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[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/Mayor_Grinch.jpg) Worth reading today: David Reevely says that OC Transpo can’t be trusted – and not just because they’re on strike … Nick Taylor-Vaisey posts a photo of some " How the Grinch Stole Transit " flyers … a poet has posted more Grinch stories on LiveJournal … meanwhile David McClelland reports on new plans for a downtown transit tunnel . ...

Here’s a Christmas idea for the movie buff in your family. From Kajiji : Own a piece of history you can sit on! The Mayfair Theatre – Ottawa’s oldest surviving movie theatre, and its last remaining cinema built before the Second World War – is getting new seats. ...

Peter comments on the death threats to union boss Andre Cornellier and the battle for public opinion … David Reevely explains why you can’t just fire all the bus drivers … Gordon Dewis blogs about the mayor blogging about the strike, and sets up an iKettle to support the Salvation Army… ** ...

Recommended reading: ** ** * Public Transit in Ottawa: [ Evolution of a strike ](http://www.transitottawa.ca/2008/12/evolution-of-strike.html) (A look at the front pages of the Citizen and Sun from the past few days.) Related: [ What about the free dailies? ](http://www.transitottawa.ca/2008/12/free-dailies-with-no-bus-based-readers.html) * The Ottawa Project: [ Transit privatization ](http://ottawaproject. ...

Three things today: We heard a similar story twice today, both from employees at large workplaces. Wednesday morning, first day of strike, big snowstorm. Somehow regular bus riders make it into work without a problem. The ones that didn’t make it into work? ...

News & notes from around the interwebs today: * Once again [ OttawaCitizen.com ](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/) has the most comprehensive coverage. Lots of news, [ photos ](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story.html?id=1056989) , and maps, all updated frequently throughout the day. We enjoyed all of the posts on [ The News Desk ](http://communities. ...

Here’s another one for the “What is the transit union thinking?” file. The Ottawa Citizen reports (emphasis ours): ** ** Ottawa’s school boards had planned to enlist yellow school buses to help bring students who rely on public transit to school in the event of an OC Transpo strike. ...

It’s just after 9:30pm, and all signs are pointing towards a transit strike. Combined with a winter storm on its way, Ottawa is heading towards a traffic armageddon on Wednesday morning. Here’s a round-up of some news and notes from the web today. ...

Over on the Elgin Street Irregulars blog, The Chair recommends the top five alternatives to the parliamentary coalition . " Now that Prime Minister Harper has put the F-U in fiscal update pushing Canada into a constitutional crisis, I propose some alternatives to consider by way of governance," writes The Chair. ...

Just like she did last year , DaniGirl has compiled a big list of Santa Claus Parades in Ottawa in 2008. The first is on November 8 in Kanata, the last one is Almonte’s parade on December 7, and the biggest one is the 39th Annual Help Santa Toy Parade on November 22. ...