May 151980
 

1980-xx-xx.emery-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

In this brief news item, it is reported that Marc Emery appeared before a special meeting of the London Board of Control and offered to assume control of London’s downtown kiosks that have become eyesores, covered with posters. He proposes that he will take care of the kiosks if he is permitted to keep the advertising revenues. Tongue-in-cheek, Emery explains that he’ll set aside two kiosks for public postering purposes so that the people will not poster the rest but, if they do, he’ll have the perpetrator covered with glue and postered, then handcuffed to the kiosk with a sign explaining why he’s in the state he is in.

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May 151980
 

1980-xx-xx.emery-thumbAUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

In this news broadcast, it is reported the London Bookstore owner Marc Emery (who, in 1984, would co-found Freedom Party of Ontario) has – like several other business owners in west London – received a notice that he is required to pay a new tax in connection with the founding of a Business Improvement Area. It is reported that he is circulating a petition among other store owners in the area, and that he will refuse to pay the tax. In addition, it is reported that Emery has offered to London’s Board of Control that he will take-over London’s kiosks, which have become over-run with graffiti, if he can keep the advertising revenue that they generate.

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