An Olivia Chow story...

There a nice little story about Olivia Chow in today's Financial Post.

One example of the trivial ways in which councillors use their office-holder muscle on behalf of friends and political allies can be seen in a case involving Councillor Olivia Chow, the high-profile wife of NDP leader Jack Layton, and Green Beanery, a small non-profit company located in a downtown residential neighbourhood.

Chow's friend, a woman who lives next door to the building that houses Green Beanery, imagines that coffee roasting is occurring at all hours of the night, despite assurances that no such activity is taking place. Undeterred by the failure of other neighbours to detect any overnight roasting and unimpressed by logs from Green Beanery's security company that confirm no one was present in the Green Beanery building during the hours the friend claimed roasting was occurring, the neighbour sought Chow's aid.

Chow obliged by triggering investigations that would otherwise never have occurred. Many thousands of taxpayer dollars have by now been spent on a series of frivolous government investigations to appease the imaginings of her chum, a long-time fellow activist and campaign worker.

Gee, I really hope Chow makes it into parliament. NOT!