A sorry tale of Forest Hill neighbors who took their squabbling to court and got slapped down by the judge is recorded in the National Post. It began, apparently, when a woman left her bagged dog feces in the neighbor’s garbage can. That would be annoying. National Post (May require subscription)
Opposition to moving Isabella house to Molson St.
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The Ward 27 meeting at City Hall yesterday to explore the possible moving of 119 Isabella Street to a newly-created lot on Molson St. (off Roxborough St. W.) took place with residents from the Roxborough area in total opposition. Some 25 or maybe more people were at the meeting where the developers showed their plans for a severance application and the moving the so-called Casey House coach house to Molson Street. Reaction from the residents is said to have been based on the under-sized nature of the lots that would be created by the severance. Coming out of the meeting is said to be not too clear where the idea will now go. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam is said to remain attached to this project presumably for the purposes of “saving a piece of history.” With Yonge and Roxborough News. Previous post
South Bayview BIA meeting to feature Alex Ling
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The second of two meetings dedicated to an understanding of the BIA (or business improvement area) concept will be held Wednesday night at Leaside Library. The event is organized by John Parker (Ward 26) and tomorrow’s will feature Alex Ling, a seminal figure in the creation of BIAs in Toronto. Last meeting
CTV poll also shows race between Libs, PCs
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Esso bar: Heavy work and gas pump replacement
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Many have picked up on The Bulldog’s red flag warning about the closure of the Esso (On-the-Run) gas bar at Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Merton Street. Sadly, the steel fences and serious construction equipment at that corner this morning came as a shock to others. It looks like they’re replacing the pumps. It will be that way until 6 p.m. Saturday, May 24, 2014.
What good is a poll of Twitter Machines?
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God bless Ipsos Reid but a poll of what Twitter users think of Ontario political parties seems less useful than a poll of people holding up the bar at the local public house. Ipsos found that most of the tweets comment on the Progressive Conservatives (62%) but that 59% of those who tweeted didn’t like the PCs. Only 25% of tweets were about the Liberals but 35% of those were positive. Can you follow this? The users, as Ipsos says, are young and “better educated.” The poll was done wth a “random” sample of tweets. The mind swims. Did Ipsos sample any tweets to #GardeningToday or just #KillTories? Unmentioned in the news stories is the inescapable reality that most twitter users who comment on politics are one-person Twitter Machines. They fire out dozens of partisan tweets on essentially the same subject. Some of them may be part of a Party Twitter Machine. Imagine that.
Fire call to 198 Moore Avenue but little fire
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The busy corner of Welland Ave and Moore Ave. saw what appears to be have been a fire call right smack on the corner Tuesday afternoon. The call was to 198 Moore, a house that looks south down Welland. The call came from the landlord of the home, who lives across the street in a home that fronts on Hudson Drive. Quite a little bit of excitement for a few minutes but not much evidence of damage or even fire. Everything was cleared by rush hour. Man with the small moose is a big man
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Weather story now outdated
Happy’s smile reveals macabre human teeth
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McDonald’s has introduced a box to contain a kid’s food order and given it the name Happy. The problem is that Happy seems to scaring people into a state of extreme criticism. There may be some mock piling-on hatred of fast food as well. We mean, few people are really genuinely frightened by Happy (we guarantee it) but there is a kind of macabre look about Happy’s teeth. A Bulldog knows these things. It looks as if Happy’s choppers may belong to a human. Homo Sapien teeth superimposed on a cartoon box. Yes. We think it’s the teeth. Let’s see how long Happy lasts, or perhaps they’ll change his teeth. But this morning (Tuesday May 20, 2014) he is taking a serious beating on Twitter and in such publications as the Huffington Post.
Break-in on Rosedale Heights Drive nets silver
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A break-in occurred on Rosedale Heights Drive in Moore Park between about 1 p.m. on Friday, May 17 and 11.30 p.m.on Saturday May 18, 2014. Police say entry was gained into the home by “unknown means” and that a sterling silver dinner set, purses and a quantity of jewellery were taken.
Target fires Canadian president Tony Fisher
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Target Corp., seeking to fix a money-losing expansion into Canada, pushed out its top executive in the country and announced plans to name a nonexecutive chair to oversee the effort. Target Canada President Tony Fisher will step down immediately and be replaced by Mark Schindele, a senior vice president in charge of merchandising operations, according to a statement today. Schindele, a 15-year veteran of Minneapolis-based Target, helped roll out new store formats for the chain, including PFresh, CityTarget and Target Express. Bloomberg
South Bennington home sells for $3,200,000
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The large home at 6 Moorehill Dr in Bennington Heights has sold for $3,200,000 in recent days. It had been listed for $3,500,000. The previous post describes this country-like property overlooking the lower city. Taxes in 2013 were pushing $22,000.