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p 4 weekender may 13 1995 stux opinion thus far the voter is cocooning it seems a scant two weeks into the provincial campaign that this is fast becoming an election of locality leadership in ontario resides firmly in a vacuum none of the three leaders has sparked much voter interest to date and it is safe to say that if bob rae were not in charge of the ndp his party would be even lower than the subfloor of the polls in which it presently rests as well party lines have become so crossed and muddied the req uisite poliparty flagwaving is noticeably absent this leaves the local candi dates to attract the voter in a quick count of ridings across the province very few of them can be counted as a sure thing for any party when the ndp swept many andrew mair of the traditional ridings in the 1990 election the old party loyalties appear to have faded with the politicians who once represented them another factor that few of the pundits seem to have noticed is the general voter malaise out there after five years ontarians appear whipped big issues like health care social pro grams and the provincial debt have not stirred the ire of res idents even mike harris campaignmaker speeches on welfare are drawing little attention the liberals in the mean time appear to be resting on their polls hoping to avoid controversy as was the case with lyn mcleod ducking out the back door to avoid a confrontation with the pro- samesex benefit protesters this week aside from the boost the liberals maintain from their federal counterparts on going lovein with canadi ans the parties involved have no momentum all this makes election 95 a very dull boy but at the same time it is allowing con stituents to focus on their local candidates which in the past could not be said of the electorate in individual jbrrest dump life is like our garbage disposal policies ybunberyvhatwrt know- snna get adam by brian basset low ememeemh pohgr wai a 00v 3ust iak6 were ooin6 yatching ojslmkoh of course backitolojvwohortwse notbefehse ridings this time around candi dates will be tested on the personal mettle not on what color stripe they wear on their ties and blouses this of course is the way democracy is supposed to work where the best person for the job is voted in voters have turned inward they are truly cocooning and have switched their focus of attention to a community level the campaign that best realizes this will be the party or person to beat the tribune weekender edition a metroland co newsp patri cia pappas publisher joann stevenson editorinchief andrew mair general managereditor debraweixer director of advertising barry goodyear director of distribution vivian oneil business manager pamela nichols operations manager stourtvlllk all enquiries 6402100 fax 6405477 6244 main st stouffviue ont l4a1e2 trxbridge all enquiries 8520741 fax 8620741 88 brock sl w oxbridge ont l9p1p4 the tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing pub lishing and 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statistics consider this in an average day canadians buy approximately 500000 worth of pizza pizza pizzas no fm not stuttering pizza pizza is a chain half a million dollars worth that works out to approximately 7000 kilograms of cheese 6000 kilograms of dough and about 5000 litres of tomato sauce and thats just pizza pizza imagine the numbers when you factor in pizza delight pizza hut pizza palace pizza heaven piece o pizza and all the other pizza par lors in the phone book ah but is the pizza really ital- ian for years conspiracy theo rists liked to hint that as surely as jfk was killed by a cabal of masonic curlers from gimli so the pizza is not italian but north american show a real italian one of our pizzas they claimed and they wouldnt even recognize it well the american firsters were right and wrong a citizen of flo- rene or venice might have trouble identifying say a deepdish double cheese with pineapple slices in a cardboard boxbut that doesnt mean italians dont know pizza in italy pizza is a thin bread flavored with oil and salt sometimes they might toss a few tomatoes or anchovies as a garnish but gener ally speaking youd have trouble finding in italy any of the high rise pasta condos were used to on this side of the water at least thats the way i found it i havent been to italy in 25 years perhaps nowadays the american pizza is as common as coca cola one thing is certain the pizza is solidly entrenched as a food favorite its reputation is secure and not just in your hometown and arthur black mine over in hong kong a pub lisher by the name of jimmy lai has just hired 10 new reporters for a newspaper hes about to launch where did he find his candidates for the 10 jobs in pizza delivery vans reason traffic congestion is the number one nightmare in hong kong and who knows better how to deke through traffic jams than a pizza delivery man we feel the pizza delivery boys know how to arrive at a spot the fastest says lai the details can be chased by ordinary reporters makes sense i foresee the day when pizza deliverers will be tak ing polls selling encyclopedias and acting as midwives you think the guy at the door with your pizza is just some high school kid trying to make a few bucks after work dont be so sure some kids who deliver for domi- nos are also gathering statistics heres what dominos analysts already know about you men wearing muscle shirts when answering the door order pepperoni three times more often than any other topping people who have pierced eye brows lips or noses ask for vege tarian topping 23 per cent more often than meat topping if you have wind chimes on your porch chances are 4 to 1 that youve ordered olives on your pizza most popular tv show to eat pizza by melrose place for veg ans roseanne for carnivores the biggest hour for pizza deliv ery ever the slomo pursuit of youknowwhos white ford bron co down the freeway pizza more than just a snack food a window on your world