Rob Ford: Real Estate Agent

Ross Vaughan Dept: Ford was represented at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority hearing by Ross Vaughan, who said he is a longtime family friend and the real estate agent for the purchase of their Etobicoke home, according to The Star. Asked by Toronto Councillor Maria Augimeri if Ford has any plans to tear down and expand his home, Vaughan told the TRCA executive that, based on property values in the upscale area, it would be very unwise, to tear down the solidly built bungalow and mayor Rob Ford talked on tape less than two years ago of plans to tear down his house and build a nice new one, contrary to his agent s suggestion Friday to an agency considering Ford s bid to buy parkland next door. Vaughan said Ford is making the unprecedented bid to buy a 2,600-square-foot grassy parkette, with three trees and a hedge, out of security concerns for their children, primarily that arose after he became mayor in fall 2010. Ford plans to erect a new security fence with a buffer to his home, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.