[news] Emperor Larry

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Little Larry has resigned after 2.5 years in office and a trail of broken promises to the surprise of nobody. Vancouver lefties voted him in in the hopes that he hopes that he would do something better and in some ways he did, but he never sacrificed the greater corporate good for the small sacrifices needed appear a "rational humanitarian". "So Mayor Campbell will become Emperor Campbell. Trains will run on time, and if the buses are late those who might have complained will be deep in underground prisons. The Olympic referendum will be re-run, just to make the vote unanimous. A Wal-Mart will open in Tim Louis' living room. Sam Sullivan will be re-zoned for industrial use." -- The Tyee

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/2/65615/11353