Guilty of "crapping"!

What that was in reference to, I can't remember..but it's always worth hearing bon mots from Gloria!!

I can't believe her surgery has been delayed. I hope she gets it soon, so as Rick says, she can come back and serve for another 20 years. I have so much respect for that woman. She is a straight shooter, doesn't take things personally, is not afraid of conflict and again, tells it like it is. While she's convalescing she should write one of those guides "Being a city councillor for dummies".

Step one:

Go to meetings

Step two:

Tell the truth

I'm sure Glo will have a few more steps!! Take the poll question we have today on the right side of the blog. I can say on the record, I voted "YES".

Thanks for all the calls today! Another busy show with with the abysmal math scores being the main issue. 72 % of Grade 12s flunked the provincial exam. Wow. That is just depressing. I am looking forward to hearing what Hotline education expert Gary Carson says about that next Wednesday on the show.

If you missed the very end of the show, we got a call from one of the many Davids that call the show. This is the David that strongly hinted Jim Mills would be running against PK for mayor. Rick checked with Jim, who said that was totally untrue! But David called us today and says May 20th....a prominent businessperson will be making an announcement about a mayoral run. I was thinking maybe Victor Syperek might be at it again. We'll see what happens. It would be great if it was someone completely out of the blue, like the Dogfather!!!

Didn't you feel so bad for the caller having the WCB problems? Like he said, one day he's putting in an honest day's work and in an instant, he's in the middle of bankruptcy. It scares me to think how quickly your life could change for the worse. I pray the caller finds the help he needs and hopefully Wayne, the guru of WCB issues in Nova Scotia, can help him out.

The caller, Brian, mentioned something near and dear to my heart - RENT CONTROL!! I don't just blame the province for the lact of rent control. Fast fact: Rent control was eliminated under the John Savage government. I was recently looking at apartments and the rents were exorbitant!! Or if you do get a fair rent amount, you have to pay your utilities. It's the city's fault, the province's fault, the utilities' fault and our fault - for not standing up and saying enough is bloody enough! It is so expensive to live nowadays on a fair wage, let alone if you're making minimum. Continue to call the show and express your concern - it's all we can do until the next municipal, provincial and federal elections.

Speaking of, no one really brought up the issue of "the deal" between Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May. I think it's awesome! Nice strategy there, even though I doubt a Green candidate is going to stand in the way of Dion getting re-elected. But not running a Liberal is a pretty good step in May possibly defeating MacKay. In the last election Peter MacKay won with over 17-thousand votes (http://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/default.html). The Liberal candidate came in third with just over 10-thousand votes. The NDP finished second with over 13-thousand votes. If the Green party takes away NDP votes in the riding (which is why Jack Layton is so angry), our Elizabeth has a chance, in my humble opinion.

Well...after work today I'm volunteering at the IWK Radiothon. I'm going to be answering the phones, so give me a call to make your pledge!! 1-800-595-2266. Maybe I'll talk to some of you later on. Give C100 a listen later if you want to hear some incredible stories from some incredibly brave kids.

Have a good weekend...and I'll chat with you on Monday.

Cheers!!

Amber