Duly Quoted: Adrienne Batra

By Steve Kupferman

“In my last job, rarely a day went by at City Hall when you didn’t hear someone say ‘I read it in the Sun.’ I look forward to contributing to the Sun and putting my own stamp on the Comment section.”

—Adrienne Batra, Rob Ford’s former press secretary, in her first column for the Toronto Sun‘s Comment section, which she is now the editor of. Elsewhere in the column, she says, “I won’t be an apologist for the current municipal administration, but I will rigorously support its desire to reduce the burden on taxpayers.” We’ll see!