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Morning Brew: August 22, 2006
Your morning news roundup for Tuesday, August 22, 2006:
If the success of your job is based on winning baseball games, fighting with your pitcher might be a bad idea.
CO-OP Cabs celebrated their fiftieth anniversary by treating drivers to a banquet dinner. Next on the agenda: repainting the yellow and red cabs.
The inaugural Mayor's Arts Awards are accepting nominations, so now would be a good time to get the Toronto Arts Council Foundation to notice that awesome street artist that works the walls in your neighborhood.
David Soknacki, who has been in local Toronto politics for almost ten years, has decided that his time is up and has announced that he will not seek re-election. Here's hoping some other councillors who have been with the city that long make the same decision.
Bombardier's new deal with the TTC is being kept all hush-hush, because apparently cheaper is not always better when it comes to subway cars.
Remember that Simpson's episode where they tore down the house to make room for a highway? Well, it happens in real life too.
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"Remember that Simpson's episode where they tore down the house to make room for a highway? Well, it happens in real life too." ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Yeah ... except that this isn't a house in a suburban neighbourhood it's a squatter under an off ramp. And oh ... they aren't building a highway they are repairing pillars that hold up the only highway leading into downtown. Other than that it's a brilliant pop culture comparison.
If you're talking about the Matlock Expressway (teehee), I don't believe they succeeded in tearing down the Simpsons home, since Mayor Terwilliger was later convicted of election fraud.
eh, what can i say leon, i'm writing at 5:30am. my mind isn't as sharp as it could be.
At 5:30am I was deep in a great dream. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think the dream had something to do with summer not being on its way out!
It's a pity Soknacki's going, he seems like an honest guy from watching city budget debates. At least he's not a blowhard like Ford.
well, ford has been on council for six years already...maybe he'll be bowing out soon too?