Unbelievable. The city has billed Dukes Cycle for demolition of their building which burned down in the recent Queen St. fire. The Dukes have run their business - and paid taxes for 100 years. They didn't start the fire. It didn't even start in their building. It's bad enough their business burned down. They shouldn't have to pay this bill.
Was it hockey fans causing the riot the other night in Montreal, or was the game just an excuse for a bunch of assholes to bash up some police cars? Personally, I can't get that excited about any sports game. I like hockey, especially playoff hockey, but it's just a game, friends. It isn't that important, and it certainly isn't something to riot over.
I heard this fellow interviewed on the radio, who goes into Toronto neighbourhoods at night with garbage bags and spends the night picking up trash. He also makes a point going into areas where junkies hang out and cleans up there too, making sure there are no needles around that kids might get into. He typically spends from 9:00 pm until 9:00 next morning cleaning and fills about 10 bags of trash each night. He calls himself the Goodnight Bandit and leaves a "calling card" on street posts.
It makes me think that if all of us did just a tiny bit towards making our communities better, how much better they could really be.
The other day I was driving behind a woman who through a tissue out her car window. It flew back then swooped over my car and off to the side of the road. Then she opened a pack of cigarettes and through the plastic wrap out the window. I honked my horn but she seemed to be oblivious to having done anything wrong. How difficult would it have been for her to keep her trash in her car until she could deposit it in a trash can? I would have liked to see that driver spend a night cleaning up a neighbourhood!
