If you had obtained $200,000 from an Indiegogo campaign dedicated towards buying the Rob Ford crack video (which we all know exists, because even Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to his staff that it does, he just denies that it is crack that he is smoking in the crackpipe) and had failed to get the actual video... what would you spend the $200,000 on instead?
The website Gawker raised the money weeks ago in their attempt to buy the video. But the large scale media attention caused the men who were trying to sell the video to think twice about their personal safety and the video and the men have since disappeared.
Copies of the video were made, and they may eventually get released to the public, but for now Gawker has roughly $200,000 ... and no video.
And so, as promised by their Indiegogo campaign, if they failed to obtain the video the money would go to a Toronto charity of some kind which helps people with drug addiction.
But which charity? How does one choose which charity to give $200,000 to?
I personally would try to aim for a charity which gets homeless drug addicts off the street - and into a rehab clinic.
A place like...
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
www.camh.ca
250 College St, Toronto
(416) 595-6000
There are other places and other charities, but CAMH has the best reputation of actually helping people combat their addiction.
And Rob Ford? Well... Nobody can help that guy. Everybody already knew he was on crack even before the news of the video came out. So it isn't really a surprise. And you can't really help someone who's political career is toast.
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June 6, 2013
What would you do with $200,000 to help drug addicts in Toronto?
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