Extra, Extra: Piggygate, PRESTO, and Post-Mos

For those of you who have somehow managed to miss out on city council’s latest scandal, a refresher: our budget chief, Mike Del Grande, of late has taken to bringing a piggy bank with him to meetings, a symbolic reminder that programs cost money and spending money is bad. (No, we are not making this up.) Yesterday, Del Grande’s piggybank disappeared in the midst of a city council meeting, much to his consternation. (Still not making it up.) Distressed pleas for information were made, as were many, many, many jokes. The piggybank has its own hashtag, #piggygate, and a new Twitter account, @LittleRedPiggy. Today, first, a ransom note (really, we couldn’t make this up if we tried), and now, a breakthrough: the pignapper, it seems, was caught on camera! We don’t, as of press time, know who the culprit is, but we expect that the responsible councillor will soon emerge, gravy stained shirt and all.