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It was truly theatre of the absurd.

I’m willing to bet many of the dial-a-protest crowd have never set foot inside City Hall, probably don`t pay taxes and have no idea how City Hall operates.

But I`m glad for the street theatre. It`s the kind of ridiculous nonsense I’ve seen at City Hall for 20 years and was yet again living proof of why Toronto council needs to be downsized, not that Horwath, her Dipper flock or the protesters would ever see how foolish they are.

To be honest, no one outside of the self-preservationists at City Hall, the special interests who’ve propped them up and get rewarded with funding and projects, and the left-wing media which give far too much airtime to these characters, really give a rat’s tuchas about Bill 5 or Bill 31.

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As for the former federal and assorted leaders who’ve weighed in on the nothwithstanding clause, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say their own egos prompted them to comment (and nobody really cares what they think either).

Fact is, those outside of the left-wing City Hall (political and media) bubble are thrilled that someone is showing real leadership and that at long last their voices are being heard and their concerns are being addressed.

As Ford himself said in the legislature Monday: “I can tell you this is about protecting the people of Toronto. It’s not about protecting the downtown NDP. I have never seen a group of people waste so much energy on protecting politicians’ jobs.”

Many of those I’ve written about have virtually given up being heard by their arrogant, disconnected councillors. I’m told that over and over again.

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So the protesters can shriek as loud as they want and practice Protest Pilates until their core is fired up in pain. The Ford-hating left-wing media can continue to wring their hands in despair.

Bill 31 will likely pass later this week.

I’m hoping it’s just the start of returning the power to taxpayers who foot the bill.

SLevy@postmedia.com