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dewlineItem One
I hear John Baird trashed one of my favourite recently-built Ottawa landmarks, the Corkstown Footbridge, as a waste of money compared to fixing up the sewage system. He openly slammed City Hall's sense of priorities in building the thing.
Gee, Mr. Baird. Personally, I think those particular city-directed tax dollars were in fact well spent. The people who use it are saving themselves money on cars, gas, and lung-related healthcare down the line, near as I can tell. And I like using it myself at least two or four times a week on average, despite neither living nor working that far inside the Greenbelt. Consider this my "thank you" to Ottawa City Hall for that decision being taken as it was.
Item Two
Last night, after taking in the first installment of the old BBC documentary/science/tech show Connections with the Ottawa SF Society, I went over to the Mayfair Theatre to watch Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant speak at the Writers Festival. It was one of the Festival's Big Idea sessions, kicked off by the book and radio show that got Messrs. O'Reilly and Tennant into the building in the first place: The Age of Persuasion.
I've spoken here about the radio show before at some length, having been pleased, entertained and enlightened over the last few years. The show I saw last night was true to form, and with some value added by the company of CBC Ottawa host Laurence Wall for good measure.
Terry and MIke? Thanks again!
I hear John Baird trashed one of my favourite recently-built Ottawa landmarks, the Corkstown Footbridge, as a waste of money compared to fixing up the sewage system. He openly slammed City Hall's sense of priorities in building the thing.
Gee, Mr. Baird. Personally, I think those particular city-directed tax dollars were in fact well spent. The people who use it are saving themselves money on cars, gas, and lung-related healthcare down the line, near as I can tell. And I like using it myself at least two or four times a week on average, despite neither living nor working that far inside the Greenbelt. Consider this my "thank you" to Ottawa City Hall for that decision being taken as it was.
Item Two
Last night, after taking in the first installment of the old BBC documentary/science/tech show Connections with the Ottawa SF Society, I went over to the Mayfair Theatre to watch Terry O'Reilly and Mike Tennant speak at the Writers Festival. It was one of the Festival's Big Idea sessions, kicked off by the book and radio show that got Messrs. O'Reilly and Tennant into the building in the first place: The Age of Persuasion.
I've spoken here about the radio show before at some length, having been pleased, entertained and enlightened over the last few years. The show I saw last night was true to form, and with some value added by the company of CBC Ottawa host Laurence Wall for good measure.
Terry and MIke? Thanks again!
