I’m going to take a break from the deluge of fungi photos and turn to the news and municipal politics for a moment. Yesterday Toronto mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi made an announcement that I just have to talk about. Rossi has proposed an tunnel extension… Read More
Update on the Toronto mayoralty race…. I heard today that Warren Kinsella has joined the Rocco Rossi camp, backing the low-polling Rossi just in time for the Labour Day push, marking the beginning of the mayoralty ad campaigns. Today Kinsella was interviewed on the Jim… Read More
A new poll suggests that blowhard, tight-fisted right -wing Councillor Rob Ford is well ahead in the mayoral race here in Toronto. This poll was done after it was revealed that Ford “forgot” he had been charged a decade ago in a DUI-related incident. It… Read More
There are lots of things I’ve been meaning to post about, so I’m going to squish them into one rambling post. Former Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens is in the news, and this time it’s not for his pitching but because he might end up… Read More
Readers of this blog know that here in Toronto, we have municipal elections coming up in October. The campaign will really start ramping up in September, although some candidates have been campaigning for some time. For mayor, I have no idea who I will vote… Read More
Yesterday’s Ward 6 Profile led to the lowest hit count this blog has received since its inception. Are you folks trying to tell me something? Nonetheless, I’m going to sally forth with this because I think its important. Today’s profile features Pastor Wendell Brereton, the… Read More
Those of you who don’t live in my neighbourhood will likely not be so interested in this post, so I invite you to explore some of the excellent blogs on my sidebar. We have a municipal election upcoming in Toronto, so I asked the three… Read More
The candidates don’t think so. But then again, they’re all competing for the same job. Who’s about to come out and say, oh yeah, and a salary hike would be great. In general, I think a job like mayor should get a good salary. A… Read More
We’re having a municipal election in Toronto in October. So far in my ward, Ward 6, 3 candidates have declared. The current Councillor, Mark Grimes, has not declared as yet. The three are: Jem Cain, Michael Laxer and Pastor Wendell Brereton. Tonight, I sent an… Read More
The City has been building a fence at our local leash-free park at the R.L.Clark Filtration Plant. Some readers may recall the post I made on this subject some time ago on this blog. My position has been that the dog park is poorly located… Read More
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