Another rule of Angry People in Local Newspapers: Never try to do a job that is usually done by the council.

They don’t like it, especially if you bring the job home $64,500 under quote.

CTV News: Retiree builds steps down to local park for $500 after council says they might get round to doing the work for $65,000, council blow their top

While it’s a fine thing to do because the alternative was to slide down the bank on your arse, I can’t help feeling that the council might have a point:

NOT a death trap at all.

Toronto Sun: Many, many pictures of a man, his staircase, and an explanation why it contravenes the City of Toronto Municipal Code Section 608 on parks and recreation spaces

This local councillor seems very depressed out the whole affair.

“Why?” he asks, “Why can’t local voters just be allowed to fall to their deaths as they please?”

Actually, he said: “Instead of just building a simple staircase so the vast majority of people can use it, they want to build the Taj Mahal”.

But our made-up quote is better.