Trustee Tiffany Ford (middle) is seen at a Toronto District School Board meeting at TDSB headquarters in 2014. Vince Talotta / Toronto Star ) Order this photoA Toronto District School Board trustee made the wrong kind of splash when she used her title to promote her bottled water business. Tiffany Ford sent out a news release for her company Smarty Pants Water on Tuesday, carrying the headline, “Toronto school board trustee launches innovative product to increase children’s water consumption.” Smarty Pants sells bottles of “natural spring water” with a “fun fact” on every label. A press release for TDSB trustee Tiffany Ford's company Smarty Pants Water was released Tuesday touting her role as a school trustee. Ford spent up to $3,000 of her trustee budget on the Trustee Tiffany Ford Awards — prizes for 25 students from her ward chosen as positive role models at their schools.

Source: thestar October 02, 2016 02:26 UTC