Toast?

We talked a lot about toast today, but not in the breakfast way. Rick alluded to several politicians being "toast" in the next election campaign. David Hendsbee was enemy #1 on the Hotline today. The whole O'Connell Drive issue is outrageous! We had Lisa Sanford, one of the residents on the show. I expected her to sound much angrier, but she told Rick she and her neighbours were extremely p.o'd, and now they just want some action. Lisa says they're not expecting anything back until the end of the summer. Can you imagine just coming home from work and getting a bill for 65-hundred dollars? Well, some of us NS Power customers can. I kid, I kid. One good thing has come from this: Lisa says her neighbours all know each other and are friends, so that's nice. We'll keep you posted.

So...here's some scoop from the retail Canada Day debacle. I heard through my super secret squirrel Mic Mac Mall source that some stores might not even be opening. Apparently, some of the employees are using their right not to work Sundays, this Sunday. So, even if you go to the mall, it might be a ghost town.

Ali was kind of funny today. He is convinced Mayor Kelly will not be re-elected and he had a suggestion for his next project. Ali says the PK should write a book called "How I destroyed Halifax", by Peter Kelly. Now - full disclosure, Ali has a total beef with the Mayor and Len Goucher about this development in Bedford, so I don't think he can be trusted as the voice of the electorate leading up to next year's election. Catchy title though.

I so enjoyed listening to Bill Casey speak with Rick this morning. What a classy guy, as caller Andrew mentioned. He refuses to hit below the belt, he is the complete opposite of vindictive. Seriously, the man radiates goodness. It was great to shake his hand today and say Thank You in person. As Rick mentioned, he is totally the frontrunner for Hotline Nova Scotian of the Year.

We had some pretty memorable quotes today on the show, but Theresa, who was the first caller was really blunt today when talking about irresponsible dog owners. Quote: "If you don't pick up poop, you're a scumbag". Okay then!

Anyway, has anyone ever wondered why we even have councillors if staff is doing all the work and has the bottom line on all decisions?

Peter Duffy is on with Rick during hour number two tomorrow, so that's always interesting. Let's see if he's had any crazy nighttime encounters lately.

Cheers!!

Thanks so much for listening!

Amber