Kellogg’s is closing its London plant after 90 years, blaming low cereal sales. More than 500 full-time workers, including one of our dearest friends, will be out of work. They made 27 cereals and the aroma around the factory has been a wonderful part of driving down Dundas St. East. It’s like driving through a cloud made of Froot Loops. …
Toronto, London, Montreal, Detroit – I have the solution to your  Mayor woes. Just listen to this randt!
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Some things are so simple. Â But for some people, they’re not simple enough. Â Today’s randt was inspired by our Mayor’s desire to revisit the garbage pickup schedule because he’s tired of hearing from constituents who are “confused” and “frustrated” by the current rotation. Â In the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “Who arrreeee these people?” Â And I randt. Â …
I’ve always found it frustrating that people don’t seem to care about city politics. Unless there’s a scandal, and London’s council has provided a lot of them this term, most people don’t pay attention to the level of government that has the most direct effect on their lives. Â …
Russell Brand is very funny. He’s also a bit of an idiot, a former drug addict, ex-husband of Katy Perry and hard to take seriously for long stretches of time. …
Sometimes it doesn’t matter whether something is right or wrong, it’s just how it looks. This week the Ontario Ombudsman ruled that London city council was in the wrong, though, when 7 of them met for lunch in a back room of a restaurant prior to a budget vote. …
Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson are home. They landed at Pearson airport last night. Talk about giving thanks – there’s no one more grateful for freedom than these men. …
So much fuss about a whole lot of nothing this week when London Mayor Joe Fontana called a slow process, full of red tape, “bullshit”. Â It’s not that I think conversation in political meeting should be as loose as it is on a loading dock. Â It’s something else entirely. Â And I randt about it! Â …
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London Police get a rough go in this city.  Sometimes it’s warranted. Sometimes not. When a crowd is allowed to assemble and it gets out of control, as in the infamous riot here a year and a half ago, police get the blame.  When they break up a big mob, they get criticized. …
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You’re likely aware of the plight of Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson.  But depending on where you live they’re known as “two Canadians” jailed in Egypt without charges for more than a month. Here in London, Dr. Loubani is one of our own. He’s a Western grad and ER doctor at University Hospital. He’s got a heart of pure gold and uses his vacations to travel to Gaza to train doctors there on the front lines of a decades-long conflict. …
What’s the matter, US? Haven’t been involved in war lately and feeling the itch? The US is inching toward getting involved in a military conflict again and it’s pure B.S. Â …
I’m not a pot smoker but I have done it in the distant past and I did inhale and hold it. Â It made me paranoid. Â I remember sitting in the corner at a Halloween party long, long ago, convinced everyone there was talking about me! I’ve never been a big fan of huge house parties anyway but that one was possibly my worst experience. I don’t ever plan to get acquainted with a joint again. …
You’d think former journalists would know better.  Apparently not. …
Thankfully we all know how it ends.
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By now you may have heard that the so-called Sunshine List of public servants who earn more than $100,000 has grown again this year. …
Dale TV is a new YouTube channel launched by a rookie, but senior, member of London’s council. This week I shared my thoughts on The Big Show’s Brandt’s Randt.
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One-time Toronto mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson has made some strong allegations against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. …
C is for council as in city council as in London’s is a mess. …