Interesting how those territorial Leaside folks get their name on everything first (lol sort of). There must be a reason why the Leaside BIA is half Davisville Village and half Leaside, and why the proposed area sits astride a street called these many decades South Bayview. Hey, we’re calling it the South Bayview Bulldog even if the BIA eventually gets monickered “Home of McSorley’s Saloon” BIA. The vote among landlords and merchants last night at St. Cuthbert’s Church to proceed to a formal ballot was 52-25. During the many lines of discussion at the meeting, Josh Matlow, the councillor for the west (or Davisville) side of the proposed BIA, jumped to the mike to urge all involved to give equal prominence to his side of the street. Mr. Matlow is fond of saying that he and his family are Merton Street residents and that Bayview is his main street. Yessir. Got to like it. A Matlow tweet today noted that things are going well for the “Davisville-Leaside Bayview merchants.” Very good. Would the DLB BIA work? No. To the extent the district has an identity now it is as South Bayview. This is a clue, perhaps
