Catch-phrase of the Week
Overheard outside Council chambers following Monday's City Council debate over the proposed deer-kill for Devolopers Bog -
"Yeah, well fuck City Hall - and the monkeys they flew in on!"
"Yeah, well fuck City Hall - and the monkeys they flew in on!"
posted by Sonny Drysdale at 5:18 AM
9 Comments:
Clarification, Sonny:
The City's Environment and Transportation Committee have recommended that the City of London proceed with a cull of the deer in the Sifton Bog, by a vote of 4-2.
Gord Hume, Roger Caranci, Paul Hubert and Cheryl Miller are the four council members ram-fed&loaded for the cull by crossbow.
The recommendation goes to City Council on Monday, April 20 ~ coincidentally. Hitler's birthday and also International Marijuana Day.
PREDICTION: The deer cull will not proceed.
Hilariously, the City of London has spent more than $150,000 to date, studying the various options of how to deal with the perceived problem of deer munching on area gardens.
Such a good quote you caught, Sonny.
So much has been said and written re the deer, bog, buckthorn, development etc. It's a Venn diagram from the darker side of Gr. 12 math.
Has any stone been left unturned? e.g. do deer migrate through the bog, travel in and out?
If so, numbers could be controlled without ever stepping foot inside the bog.
(I know. It sounds brilliant. A person could stand outside the front door and invite a deer home for supper, without even getting their feet wet).
Gord H.
hey Gord - I think you and Butch might be on the same airline.
makes sense to me, too.
I just returned from the Bog and have stuffed about 50 pounds of venison into the ol' freezer.
I'll let you all know in due course how tender the meat is.
P.S. I used a five-pound ball-pean hammer to do the dirty deed.
Sonny,
Last Thurs. night, 9 friends and neighbours joined me in my workshop after supper for a Pepsi and other harmless cold beverages, and one fellow passed around a plate of sliced venison, some in pepperette form.
Our vote, 9 - 0 in favour of some type of cull, if numbers warrant.
I have one veggan friend who is opposed (not in attendance on Thurs. night) to killing any deer, and has the most legitimate of any 'opposed' position, in my opinion, because she doesn't eat any meat for her own ethical reasons.
Even if knocked down with a ball-pean hammer (trust Butch to land one at close range, the stealthy beggar), the deer have had a much better life (and death) than 90 per cent of any other animal that hits our plate. And the closer we are to the source of our meat supply (e.g. chickens in a backyard coop) the more we appreciate it.
Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, should be required reading before the topic is debated again at council. He pores over our distant and unhealthy relationship with our food supply with a fine tooth comb.
Keep well,
Gord H.
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According to the City's biological planner (wat dat?), Bonnie Bergsma, the deer help to keep the invasive species "Buckthorn" down by eating its young, tender shoots.
There's so much retro-thinking in Toon Town and we're blowing plenty of folding green on account of it.
To wit, the multi-million-dollar Springbank Dam that prevents fish from traveling upstream and creates higher pollution levels upstream when it's working.
The pricey, soon-to-be-unveiled fountain at the forks that'll be ripped out within 12 years. (The City of London couldn't even maintain a fountain in Reg Cooper Square. Today's it's a flower bed.)
To date, this dee cull question has cost the City approx. $150,000-plus and they still don't have an accurate count of the deer in the bog ~ deer which come and go on a daily basis, as the bog has several points of access/ egress.
Forget about the deer in the Sifton Bog, City Council should concentrate on building a 12-lane expressway on Dundas Street from Ridout to Airport Road.
$150,000 and tonnes of human energy. Priceless.
And only 12 lanes? Let me think about that one.
GAH
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