Thank Dog! One election's done with. We can get closer to what passes for normal around here. And what should we do
first? Support His Nibs, I think. Ooh, but where to start? So much density, so little
gravitas.
Our esteemed mayor this week - the week that the city fired a mittful of its top managers in the name of economy in hard times - announced he wanted to hire a private company to
rationalize Ottawa's street furniture. With loadsa advertising plastered on it. Because the current stuff just looks so darn ugly. He was obviously stepping from strength to strength, building on the success of last week's
Ottawa Life Magazine hagiography ummm, profile. The one that said that city administration under Ottawa's former mayor, Bob Chiarelli, was 'marred by scandal'.
Now
that's spin...!
Naturally, bein' a
sensitive aesthete myself, I heartily approve of the impulse behind this pronouncement. (I'm pretty sure it was impulsive.) I mean, we don't have anything else to deal with, do we? The
economy's in great shape, our mayor
hasn't been convicted of anything, and those nice new
CFL franchise owners want to take that ugly, unpopular, useless Lansdowne Park off of the city's hands and turn it into something the city can
really be proud of. For a small consideration from the city. Ka-
chiinnngggg!
Obviously we
need, very badly, to talk about street furniture. Right now. Yup. And since the Irregulars are well acquainted with one or two pieces of
anthropomorphized furniture, we herewith offer our expertise in aid of this important issue. For a small consideration from the city. Ka-
chiinnngggg!
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