Ed, since when did the Hamilton mayor become a police officer? I wonder. I was riding down Lalor Street the other day and I saw him and his press aide getting out of a dark-colored undercover Ford with all its emergency lights flashing. On top of that the car was on the wrong side of the street. If he can tool around town like that with flashing lights, I want to also.

Flashy

First of all, the mayor in Hamilton is also the public safety director, and he is outfitted with a vehicle that has emergency lights. Gilmore had the same thing. As for the case in question, Mayor Bencivengo was not “tooling around” with the emergency lights activated. He arrived at the scene of a housing code violation and only activated the lights upon arrival, for safety, because of the location where he had to park. —Ed. Note