I received Gord Perks' message today. Last time I received one, I wrote his office requesting to be taken off the list, since I don't live in his riding (haven't lived in Parkdale since 84-85), don't even live in Toronto at present, and have never made any previous communication with him. I think I ended up on his list because I signed some electronic petition, probably about ferris wheels in the Portlands. There's no unsubscribe on these, and can't even block them since they come from the email of not Perks but of various assistants.
When I walked through Nathan Phillips the other day I noticed the windows of one office just underneath the ramp, covered with signs for every passing lefty cause. I wondered whose office it was and concluded, probably Perks. I don't get it - you're in power, you occupy a position to make change, the signs are supposed to be directed AT YOU. If you really want to change people's attitudes, make a speech or talk to people, don't just crap up the windows of your government body's signature building like it's a college dorm room and you want to impress the chicks with your Che Guevara flag.
And then he sends me these emails I've asked not to receive, and it's "in Parkdale we love each other". Really? Nice sentiment, I suppose, but kind of silly. In Parkdale, like everywhere else, most people don't know each other, mostly avoid interacting with each other, and often tend to irritate and annoy each other. He must be speaking of some wonderland of activists, organizers and the most frequent fliers of community social services. Some collection of people with giant puppets and tambourines. It's a platitude, attentive to nothing but the choir in much the same way as the "the folks at Tim Horton's keep saying you're doing a great job, Rob".
But yeah, Mammoliti is crazy. If it's not the crazy, then someone needs to be looking for a money trail from Muzik to Club Paradise to strip joint lobbyist to twice-bankrupt Giorgio.