5 Comments December 17, 2013 at 3:30 pm

Extra, Extra: Mammoliti Has Pricey New Digs, the Tories Don’t Talk Much, and This Fire Hydrant Enraged Commuters

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Photo by Flickr user Shaun Merritt.

Self-proclaimed fiscal conservative Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (Ward 7, York West) has done the fiscally responsible thing and left taxpayers to pick up the $25,000 tab for renovations he made to his office space. Mammoliti claims the clerk’s office suggested that a new office be prepared for him, that doing so would not violate any policies, and that the costs would be covered; according to the Star, City spokesperson Wynna Brown has “challenged this account.”

The Ottawa Citizen hasn’t just reported the words of federal politicians—it has also dutifully counted them. Adding up the number of words used by Conservatives during post-question period scrums ended up being a less onerous task than in previous years—Tories made fewer scrum appearances in 2013, and when they did appear, talked less: the Conservative caucus as a whole has gone on record with an average of only 482 words in daily scrums.
Want to the see the actual fire hydrant that stalled traffic in downtown Toronto this morning after it insisted on falling over and gushing water after being hit by a car? Well, here is a video of that fire hydrant. It doesn’t show the moment of impact, but there’s something compelling about the sight of all that water cascading onto King and Jarvis.