Your pocket is picked every time a Ford or Beiber story gets promoted, or any other media distraction for that matter.

It eats up one-quarter of all property taxes collected by the City of Toronto yet two days into the budget debate, the police department’s $1.08-billion price tag has barely been mentioned.

Not by Mayor Rob Ford, though his $60 million in proposed cuts includes eliminating library security guards, nor by his brother Doug Ford, who has attacked Chief Bill Blair for wasting money investigating his brother.

via Rising police budget draws few questions from councillors | Toronto Star.

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