This from Alistair Steele, who's blogging from the last council meeting before September...

So much for Shannon Tweed Day. Both that day, and this one, may soon be days Acting Mayor Doug Thompson will want to forget. On his first day on the job as Acting Mayor, the Osgoode councillor told the Ottawa Sun he's proclaiming July 15th Shannon Tweed Day in honour of the former Playboy Playmate and current partner of Kiss bassist and shameless self-promoter Gene Simmons. That's the day Kiss is playing Bluesfest, and Tweed, who once called Ottawa home, is coming here to party. Not so fast, Mr. Thompson. Some of his colleagues on council have reacted with outrage. Perhaps the former "actress" is not the best role model for young women, they're saying. Not to mention what some of the other people who have earned their own days will think. I just asked Jan Harder if Acting Mayor Thompson "misspoke". "Ya think?" she replied. Pressures mounting on Thompson to rescind the gesture.