Tony "Cement" (actually Clement), Minister of Municicidal Affairs (holding a phone): Mel, you've got 24 hours to decide whether you wanna replace Toronto city council with a pea or a potato.
Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman (yelling at his desk): Whaddaya MEAN?! That's RIDICULOUS! INSAND!! You CAN'T govern a major COSMOPOLITAN OLYMPIC CONTENDER with a… a… VEGETABLE!
Tony (sitting in limo, a cyclist visible outside): Who says? Look, Mel, we've looked at every possibility—EVERY possibility—to cut costs. The budgetary virtues of a vegetable-based government are unassailable!
Mel: But—BUT—that's UNDEMOCRATIC!
#tbt #Weltschmerz 25 years ago (1 of 2, 00-01-20): Doug Ford's current hate-on for cities is a continuation of Tory animosity that started with #MikeHarris, who, with his toady #tonyclement, worked hard to amalgamate them and download provincial costs to their property tax base.
