It’s seems to be the place to listen if you want to know what Toronto’s big guy is going to do next. The weekly appearance of Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug on Newstalk 1010 radio always produces a story for local media. Will he attend a gay-lesbian event? Does he support the Toronto police vs G20 dissidents? Will the mayor extend private garbage collection east of Yonge Street? It’s all there. And clearly, it’s a platform that serves both the mayor and the radio station. Mr Ford avoids annoying questions that normally pepper him in scrums. Newstalk 1010 gets the action. The latest flash from the mayor over the air is that he will not push through privatization of garbage collection east of Yonge Street this term. Answering a listener from East York, the mayor said the east side of town will have to wait for privatization. It was a pretty frank response. Mr Ford obviously thinks privatization is a winning issue and he intends to use it to help him get re-elected in 2014. Some media, like BlogTO, are playing the decision like a betrayal. But it isn’t as if Ford is raising taxes when he said he wouldn’t. Now that would be a betrayal.