Brister on Art and Buses

Councillor Dave Brister sure knows how to turn a phrase

For budget purposes and aesthetic reasons it seems, he wants an empty Transit Windsor bus to take a work of art that he disagrees with--waste of time money and space he said-- to the city dump to save gas.

Remember, Councillor Brister was the one who wanted the Art Gallery to sell part of its collection, the paintings that were not on the walls, to generate revenues for budget purposes.

In a Gord Henderson column before a vote on the terminal where a $2 million Provincial grant was at stake, we learned Brister took the bus for 2 years in his early career at Hiram Walker, always transferred at Ouellette and Wyandotte and never once used the downtown station. Presumably, this expertise at public transit allowed him to say "There may be an argument for a transit terminal but I haven't seen the numbers to prove that... Where's the business case? Where's the cost/benefit analysis? What's the anticipated payback?" [I wonder if time may have changed things as I assume that Councillor Brister must drive to work today]

Councillor Brister is showing us again his feelings about Transit Windsor and the Art Gallery. And if his comment about the matter benefitting an individual meant Joyce Zuk, then he slammed his Ward mate and potential opponent for mayor in public!