Coun. candidate Tyler Allsopp won his second straight King of the Wharf title at the Wharf Street Debating Club Bun Feed on Friday night. Photo: Nicole Kleinsteuber/InQuinte.ca.

Belleville candidates take a roasting

Coun. candidate Jeremy T. Davis rode into the Wharf Street Debating Club Bun Feed dressed as a hot dog on Friday night to deliver his roast. Photo: Nicole Kleinsteuber/InQuinte.ca

Belleville candidates take a roasting

  • October 14, 2022 - 10:05 PM
  • Nicole Kleinsteuber
  • News, Quinte

Well now we know the biggest question Belleville mayoral candidate Neil Ellis is getting asked at the doors - "didn't we just vote for the other guy?"
 
Wharf Street Debating Club Bun Feed host Bill Glisky was fair in his annihilation of all candidates including Ellis, the lone mayoral hopeful to attend the 107th event on Friday night. 
 
"Neil is running to be the mayor of the parliament for the Bay of Belleville City riding," Glisky said in his introduction.   'You know you have it rough when Jodie Jenkins is looking at you like 'hey dude pick a lane.'
 
To the audience's delight, Ellis gave just as good as he got.

Even though his two competitors weren't in attendance he didn't hold back from roasting them.
 
Through an extended joke about being stranded on the side of the road, Ellis said he was rejected for rides after using his own name so he decided to tell the next person his name was Mitch Panciuk.
 
"We get driving along. I'm looking at her and I'm going 'wow.'  Her skirts blowing up and I said 'stop the car I'm going to walk.'  She goes 'why?'  I go 'I've only been Mitch Panciuk for 10 minutes and already I wanna screw somebody.'"
 
Defending his title as King of the Wharf Coun. candidate Tyler Allsopp took aim at Panciuk, Ellis, Sean Kelly, Chris Malette and Nick Boretski.  His most thunderous applause came from making fun of the appointment process that led him to his council seat.
 
"During that process I had Amnesty International write a letter in my defence," he told the crowd.  "Do you know how weird things have to get for a 30-year-old white male business owner to get a letter from Amnesty International?"
 
"I'm really glad that thing didn't continue because I was like two weeks away from being stood next to a newly built well with a washed up celebrity saying 'for less than the price of a cup of coffee you can support a young man....'"
 
Malette, a bun feed veteran, took aim at everyone but zeroed in on his colleague Sean Kelly.

"I've been doing a lot of research," Malette said, imitating Kelly as he flipped through a notepad.  "Montreal is a long way from Windsor.  I did the research and Google told me that.  I'm very passionate about being passionate.  Okay?  I'm f@#king passionate.  I'm Sean f@#king Kelly!"

As tradition - the night was not without a wardrobe change that saw Coun. candidate Jeremy T. Davis ride in dressed up as a hot dog.
 
"How are politicians and diapers the same?" he asked.  "because they are all full of sh*t and they have to be changed regularly."
 
Coun candidates Mike Benson, Nick Boretski, Lisa-Anne Chatten, and Sarita Van Dyke also participated along with school Board trustee hopefuls Colin Duffy, Christine Herrington and Osborne Noronha.
 
Candidates Garnet Thompson, Barb Enright-Miller, Margaret Seu, Paul Carr, Bill Sandison, Michael Clark and Kyle Thomson sent their regrets.
 
The good-natured, side-splitting event raised funds for a great cause - the Children's Safety Village.  A total will be announced at a later date.

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