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Initech

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Tue May 28, 2013, 01:59 PM May 2013

Mayor Of Winnipeg Caught In Chewing Gum Scandal

Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz has annoyed a lot of people in the Slurpee capital of the world, but his latest transgression may be his most audacious.

The Winnipeg Free Press reports that sometime in mid-May, a Winnipeg woman saw the mayor take a piece of chewing gum out of his mouth and casually toss it onto the grass, showing a cavalier disregard for the city he governs and its grass lawns.

Marilynn Kullman and her six-month old son were in the parking lot of the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre when they spotted the three-term mayor get out of his van and break the city bylaw against littering.

“Excuse me sir, would you mind picking up the gum that you dropped,” Kullman told Katz, likely expecting the chief magistrate to redden with shame and embarrassment.

http://o.canada.com/2013/05/27/winnipegs-mayor-caught-in-chewing-gum-scandal/


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Whew! good thing he wasn't smoking crack...nt Javaman May 2013 #1
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