Angry is having a good old fashioned rant about how the Chairman of the Polices Services Board, Pam McConnell, is a criminal-hugging lefty, and how Canada's gun laws only allow Angry to defend himself with a baseball bat... or a hug. Sweet.

I can see why a Police Services Board is necessary in a city that has had so much corruption in its force, but someone a little more politically neutral than Pam McConnell might better serve the needs of not only the residents of this city, but of those whose job it is to police it.

From an article in the normally liberal Toronto Star:

The appointment is a sign of failure at city hall and Queen's Park. It's never good to have a politician heading the board that is to provide balanced, thoughtful, civilian oversight of the police.

There are too many opportunities for conflicts and false perceptions in a job that's already difficult. There's no need to cloud it with political agenda and partisan sniping.

It has been customary to fill the job with a civilian who staffs the board with full-time purpose and dedication: a round-the-clock public presence at police headquarters. City hall knows this and so does Queen's Park. Yet, both governments failed to manoeuvre civilian appointments and vacancies in such a way as to equip the board with a qualified and experienced roster of members ready to assume the duties.