The Toronto Sun has reported that Toronto mayoralty candidate  Giorgio Mammoliti wants to arm by-law officers so they can arrest taggers:

“I am in favour of giving them guns and the power to arrest people,” Mammoliti said. “I think people will stop painting graffiti or putting up posters if the fine is high enough.”

Maybe the Sun is making this up. Hard to believe anybody would want to give our by-law officers guns. If that happens, I’ll be a lot more careful about staying within the boundaries of the leash free area when I let the dogs off-leash. Can you imagine some by-law officer shouting, “Freeze! – Bylaw officer”. Har.

I’ll admit that I’ve voted for fringe candidates in the past, but not this time.