Anti-Ford Toronto election signs promote fictional mayoral candidates

Think you’d make a better mayor than Rob Ford? So do three fictional character who promise do drink, do drugs and make a public spectacle of themselves, just no to the extreme set out by Toronto’s current mayor.

At least three campaign posters have popped up in Toronto recently, promoting fake candidates that make less-than-lofty promises.

"The current mayor threatens to kill people and gets publicly drunk. If elected, I promise I will just get publicly drunk," vows a billboard promoting Ray Farnazi for mayor.

Needless to say, there is no such mayoral candidate as Ray Farnazi.

The campaign is part of an "anyone but Ford" protest by a group called No Ford Nation that is making waves on social media on Monday.

Photos of two other campaign posters were also snapped and shared online, with similarly fictional candidates making attainable promises.

"Elect Jeff McElroy. He promises to just smoke pot as mayor. Not crack," reads on.

A sign for Jim Tomkins states, "When I urinate in public, I never get caught on camera."

The posters were part of an "anyone but Ford" campaign run by the website NoFordNation.com, which says Toronto deserves a mayor who is fit for office, but claims not to have a preference from the other candidates.

"For over three and a half years Rob Ford has been damaging our city’s reputation. With the upcoming election we have a chance to turn things around by electing someone who is qualified to be our mayor," the website reads. "Our mission is to ensure that the next mayor is a genuine leader that can properly represent Toronto. It’s up to voters to choose someone fit for the job."

The website includes links to six other candidates, including frontrunners Olivia Chow, John Tory and Karen Stintz.

It also includes links to a series of YouTube clips, which sync some of Ford's most famous sound bites with cartoon images seemingly inspired by "The Family Guy."

With 45 Torontonians currently running to be mayor in the October 27 municipal election, Farnazi, McElroy and Tomkins probably wouldn't be all that out of place. They are just most honest about their qualifications than most.