No - I mean that there is a part of him that genuinely likes doing the 10% of constituency work that he cares about, and enjoys the reward of making somebody happy. But it's on his terms only.
That last point is the one to keep in mind here. Yes, as long as it's completely on his terms, Ford at least enjoys the appearance of helping people because (1.) it feeds into his self-mythologizing, (2.) it strokes his ego, (3.) as long as they show proper deference to him - i. e. kiss his gigantic ass to
his satisfaction - he openly gets off on the "respect" shown to him, and (4.) as long as they're sufficiently like him, share his "values" (racism, homophobia, belligerence, bullying), etc., Slob probably does want to "help" them...at least to whatever extent that it won't personally inconvenience
him. The latter is essentially tribalism at work. That's not admirable.
There was an article linked to many pages back (from Vice.com I think) that talked about some of this, and provided concrete examples of Ford using his political positions to basically play act like he was Marlon Brando in the Godfather. It was more than a little creepy. If you're willing to participate in the twisted fantasy world he's constructed in his tiny little pea brain - that is, kiss his ring, give him immediate positive feedback/gratification and so on - then, yeah, he's winning to 'help," however questionable such help actually ends up being. But if you expect him to do his damn job as Councilor/Mayor without all the ass-kissing, or worse, point out the many, many ways that he's actually not very good at said jobs, then watch out for the ensuing temper tantrum that may turn violent at any second.
"Cartoon evil?" Well, no, not really. (Maybe the cartoon part.) He
is, on the other hand, a stupid, mean, violent, unstable, vindictive, thin-skinned, fame whoring, bigoted, tiny-minded, reactionary, lazy, dull-witted, brainless, slack-jawed, crass, cretinous, oafish, pig-ignorant, glory-hogging, subhuman, enormously fat, hideously ugly piece of nouveau riche white trash shit.
