monday morning, to have any impact on the re-election campaign.

“We’re running on our record,” he said. “We have the best city in the world, we have the lowest taxes in the world, our economy is booming all under the Ford administration.”

On average, Toronto has the lowest taxes in the GTA.

Doug Ford also took issue with Doolittle’s use of anonymous sources.

In one passage, Doolittle references a tape provided by a confidant of Ford’s wife Renata, wherein Renata worries about Ford’s drug use.

“He still thinks he’s going to party,” Renata told the confidant, a man referred to only as “John” in the book. “He thinks that he, oh, you know, ‘I’ll get off the pills, but I’m not giving up the blow.’”

“Typical Toronto Star and Robyn Doolittle,” Doug Ford said. “It’s always anonymous. Everything’s anonymous … you know I could put a book together that’s anonymous sources about Robyn Doolittle and all the shenanigans at the Toronto Star,but we have a job to do and that’s to save the taxpayer’s money.”

When asked if he planned to read the book, Doug Ford told reporters “you’ve got to be kidding me,” before leaving.

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