I have been in the city of politicians for a few days now. Good ol' Ottawa, cold, snowy, grey skies and lots and lots of salt on the roads. I have seen dark vehicles turned totally white by the salt covering them. An old vehicle here must be one that can not rust to oblivion in 10 yrs. I could not stand to live somewhere that salty.
That being said it is a great place for comedy and they even write it for you!! The other day the paper had a story on how the city of Ottawa spent $73 MILLION to not build a train. Let me say that again $73 MILLION to NOT build a train!!
WTF???!!?!
A proposed north-south Light Rail Transit (LRT) had gone to the preliminary stage. Land was purchased for the rail, engineering plans drawn up, enviromental assessments done (which passed), LRT office expenses and more. Everything was a go on the one billion dollar project, which was needed to ease traffic and they pulled the plug!!
Only in Ottawa can they spend $73 million to NOT build something!! Hey I could have NOT built it for much less!! Give me $4-5 million and I'll NOT build an east-west LRT for you!
The odd thing is, when I mention this story on stage the people here just seem to go "Oh well?!?!"
Yep, good ol' Ottawa, where money goes to die! No wonder our country is in so much debt!
I am sure I will have lots of new material by the time I leave here next week!
Cheers
Daddy Makk
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