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Morning Brew: Last G20 detainee out on bail while police chief admits mistakes were made, Smitherman tells volunteer off, Leafs win at owning a sports bar, apples fall on ground
The last of the G20 detainees has been released on bail. Erik Lankin, 23, was released under house arrest after spending more than two months behind bars. The young man was charged with conspiracy to obstruct police, conspiracy to assault police, and conspiracy to commit mischief. I'm assuming that after the house arrest, he's still got time to run for mayor.
Speaking of the G20 police admit that they made some mistakes during the notorious weekend. Namely, the decision to box in about 250 people on Sunday evening, an act which took four hours in "torrential rain." Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair qualified the confession by saying that "kettling" itself wasn't a bad idea, but that the length of time it took wasn't so hot. No kidding. Live and learn...
Mayoral hopeful George Smitherman may be guilty of dropping the "f-bomb" according to the Rossi camp. A young volunteer alleges that Smitherman told her off as she handed him papers questioning his work with youths, before he took to the podium Thursday night at Hart House. Smitherman admits that he told her to "screw off" but refrained from using the f-bomb. When asked about the slip-up, Bruce Davis, Smitherman's campaign manager retorted, "Ask a question about Rob Ford's transit plan. Where the hell is the plan? He has no plan." Wasn't this between Rossi and Smitherman?
The Toronto Star has a section called "This is Why I'm Voting For Rob Ford" even though Ford refuses to speak to them. Now The Globe and Mail is running something similar but with different people. Perhaps they too have got themselves in hot water with the Ford party.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are affiliated with at least one thing that has won something, a sports bar. The Real Sports Bar and Grill has been nominated as the best sports bar in North America. It took off around the World Cup and has been a huge success ever since.
A small Toyota lost control and collided with the Ferris' apple tree on Friday morning. No one was hurt, not even the tree. Some apples fell, but they'll soon be used for apple-sauce. In case you were wondering, the article doesn't mention where this collision occurred, but I'm sure there'll be live coverage of it soon.
Photo by PLTam of the blogTO Flickr group.
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If you send someone from your camp to try and publicly embarrass a candidate by waving papers in his face about his work with kids then you're just asking for a fight. So she got what she deserved (doesn't matter if she's a girl). This is the kind of dirty and underhanded tricks that turn people off of elections.
Question him about his policies, his record as a minister, etc. But keep out of the personal stuff. Rossi just seems like a douche for getting a kid to do his dirty work.
$115,000 could go a long way for their respective causes they were out there for... Just a thought.
Somehow I doubt any f-bombs were dropped as well. Let's face it, things tend to get embellished as the reaction to the original claim grows.
Like him or not, Smitherman is a seasoned politician who was at a campaign function. He would have been in campaign mode and there are no f-bombs in campaign mode (at least if you're serious).
This stupid woman got what she deserved. Maybe next time, she won't pull such a dumb, ignorant move.
For the record, none of the frontline candidates impresses me one iota. If anything, they are making my choice to vote for Kenneth Clarke easier everyday. At least you know what to expect with him.
Um, they were surrounded by the opp and guess who was calling the shots? Not Blair. The chief of the opp had called in a fresh group of recruits on the Sunday morning and obviously felt the actions of his boys had to be justified. The conclusion of the mass street kidnapping was caused by Toronto taxpayers calling the media and putting the pressure to end the fiasco. This way beyond local tv...