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if 7 , WAl Hill)“ CHRONICLE ‘ Wednesday, laundry $7. Juli! - 9 r NMMâ€"i ‘r w ~ ‘ LE'l FERS l 0 THE CHRONICLE i S ff . . . l t ' the mayor will make use of those even more frivolous ways they u erlng ls Ill-St i l Empty [111k a very cold toilet seats. Recently they would find to spend our tax dollars. . . . l needless expense have taken those away, perhaps i realizing how they showed how BrianSklar ar 0 e 0 Again. in a poor attempt to ion poorly the mayor and city council > lytiterloo p l tale Kitchener.\\‘aterloo's mayor had thou ht this throu h_ and city totincil. with the help of Onegquestion thgat comes to Clean water ‘. , , . . , _ l - . , , 4 . . . - . eter Mcbherry doesnt mind suffering. if it means a new some prlhilt‘ (iii/ens donations, mind here 15 that as people cont Sh0u1d be prlOl'lty Padventure l lest;£31122]t;:l)\l\lrl]t‘\l(litl‘l\;rillllk in front of pix:nVailliloluhtetyhirsyelglspyigrt’i: €;(i:s torm “m” management fees are _ Authorof the QUOZ book Mean Streets: Confessions of i . This is another example of it to justify the spending of mgr; t't\ Sitist a money grab Our obligation Nighttime [an Driver, Mchherrys story 1-5 told "0m the “my“ i 4 , , , “I in! Mth loll' S} , . ‘ h ‘l 1. ‘ r , k , . i] __ 1 d perspective. sharing experiences spanning more thati a quart“ mayor “h.” llris no ltd it i ( v are U ptit up a or tv in t mg? is to up our “(IlLl’t (1m an to not ter-century m the industry, working the hardrliitten streets of , she is doing and totint illors who We have yet to see the full price of let it runaway. Toronto ' A 1 continue to litilik her Iin sin-[riding this completely unnecessary rink. To do this, the streams have to be l was reminded of his book ‘ packed with fascinating tales ‘ to} titlilltirs into opslt I tiling ltltili Sorlnehtmééhe rfnayor' and city kept: clean and‘the wager he'dhixk ofdrunks. drug addicts, prostitutes. pimps, politicians, celebri- ] itsrt t a (nut t rust n t a , it COUIKI seem to orgtt it otit thr “If tyattrrrtcntion arrterstm ties and snakes (yes, “8qu â€"after hearing about the two cab cost us stuttioiio that fills same RIM“ park debt. , . ‘ dams. thesethings are not done robberies that took mu“, m Kitchener [his "mum both "WON mtiwr wants us to l)t‘llt‘\L‘ is it piece [he present administration inst until there is it costs and then the ing guns. “l art ”Mud ”t “ “mum embar- continues [0 “me In?” I” cover all (“If“) “kl h'gh “Thirty-one years of being out on the streets dritt’ng cabs rtissment. , ‘ thetr'riee‘dless expenditures, ‘ 1 Millions have been spent on has taught me how to deal with all kinds of PCUPls‘t" McSherry \ lust h ”Wt “ml Hot ltirtscenthe ' within a lO‘minute drive of (ululllblalakL’nS-lh’el' laketind ‘ _ told me in a radio interview in 2001 Those words still hold problems that would be expt n'. Waterloo Town Square there are at about half a million dollars on (flair true seven years later. as McSherry told me over the phone this em ed \s ith sktitelioiirdt rs, the} least 10 ice surfaces Within arenas. lake â€" all With no‘wonhwhile past week. "You have to have a certain amount of Street sense. I titled in foresee the need tor heated not to mention all the neighbour» results. Now tlteLttyof kitchener and VOL! have to learn how to get rid of somebody once you washrooms and change rooms that hood rinks that are put up every wants to spend $15 million on the realiie ou can't handle them .. l the Kitchener t‘ll_\‘ lizill rink has. winter. Victoria Park lake when all it needs y , » 9 ’ _ .. . l So instead they put up it couple if the voters were to reclect this is dredging You know the old say» Mesherry told me m “003 l d-0 \l \l)\l l \l l of portable ltlllt'ls' and it few benchâ€" same group in essence giving ing "lfyou-can't doit get out ofthe believe you become ”dad In a busiâ€" A i \l 1 l P“ ”Uni: ”it“ “Liv In five wo tie a) royal to all this foolish needless way of someonewho'can'” “6551.“ this.’1here.s a tendency when -\ll l \ ‘ ' some pIact' to sit Willlchlllt’VIt‘llilr‘lgt’ shgnding we would have ho one m ' v ' YOU WW" [90 much, like 1 have, (0 see into lllt‘ll sk ites l very much doubt blame bin ourselves for the new and Carl Kaufman H all as a big nver of tcrap] it almost . l ‘ . ' Waterloo makes you become like an appendage i ( â€" â€" ,. . , ., M) â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"M~~.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"’-} of the steering wheel â€" cold and ‘ . ‘ inhuman. l ‘ 1 l i Dreams of a better Haiti l i " . . cabbie Steve l’eevt'rs upon his l G l i l l announced retirement that reads: l t l l Inuultl be lying it I told you I did not have a signifi Both he and his dad say the ttiiiipatiy owes its . 'When I started driving. I felt as 1 l (tint amount of guilt last week, while we were sitct‘vss to the people dl\(l the resources of the l though I had found one of the most l d l l l)d\klf1g in the sun in [he Hahdingis at a luxurious Caribbean and because of (lint they have tin ohltga l . exciting jobs ever. You were out there i l sandals resort. immersed in the lifestyle of the all tion to give back. and try to mist- their communities ‘ at night hustling for your living. l MARSHALL l t l tiiclusite resort ’ And, wise beyond his less than All years, steniirt l returned to the atavistic state of the WARD l l lurinii illlll l have spent a lot of time in the told me the strongest hope tor all thetltiribbetin vsill ' huntergatherer. It felt primal and ~â€"~‘â€"*~râ€" f""-‘â€" l l ( tirihheiin. from litirbtidos to Jamaica, , . only come from mthiii. lhtit includes 1 stimulating. and l got hooked.’ To a great extent. that's how l \1i-\iii..mii the Dominican R(-|)i|h|i(‘ We ‘ ‘ _ _ i Haiti. he says, although he admits it felt about it. There's an adventure around every corner and l l i have “to” “I” cm“. ”f poverty m some i l ll( l (N Will take a concerted effort from i need toseewhat it is." > . of those totiiitries. and we have also B()URK[‘ ; around therworld to give the country Seven years later. Mt‘Sherry is still an adventure seeker, htii i won still‘ll' i liiiiiges We have been lmvclA . ‘ I the chance it needs to build and grow drtvmg cab for nearly 40 years has taken its toll. “l'm 64 - my ’ l ling to in,» “mum“ (m Repillilif for ‘ But he says that growth will only con neck hurts. my back hurts. my knees hunt" he told me. "But i l i (Illllllsl to tears. and there's little doubt ' ‘ (tune it the people of Haiti are given 1 don't think l'll ever stop drivingtaxi." , [ll('l’t' lids been progress in that “mm“ ; ~ , the tools and opportunity to nurture it l Suffering, Mt‘Sherry writes in his book, has always been l sadly, its progress which has never , ‘siindals used its own private tets to part of the job. l missed the border oi the island of “is, , a . shuttle Jamaican officials and aid to 1 He describes the physical downfalls that have plagued his l p.iiiiol.i to their neighbours in lldlfl. " a» Haiti after the earthquake and entour- mlleagues ~ from heart disease to hemorroids. But it is per- lwo weeks ago. of course. an earth i aged its stafi'and all its guests to make hops the emotional and mental fatigue that is most exhaust- l quake, it“. “YMMV“ m 3m W,“ m the l a, donations for ri-liefaswcll. l ing. and Mcfsherry's most riveting chapters tell terrifying \ “NHL (irufihmwt “A,“ W the poorest ‘ l stetytirt also told lilt' that while his ‘ accounts of multiple fares involving gunmen in his car "There “mm“ m ”w WNW,“ hemisphere y“, t, . lili-stt lt‘ is something many of us ’ i has definitely always been that feeling that it's a little hit dan/ ‘ l M lit”); dc l “m [unpmhfl‘ ”A“, m“ ‘ i, would be happy to take on. there gerotis. and I've always been attracted to that. l have no inter I, mm dest ribed mm that one sentence l BRIAN l tomes it point “here it's no longer ‘ l i'st whatsoever ofdrtvitig iii the daytime â€"â€" forget it," \ l litst week. I hurl the chain c to talk ‘ BOURKE i itlllttil the wealth l i lly day. McSherry is a freelance writer and author whose i With the two int-n in ilidrgt‘ of the yin l l ll you‘re ti decent person tit till. you first book. The Big Red Fox, was about notorious criminal Nor I this empire. loundi-i Hint h \tetv;irt and L “"'~v‘“ begin to l\‘\‘()gl\llt‘ that while what you \ man “Red" Ryan. But first and foremost. MCSherry wants to be l his son Adam. now the president of Sandals Resorts get is great what you give back is even more iiiipor known as a taxi driver who doesn't mind suffering for a taste of ~ International its we were on site to promote the taut \ l adventure. l , \iiiil.ils t h.iiii. but what fascinated me even more i believe, like the Newark. that l have tin oblig.i lti light of the recent Kitchener cab robberies, McSherry's ‘ was the disc tlssltiii 1 hint With both [non after my “on to give hark to the community which has given \ book has given me a tit-wfound respect for local crib drivers. l Illlt rophoiies were off Ill(' so mm b And I have been lucky to meet it whole \ who for l‘ tinteriinnty and possibly danger With every new fare l l Sandals is based in litlllilll ti, and the company lot of people. or ii (”id poor. young (ind old. who feel Mt'Sbi-rry concluded “A veteran driver named Ollie Birmi- . l lids worked hard I" ll"\"'|"ttlllt: ”g own country Its the some way mire wisely said, 'lf you want to suffer in life. stay in the (an 1 l l illdfllill)l(’lllllllllillllillRl\'('\lfth(1\p|fal\ builds When it till comes to the end, It] llkl' to be business and become a taxi driver.’ And inv life is definitely 3 1 st liools. prov lilt's internship opportunities and remembered that way one for somelxidywhoreallywantsto stiffer." 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