Police reduce dry cleaning costs, media dutifully report on most boring gravy ever

Turns out Bill Blair can be cooperative after all. Although Toronto media have largely focused on Rob Ford bending to Blair’s budget demands of late, the Toronto Star learned of one reduction to the police budget: the dry cleaning bill. The police service has found a way to save $700,000 on its dry cleaning, bringing the total cost down to a measly $1.4 million. Apparently, it’s a complicated business keeping the boys in blue looking sharp (the cops ditched current providers Cadet Cleaners and Sketchley Cleaners for suitably named The Dry Cleaner). Regardless of what you think of Ford in the wake of recent miscues, you can’t deny the man this much: he’s created a media culture in the city where dry-cleaning bills are now legitimate news. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »