Confirmed: Mayor embarrased John Baird!
3 05 2008
You can’t really blame John Baird for being pissed off at Mayor Larry O’Brien either.
I blogged about this earlier this week and Ottawa Sun reporter Derek Puddicombe has the details here:
During the kickoff celebration to this year’s festival season Luba Goy, of Canadian Air Farce fame, announced she would be looking for a job soon when the Canadian production wraps up forever at the end of this year.
Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien stepped up to the podium and said he heard John Baird was working the crowd and mentioned to Luba he could speak with the environment minister to see if he could help land her a job.
You could hear crickets chirp.
The best part of this is that Derek posted the story on the blog just before 1pm on Wednesday. An hour earlier Derek blogged about how Baird and O’Brien ran into each other in the crowd and shook hands and seemed friendly with each other. My sources say Baird was right pissed off after the mayor’s comment and everyone in attendance knew it!
Me oh my it’s amazing what criminal charges against a man can do to a political relationship. Why it was just less than two years ago that Baird said,
“I look forward to working with Mayor Elect O’Brien over the coming weeks and months to get things done for Ottawa.”
In an attempt to find photos on the internet of the two former buddies together I was only able to find this one. Treat it with care, it’s believed to be the only photo remaining on the internet of John Baird and Larry O’Brien together. Call Perez Hilton because these two men have officially broken up.
Could O’Brien have been attempting a really feeble joke? Remember what caused the hot water he’s currently in…
Nothing says stupidity like making jokes about crimes you’re alleged to have committed.
It reminds me of when he told the media after he was booked at the OPP station, “I feel like a rock star!” It’s as if he doesn’t treat this situation seriously at all and gets a kick out of his misfortunes. I doubt that’s the case but he’s sure making it look that way.
In the process of his “jokes” and “misspeaks” he’s embarrassing the office he holds and the people he represents.
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