Mayor Rob Ford came out in fighting form a day after TTC chair Karen Stintz announced that she will run against him in the 2014 mayoral race.

Taking to the airwaves on his weekly radio show on Newstalk 1010 Sunday, Ford and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, rattled off the mayor’s achievements to date and said they planned on repeating the list ‘for the next 365 days.’

“I’m just drooling, I’m absolutely salivating,” he said of the opportunity to defend his record.

He cited privatizing garbage collection, pushing for subways and eliminating the vehicle registration fee as key points of his mayoralty so far.

He also took aim at former mayor David Miller, his predecessor, as well as much of council. He said many of those who call themselves fiscal conservatives are really ‘flip-floppers’ who vote with the left – a thinly-veiled jab at Stintz, who describes herself as a fiscal conservative. The TTC chair has notably split with the mayor at times in pushing for light rail lines proposed by David Miller rather than the more expensive subways Ford has championed.

Stintz has served as the councillor for Ward 16 Eglinton-Lawrence since 2003.

After the 2010 municipal election, Ford appointed her chair of the TTC, a decision his brother has called ‘the biggest mistake they’ve made.’

She confirmed that she’ll be running against Ford for mayor in a phone call with cp24.com late Saturday night.

Sunday marks exactly one year until the next municipal election, set for Oct. 27, 2014.

Stintz is the first from a list of high-profile contenders believed to be interested in the job to formally announce that she is running.

Others include radio host John Tory, who is also the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and NDP MP Olivia Chow, a former Toronto city councilor.

In a July interview, Chow confirmed to CP24 she is considering a possible run.

Speaking with CP24 Sunday at a youth event hosted by Toronto Community Housing, Chow said she’s still not tipping her hand on a possible mayoral run.

“Today is all about young people. It’s all about listening to them and not just listening, but actually making changes,” Chow said. “As for October 2014, that’s a long time away.”

During the summer, Tory also confirmed he is considering a run.

“You can’t really raise money or campaign until January first, so you know, but I’m being asked to think about it and I’m being honest enough to say I am,” he told CP24’s Stephen LeDrew in late June when asked whether he was thinking about a run.

Tory has run once before in 2003, finishing second to David Miller, who held the mayor’s office through 2010 when he announced he would not run for re-election.

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