If you already look like Lex Luther, is it wise to make yourself look anymore creepy?
Randall Denley writes in today’s Ottawa Citizen what everyone was thinking last weekend during Mayor Larry O’Brien’s wedding weekend, including one person who writes me to tell me the coverage was way over hyped — and that person was at the wedding!
His well-publicized wedding this past weekend was a typical O’Brien production. Described by the fawning media as “the high society wedding of the season,” this simple affair featured 500 of the O’Briens’ closest friends. Who even knew Ottawa had a “high society”? Apparently, it includes such figures as radio personality Stuntman Stu, Elvis Sighting Society chief Moe Atallah, two news anchors, a veteran defenceman, Ottawa’s one recognizable fashion designer, its best known hairdresser, sundry city councillors and even a few ambassadors.
In this celebrity-starved city, the O’Brien wedding was clearly the place to be seen, even if the plotline seemed overly familiar. Rich older man marries attractive, much younger woman. Stop me if you’ve heard the story before.
Municipal Affairs Minister Jim Watson offered the opinion that Colleen McBride will be a good “first lady” for Ottawa. First lady? The mayor acts like he’s the president down at Ottawa City Hall, but that doesn’t make his wife the first lady.
Again, one was reminded that Bob Chiarelli kept his personal relationship personal, which seems the appropriate thing to do. You wouldn’t find him blogging about his “angel,” as O’Brien has done. This was a story best covered in a single column, under the headline “Mayor weds, again.”
I had to post an excerpt because the mayor says he doesn’t read the Ottawa Citizen anymore and well, we all know that some members of the O’Brien clan love to read this blog.
Randall then goes on to ridicule O’Brien’s blog. Now I have to tell you as a citizen of Ottawa the content of Larry’s blog concerns me but let me tell you as a fellow blogger how can I complain about his blogging when he feeds me crap from it almost every day?
apply-liberally.com captured three and a half minutes of fame back when Larry went after me on the CBC — which was soon followed by him going after the reporter which happened just before Larry went after the reporter’s microphone. Then the blog mayorlarry.ca popped up like a pimple on the face of a 15-year-old. Ugly and traumatic. But for me it’s been nothing but fun ever since.
Who can forget the French blog kerfuffle (oh and Brent, there’s still plenty of translating left to do)? How about that time Larry mixed up the mayors of Winnipeg and Regina right there on his blog? Then there was that post about not being that mature and how he tells people that he hasn’t grown up yet. All the “angel” blogging. The “marathon” photo was a huge hit. Nothing says fun like comparing his job cuts plan to the jobs of war heroes too. Some day soon he might realize that every time he writes the word “city” he doesn’t necessarily have to capitalize the “c”. Oh Larry, please don’t stop blogging…
At least if you stop blogging please do re-hire “Tom”, stuff him in your basement, get him a laptop and a microphone and start up his own internet call in radio show.
Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien is bragging on his website that he plans to start his fourth task force into city affairs since becoming mayor less than two years ago.
Of the five men (Julie Couillard) has been recently revealed to be associated with - a convicted Mafia gangster, a loan shark, a biker, a security consultant who trafficked in stolen goods and finally a former Tory cabinet minister - Mr. Sirois is the only one she married.
