Rank amateur?

Hmmm...that was one person's assessment of what Councillor Dawn Sloane and Mayor Peter Kelly did in terms of trying to get a concert here this summer. I think Dawn put up a great defense of herself and frankly, I don't know who is to blame. It's all he said, she said at this point. Apparently one of our fave columnists has another salvo to fire this weekend. Watch for it! Even if you didn't get on the show, be sure to take the poll question to let us know your opinion. Do you think they did it to increase their public profile, or do you think their efforts were noble? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Concertgate and the Gerald Keddy interview made for a very busy show today. Keddy said some very interesting things, like admitting Harper's numbers are "grim" in Nova Scotia! He said Bill Casey was somewhat "confused". Guess what? That prompted Bill Casey to call the Hotline and fire back! Casey disputed most everything Keddy said in his normally classy way. Keddy seems like he's caught between a rock and a hard spot right now, you can hear it in his voice. It will be interesting to see what happens if he does come on the show this summer and takes calls from Hotline listeners.

Great story about the crew of H-M-C-S St. John's saving that whale.

http://www.hfxnews.com/index.cfm?sid=42629&sc=89

Although political stories makes for a great Hotline, I love hearing stories about this and people going above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you to the crew for saving this whale, who very innocently got herself into trouble.

So...starting on Monday the summer edition of the Hotline will be hosted by AJ. He gave me a water gun in reference to something I wrote about in a past blog! Ha ha.

I want to wish Rick the best holiday! Rick works extremely hard on the show and really, truly deserves time off. I'll miss you Rick and I'll see you at the end of August.

Thanks to everyone for listening and be sure to keep listening throughout the summer! The blog and the poll question will continue and there are lots of new things planned for the 10th season of the Hotline, starting September 3rd after Labour Day.

Take care,

Amber