All Fried Up In The Big Smoke

Less political. More fictional.

‘Observers’ Say What Now?

Posted on February 23, 2023 by "Brother" of Cityslikr

Weighing in before the mayoral by-election has even been called, ‘international investors’ are letting it be known that they ‘hope to see [a] business-savvy mayor’ elected in Toronto, ‘similar’ to the ex-mayor, John Tory. According to observers. According to the Toronto Star, and according to Global News, in eerily similar dispatches over the weekend. Oh, wait. Not similar. Exact, pretty much. Almost like a press release being passed off as news. Continue reading →

Tory No More-ly, Or;

Posted on February 13, 2023 by "Brother" of Cityslikr

[Exeunt, with bare behind]

Just having extricated myself from agonizingly obsessing over the state of this city’s municipal politics (again), to settle into the saner pastures of writing nonpublished fiction, it pains me to find myself back at it so soon, if only briefly. I hope. Fingers crossed. This time I’m serious. Seriously. Continue reading →

Cop Out

Posted on January 23, 2023 by "Brother" of Cityslikr

For anyone who’s followed the travails of the King Street Transit Corridor (aka ‘The Little Pilot Project That Could!’), last week’s report from the Toronto Star’s Lex Harvey about the lawless and negligent disregard and disrepair that’s now rampant along the run of it, the news comes as little surprise. Continue reading →