Forget politicians promising to lower taxes and create jobs, what about promising to just smoke pot, not crack?
A series of fake election campaign billboards are popping up around Toronto, and are promising some, shall we say, unique things to voters. A Canadian reporter for CP24, Katie Simpson, tweeted images of the billboards with pictures taken by a colleague, Ken Enlow.
New anti-Ford poster 1 pic.twitter.com/Q7lwFe3z2d— Katie Simpson (@KatieSimpson24) March 31, 2014
The signs, for nonexistent political candidates, poke fun at the odd things current Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has done of late. Not least on the list is his public admission of smoking crack, which has caused a media frenzy and an array of parodies.
The entire campaign is a marketing stunt from NoFordNation.com, a group created three years ago, which hopes to stop the re-election Ford. The group's Facebook page employs the tagline "Stop Ford From Destroying Our City."
Ford has served as mayor since 2010.
New anti-Ford poster 2 #topoli pic.twitter.com/BZhYz8eSSl— Katie Simpson (@KatieSimpson24) March 31, 2014
New anti-Ford poster 3 #topoli #robford pic.twitter.com/fIxKPArGbB— Katie Simpson (@KatieSimpson24) March 31, 2014
The signs were created by the creative ad agency Rethink, which specializes in viral marketing.
Toronto's mayoral election will be held on Oct. 27.