Christy Clark’s First Press Conference of 2013: An Exercise in Futility–and Subterfuge!
I’ve finally figured the Premier’s life goal: To be a comedienne.
I just finished listening in on her press conference this morning. She’s now saying she wants Auditor General John Doyle to have his term extended two years. She apparently “reflected” on the committee’s decision over the holiday (the month she was hiding and couldn’t pick up the phone and call reporters back), In fact, Clark has decided that when the legislature comes back shortly, that the Auditor General’s Act will change and that any prospective candidate will know of how they will max out at eight years. This, by the way, is not dissimilar to the way the federal government operates.
However, Clark did also intimate that while she didn’t want to get involved in the committee’s business, she has spoken to the BC Liberal members of the Select Standing Committee, who decided John Doyle’s fate, and suggested she would like to see this change retroactively support an extension of Doyle’s term.
Interesting. She doesn’t want to get into the committee’s business and soil their independence, but she does so anyway. Clark wouldn’t dare get her members to do the right thing to begin with, but she’s happy to suggest they backtrack after outrage erupts that she and her colleagues are exacting a personal vendetta against the Auditor General.
Oh, yes, and key to her comments was that the committee will be meeting today, and while the decision to essentially extend John Doyle’s term isn’t up to her, she will await the decision with bated breath.
Well, clever pool–at least that’s what it appears on the surface. Let’s defuzzify for you, and give you some general observations on the press conference and Clark moving forward.
1) Clark took major heat on the push to have Doyle removed. If any of you think she didn’t have her hand in that decision, you’re nuts. I spoke to three caucus members who confirmed it. She’s in damage control. And you should have heard her stammering and stuttering. What?! No all nighter, prepping for us? AND!!! She was TWENTY minutes late. NOT ONE presser has ever started on time since she’s become premier. NOT ONE! She has not respect for the press or timelines, etc. NONE! Then, she only bothered with a smattering of questions, and the whole thing lasted only 15 minutes. What a joker!
2) Do you see how she’s trying to snooker the NDP? She’s told her members that come hell or high water, they’re going to reverse the decision they made to boot Doyle, but the committee needs to act unanimously. Now, if Adrian Dix is sincere about his demand that Clark’s government reverse their decision and keep Doyle on, then his members have to go along with the government’s new initiative. If they do, then Doyle will remain on for the first two years of Dix’s term. Very clever, but it won’t matter as Clark will lose the next election whenever it is, and if Dix flies straight, he’ll have nothing to worry about.
3) What kind of nonsense is Christy shovelling this time??? Here’s a direct quote. “The process of choosing the Auditor General is flawed and needs to be changed for the better. We need to know that the process is untainted…so close to an election and that the process is improved…” Fine, textbook fluff. Here’s the killer: “The Auditor General must be allowed to complete his work…”
WTH are you talking about you halfwitted sociopath??? YOUR GOVERNMENT IS FIGHTING THE AUDITOR GENERAL IN COURT. YOUR GOVERNMENT WON’T ALLOW HIM TO SEE THE BASI-VIRK INDEMNITY/CLOSING DEAL. YOUR GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN RESOLUTELY OBSTRUCTIONIST TO THIS AUDITOR GENERAL!!! ARE YOU COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR MIND CHRISTY??? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLING???
The bottom line is that this incredible fool occupying the Premier’s Office knows full well why she can’t allow the agreement out. After her ex-husband and his team cheated to get Clark within striking distance of the slumbering Falcon camp, the guy who helped her over the goal line to become premier, Mike deJong–the most vindictive and destructive politician in the legislature today–was the one who signed off on the deal between the government and Basi and Virk. David Loukidelis and Graham Whitmarsh were bit players. How the hell can anyone believe the sheer and utter BS coming from deJong’s or Clark’s mouths??? Relatively junior bureaucrats can’t sign off on a SIX MILLION DOLLAR discretionary deal and that’s precisely Doyle’s primary concern.
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Meanwhile, speaking of Clark’s ex-hubby, Mark Marrisen, he’s busy tweeting out how visionary the drivel is that Christy proffered this morning. Gotta hand it to Marissen, he’s still her man.
Oh, and by the way Mark, I don’t know why you keep asking friends of mine if they want “to share any information” on me.
You know exactly where you can find me, and you have my direct number, it’s not changed in all these years. Call me and we’ll meet up and I’ll provide you with blow by blow account of anything you’d like to ask.
C’mon. You can’t remain a coward forever. Pick up that phone tough guy, and call me, or be quite prepared for a response without warning. I don’t appreciate you asking about my personal life. It’s personal, like yours, and not anyone’s business.
But it doesn’t surprise me that you and Christy would go there.
PR hackery and charity crumbs from Christy’s paycheques haven’t kept you enough in the silks, so you’ve resorted to making up gossip about me and my family?
Okay…pay attention.
I don’t mind you making statements about my work that you can’t back up or taking shots at me in this arena, but once you go personal, I WILL TAKE THE GLOVES OFF and you’ll need to move planets.
That I promise.
Your call, tough guy.
I’m shaking in my Size 10 Boulets…
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UPDATE: Not long ago, on the Simi Sara Show, CKNW Victoria Bureau Chief Sean Leslie has just demonstrated that when many describe him as the biggest BC Liberal shill in this province’s media, that the description understates the case so very considerably. He editorialized that Christy’s efforts to extend the Auditor General’s tenure is because she has nothing to fear with respect to the BC Rail matter. Is Leslie at all well? Who does he think he’s fooling??? Sean, you incredibly shameless fool, if she has nothing to worry about in terms of her obvious involvement in the sale of BC Rail, WHY HASN’T SHE CALLED FOR AN INQUIRY??? Never mind the deal between the government and Basi and Virk that she wants to remain hidden. Never mind Commissioner Gerrand’s narrow scope in his investigation of her conflict. If what Leslie says is true, and only a total shill would say that, WHY HASN’T CLARK CALLED FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE SALE OF BC RAIL?!?!?
Sean, give it up. Your wife works for the government, one of your best pals is Shane Mills, Christy’s PR hack, and NW hasn’t been smart enough to find a replacement, otherwise you wouldn’t be have a platform to be able to shovel such partisan horse manure.
Just saw CC on Global at noon. Baldrey said the conference was 15 minutes long. Clark wants the term for a AG to be 8 years verses 6. And for one term only. Nothing from Baldrey, all quiet. No real story. Doesn’t appear she was asked any questions. It does make me very, very mad that our tax dollars are being used to buy the MSM in BC.
The NDP had better start “bringing it” and soon, with their critique of the Libs. If the anti NDP ads take hold, it might be very close at election time.
The media will NOT allow any thing against the Libs or CC. But I am willing to bet lots of comments from Baldrey and Palmrer about how bad the NDP will be. I fear another 4 years of hell coming up if the public buys into the panic!
Thanks,
Kerry
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Correct. It’s quite ridiculous.
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Baldrey and Leslie and Palmer are three very good reasonswhy I no longer believe what the MSM shovel.
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It has been argued that embedded journalism runs the risk of bias.
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did anyone read this bizarre piece from Vaughn Palmer today?
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Fifty+Shades+Grey+adapting+change+courting+capitalists/7826033/story.html
What a rambling, odd collection of mostly unrelated and irrelevant factoids…not exactly something a person would actually pay to read.
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I actually found it an interesting departure from Vaughn’s more staid offerings.
He was making the point that perhaps Adrian has come of age in a world that CANNOT survive without business.
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I guess I got all distracted in the paragraphs where he focused on erotic fiction and its relationship to the TSX – LOL!
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Just when you thought the press couldn’t provide more evidence of bias and ineptitude… it looks like Michael Smyth is back indulging in more dim-witted sycophancy for Princess Enron.
Here’s Smyth’s version of why Princess Enron is a Genius; why lacking her Astute Guidance caused unsupervised libs to make a huge mistake, and why all Auditors General must not be trusted:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/Christy+Clark+transparent+trick+auditor+general/7829863/story.html
“After returning from vacation — during which time the Liberals proved they can screw up even when she’s not around — Premier Christy Clark had to perform a tricky bit of business: Cave in on the politically idiotic decision to fire auditor-general John Doyle, but make it look like she’s not really caving in.”
Whose fault was the “politically idiotic decision” to axe Doyle? Everybody else but The Boss.
And the new Real Issue? “Switching to a single, non-renewable term in office for the auditor-general is a sensible move…”
Other than the usual lib-friendly media shills, says who? Pretending to explain why caving in [admitting colossal stupidity] is a No Go and and why the current system is So Very Very Bad Smyth offers this:
“Think about why this is such a dumb system: There will be an obvious temptation for a first-term auditor-general to go easy on the politicians, in the hope of securing a second term.”
Really? An “obvious temptation” which, obvious to us all, is exactly what Doyle never accepted.
Meaning? Smyth’s solution is the kind of reframing the issue joke that media shills just love to share as though pillow-fluffing for a favourite leader is brilliant analysis.
Using Smyth’s logic there’s only one way to handle the “obvious temptation” of political office – whoever you elect gets one 4 year term and then, regardless of what they accomplish or how well, each is automatically terminated.
Think about why this is such a dumb system…
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To be frank, I’m not aure why you have taken this position on Mike’s latest column.
He doesn’t appear to be fluffing for Christy or the BC Liberals at all.
Quite to the contrary.
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Yes, Alex. We disagree.
So let’s compare the Smyth quotes above to someone else’s. Someone we both know to be a lib stalwart.
- “For those of you out there looking for reasons to return to the Liberal fold, I do not recommend that you read Ombudsperson Kim Carter’s latest update on the government’s pathetic efforts to do right by our most vulnerable seniors in care. “
- “Premier Christy Clark’s “Families First” banner should be ripped from the Liberal flagstaff and burned in the village square.”
- “Clearly, what was missing in the ranks of the optics-obsessed “Families First” Liberals was a will to tackle the mess they had made.
And, now we find that will to do the right thing is still missing. “
- “If a community is measured, even in part, by its efforts to shelter and care for its most needy elders, then this community under the Liberals has failed miserably. For this breach of trust alone, the “Families First” bunch deserve to have their butts kicked at the polls. “
Who might this journalistic firebrand\anarchist be?
See for yourself.
http://www.mondaymag.com/opinion/187167521.html
Now, compare his page of non-pillow-fluffing ejectamenta with Smyth’s tepid dollops of spin.
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You’re still not making any sense.
1) Mike’s stye has never been like Brian’s. THe comparison is ridiculous. It would be like comparing me to Mackin. We both do good work, but he prefers a scalpel. I prefer a double barrelled shotgun at close range.
2) The point is, still, that I couldn’t find the fluffing you were referring to. With respect, I think you’re projecting. You hate the Liberals so much (this demonstrates principle) but that Smyth didn’t go hard in this column doesn’t mean there was much to go hard to.
3) They’re talking about two different things.
4) If you’re looking for everyone to write the same way then I think you’ll end up like Diogenes…look him up.
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Many people will never read H.L. Mencken. Pity. Not since his death has anyone referred to so many Important Persons as horse-thieves, mountebanks, bounders, buncombe artists and swindlers.
Reporting from Tennessee on the Scopes Monkey Trial Mencken witnessed instant confirmation of an incomplete descent from the apes.. everywhere he looked.
Mencken had Twain’s precision plus a Teutonic intolerance for brazen crooks and sly dishonesty.
A century from now people still will be laughing at the infantile credulity and greed encapsulated by, “No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
A latter-day Jonathan Swift, Mencken demanded high standards. His passion? Honesty and Truth.
Such demand for standards has not survived decades of global media (and academic) purges. Whether readers are as old as I am – nearly 70 – or young and well-informed, all clearly sense what’s missing in print. Why else do politicians and journalists rank at the bottom of those the public trusts?
Which brings me to that Tsakumis fellow. What so many sane and intelligent people across this nation seek (check your numbers) is not slick deceitful spin and soft-peddling “style” but strong beliefs and worthwhile advocacy. Call me crazy but it looks like this …
“Sean Leslie is a total disgrace. He’s got his nose so deeply buried up Christy’s butt, there are no words to describe what a joker he is.”
“The man is a pathetic excuse for a journalist. I thought Tom Fletcher was bad, but Leslie is UNBELIEVABLY bad.”
“No question. Fletcher is ridiculously biased in favour of the BC Liberals. It’s shameful journalism.“
Do you recall who responded to, “Christy Clark calls for John Doyle to stay on as B.C. Auditor-general” with.. “Of course. It’s total bullshit, but this is to be expected.”
Mike’s “style”? I detest it. I don’t need reminders of Diogenes – I’ve read what little is available, thoroughly.
As to psychotherapy and soft science? You won’t read James Hillman’s, “We’ve Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy – And the World’s Getting Worse.”
Would more relevant quotes to compare Keirans and Smyth help? Glad you asked.
“http://www.mondaymag.com/opinion/186238881.html”
“Vindictive and cowardly are two words that begin to describe the Liberals’ decision to deep six Auditor General John Doyle.“
“Everyone agrees, Doyle was one tough bastard. Hell, he had to be tough to take the flak when he started probing the dark recesses of the $6 million legal fee waiver for the government aides guilty of breach of trust in the B.C. Rail case.”
For reasons unknown Keirans is no longer content with being only another style-conscious shill. This changes his writing’s impact because substance always trumps style.
The first columns Mike wrote in BC? They were appalling. Not because I then loathed the BC libs – in fact I spent 2 ½ years prior to that working to defeat the NDP.
What sickened me was two items,
1/ The extent to which Smyth inadvertently revealed how much Campbell had lied to his own supporters. Meaning : me.
2/ The extent to which Smyth was overjoyed that, as in Australia and the US, the kind of essential services that grew out of FDR’s era were not only to be wrecked but every aspect of liberal\progressive sanity was to be attacked.
Why be pissed? I invested 2 1/2 years of health and peak earnings to elect a government that would create more economic disparity, damage and despair, and more social instability than any I had ever seen. But Smyth? He started jubilant and stayed that way.
I think a long time from now people who have read your blog will remember you as doing what you knew was right, regardless of what it cost you. I’m sure there will be some who will imagine the virtues and merit of Smyth, Leslie, Fletcher, Baldrey, Leyne, and the usual suspects.
None are in your league. None merit approval merely for Style.
Yep. We still disagree.
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Listen man, length warning.
But it’s not like I disagree. But you gotta take it easy.
Long, long weekend.
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Interesting, when it comes to the affair with the “Smart Meters”.
The top 10 scams for 2012 Smart Meters no.5.
Better Business Bureau who has been in service for over 100 years
deserves all the credit. SO IT IS ALL A SCAM
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Alex,
This morning I was surprised [very] to read an editorial in today’s Victoria Time’s Colonist. It asked Princess Enron (please-please-please) to intercede and reinstate John Doyle. Basically, the advice was pure wake-up-Dummy-and-stop-the-bleeding Damage Control.
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-reverse-decision-on-auditor-1.48329
The unsigned editorial [unlikely the work of Obee-wan?] was presented in a suitably pleading voice. “The first step is to reverse the bad decision and re-appoint Doyle. But there is more.”
I checked: except in Princess Enron’s vocabulary, neither “reinstate” nor “re-appoint” ever means that 2 more years is equivalent to a 6-year term. It means explicitly – Doyle gets 6 more years as AG. No debate. No room for equivocation. Game. Set. Match.
But with all the benefits for reinstating Doyle obvious to one and all, once again the sole opportunity the libs had to recover from a ludicrous lurch towards self-destruction was reduced to another insult to Doyle; another insult to an outraged public; and another self-targeted repudiation of another feeble lib attempt to mend political fences.
Because of today’s two-year stipulation this ridiculous attempt to appear generous looked ill-conceived, cheap and stupid. And who delivered it as the best they could come up with to quell public uproar?
Who else?
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The Dummy…
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She’s had more waffles and flips than an IHOP.
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Another of my comments which has nothing to do with anything. Question, which restaurant hires women with larger breasts? Hooters. Which restaurant hires women with one leg? IHOP. Which government has a Premier with half a brain?
This list could be quite long, but it starts here at home.
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I am not sure if Baldrey , Good and Palmer are biased, worn out or just piss poor, but I do know that it is time that Good and Baldrey retire and Vaughn, well I am not sure about Vaughn.
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Leslie is the bigger problem. He just can’t bring himself to say anything negative about this government unless it’s so painfully obvious that the public is screaming from the rafters. The guy is a complete joke. He calls himself a journalist???
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As far as Leslie goes, he has irreparably damaged his reputation and for what? How incredibly short sighted.Even a person not having the integrity to do the right thing would at least give some thought as to what move plays out better. Lets see, blindly support the libs in clear conflict for a couple of years so my wife can continue at the trough or have a sveral decade career? Hmmm What to do?
WRONG!!!!!
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Read Baldrey’s piece from today in Burnaby Now. It is hardly flattering to CC and the
Liberals.I wish he would do the same on Global more often but that is a different gig.
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link?
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http://www.burnabynow.com/news/Liberals+losing+valuable+time/7826508/story.html
is the most recent I can find
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Judi Sommer,
Agreed. After reading Baldrey’s post in BurnabyNow some impressions did emerge.
1/ His article avoided both the value of Doyle’s work as AG and the public trust Doyle has earned.
2/ He avoided also how absurd the libs were to express satisfaction that adding 2 years to a six-year term followed by termination is a terrific “deal”. Golly Whiz no, that’s not merely a modified act of vindictiveness, plus a nice cup of tea.
3/ Throughout he failed to question either the libs’ motives, or lack of intelligence, for presenting such a ridiculous counter-offer. For sure, Baldrey had ample grounds to criticize Princess Enron’s latest policy blunder. But in fact he didn’t.
4/ As Baldrey presented the case, a more reasonable Doyle and NDP ought to have agreed to abandon the silly sentimental idea that trustworthy merit should determine how long publicly appointed officers should enjoy tenure. For Doyle? Two more years. Take it. Or Just Go Home.
(However, for True Friends of the BC libs? Raises Forever has a nice ring to it.)
5/ What Baldrey appeared to be doing was an attempt to draw the libs’ attention to obvious facts —
a) time to make gains against the NDP is running out.
b) in the absence of a coherent lib strategy the NDP wins by default.
c) and well, shucks, perhaps lavishing millions on ads, while authorizing endless fee-hikes for BC Hydro, ICBC, BC Ferries, MSP, etc, doesn’t merge coherently with citing bankruptcy and continuing to cut back on the Essential Services reasonable voters expect a top-self-rated government to provide.
And that Budget shortfall? Not the kind of Optics that improve public confidence in The Team’s financial prowess..
What I read in Baldrey’s piece was the kind of urgency what I saw in The Times Colonist editorial begging Princess Enron to “reappoint” Doyle to another full TERM. Via a public platform a lib insider pleaded with the lib brass to stop doing stupid things. Obviously voters have noticed a serious lack of brains and maturity in High Office. Polls are unanimous: consistently they show a lack of enthusiasm to vote for the same gang of 9-year-olds that just offered Doyle 2 more years.
Finally? Where the hell has Adrian Dix been hiding?
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A single 8 year term for the Auditor General. Why a single term? If you have the most efficient, independent, unflappable and untaintable person in the position, as we have now, why would you want to limit his term? Do we, as citizens, not want accountability?
Clark has the gall to say that 8 years would be plenty of time to allow an auditor to delve into any matters that he found needed investigating. Bullshit. How long has it taken for BC Rail to get to this point? And what happens when a “matter of concern” occurs, say, in year 6 or 7 or 8 of his tenure? As we’ve seen with BCR, some thing can be dragged out ast length.
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Sean Leslie appeared with Simi on NW after the 12:30 news and said that by saying Doyle should be re-appointed, Clark is saying “she has nothing to be concerned about BC Rail.” Leslie you are a fucking shill.
He also insulted the intelligence of every British Columbian by suggesting it was solely the 5-member committee that decided Doyle should be canned. How stupid do you think we are? A major decision to get rid of the government watchdog was made without the premier’s involvement (and direction)? What a joke.
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Clark says she’ll introduce legislation at the next sitting. Read the fine print, Dix.
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Sean Leslie is a total disgrace. He’s got his nose so deeply buried up Christy’s butt, there are no words to describe what a joker he is. A total BC Liberal shill. And a lousy bureau chief. When is the last time he broke a story? Name one time? Or offered leading perspective! NOT ONCE!!!
What she is saying by the extension is that she’s caught!
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The reason the Premier stands up at her press conferences is – if she sat down she’d break Sean Leslie’s nose….
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LMAO!
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I believe that the rationale for a single 8 year term was articulated in a recent opinion piece penned by Bateman of the Taxpayers Federation. Basically, the premise is that AGs should be limited to a single (albeit longer) term to avoid the temptation to temper their findings in order to curry favour with the ruling government of the day to offer them a second term.
I am not suggesting that I agree of disagree with this premise. I simply mention this by way of potentially explaining the possible logic behind limiting the AG to a single term.
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Faced with the problem of Damage Control the libs once again have opted to worsen the public perception of lib mendacity and venality by ignoring the main objective – lessening, not confirming and compounding, the damage.
Their amazing excuses? Think ‘ont.
As a simple, rational, “non-political” business decision the idea that Individual X [a stellar CEO, or scientist, or salesperson, a Top Performer] should be offered both 2 more years AND permanent termination for great work – regardless of their efforts and value – smacks of failure to grasp anything resembling reality.
An unsigned CBC article put it this way…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/01/16/bc-christy-clark-john-doyle.html
“The premier said she was making the move because she did not want it to appear that politics was interfering with Doyle’s position so close to an election.”
“The people of British Columbia need to have confidence that the right person is being selected for the right reasons, and that that process stands untainted by political agendas. And that doesn’t just have to be true, it has to be seen to be true,” said Clark.”
So, “non-interference” is limiting Doyle’s “reappointment” to no more than 2 years? BULLSHIT.
This idiocy selects and rewards “the right person for the right reasons”? Not in the slightest, it severely limits his effectiveness.
Unfortunately, next up on the ‘what-do-you-think?’ list is Adrian Dix. If he comes out swinging, roundly condemns this farce and guarantees the Doyle reappointment to a full term, he seizes the initiative.
My guess? He won’t.
At this point – 2 AM Thursday morning – Mr Dix either had nothing at all to say all day Wednesday [why not?] or the media hasn’t bothered\dared to seek his opinion.
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Alex, I don’t think that Mark will be asking your friends for any more information.
I am sure you know what rug the dirt is under. That would be ugly.
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VERY…I’m a gentleman. I don’t play that way by if Marrisen wants to go nuclear then he should be quite prepared for end of days…his, not mine.
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It’s a very dirty rug
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Maybe she should start her press conferences with:
I just flew in from Victoria, and boy are my arms tired!!! But hey, at least I didn`t run into any lobbyists at the Helijet terminal…right. RIGHT!!!
But you might be right….she`s trying to be the next Joan Rivers!!!
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I almost get the impression – over the last year – that both Leslie and Baldrey are so enamoured by the power of the Lieberals that they have been auditioning for CC and her minions to show carte blanche:
See – we cause you no harm – we ask no serious questions to expose your fatal flaws – are WE not worthy to join your ilk ? I’m sure that CC has told them both, that there is an office in the Legislature if they can FIND A WAY to get her team re-elected. Call me crazy but it has occurred to me that this is a possibility – based on the fact that NO ONE could be that F*%#@ng stupid on purpose.
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Monday morning on CKNW Vaughn Palmer and Philip Till were talking about the stress journalists are under, and Vaughn actually used Sean Leslie as an example, saying he has to meet a deadline on ‘NW every 30 minutes. WTF?! Leslie only comes on air once in a while and breathlessly repeats government press releases as gospel. That might be stressful for the listeners, but surely not for him.
If any of you want an exercise in futility, try getting him to answer fairly asked questions about BC Rail. He either knows nothing, or is afraid to say anything. Either way, that makes for a piss-poor journalist. Apparently that’s what CKNW wants over there.
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I heard Vaughn, and frankly couldn’t believe me ears.
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The libs are so lucky that someone like Jack Webser are not around, he would put this present lot of so called journalists to shame. . As soon as he went after this train wreck , the libs would scatter like cockroaches when you turned the light on. There wouldn’t be a crack that you could hide in Christy. Keep up the good work Alex , there is very few like you !
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Thanks, Craig.
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Maybe Sean has an excuse. I believe his studio is in the basement of the Leg. Perhaps it’s right under the Premier’s biffy and the pipes are leaking.
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A thought. Would Jack Webster be allowed to make his typically incisive comments and ask the tough questions working for the media as it’s constituted today? I think not. IMHO he would have been censured, leading to his either quitting (most likely) or being fired. He would then be running an investigative blog such as this one. Again just one mans opinion.
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Everyone knows it`s more stressful to continually lie and then have to cover for those lies, than to tell the truth.
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Flim flam.
So she wants us all to go away by giving AG Doyle 2 years instead of the 6 year renewal he deservers. If she really is unafraid, then why not renew his appointment and legislate the 8 year fixed term to take effect after when he’s done his next 6?
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Because you’re asking her to count past five…
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It would make sense to add +2 to , since the legislation would take effect after the current appointment, then cycle through 8 years thereater. A “+6″ would mean a total length beyond what the proposed length of term is.
So he should take it.
I would not however agree to the $65,000 for travel back to Oz he has had in the past. He is worth every penny of his $225,000 a year salary he received, but that does not mean he is entitled to an extra $65,000 for return trips. He can easily afford those on his own.
Remember the joke regarding recent Senate appointments. They agreed to throw themselves out for election in 5 year or so from he year being appointed for being appointed to the Senate in support of Harper’s Senate reform, but none of them now would do that citing being appointed under the “traditional system”.
The other interesting part is that two of the BC ones appointed failed in their campaigns in federal elections.
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So, the gang of high rolling business people and other prominent British Columbians who want to make sure the truth about BC Rail never comes to light got caught trying to have Christy get rid of John Doyle. They are still trying to rig the process, however, by attempting to “snooker” the NDP, as you point out, and by making the Auditor’s term non-renewable. And the manipulation of the media continues unrelented.
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Judging by a few comments on your preceeding post re: Mysogyny, it’s apparent some people don’t pay full attention to the details of what is occurring. Read and double read, and ask questions if you aren’t sure of the significance of something. The misinformation, confusion and attack campaign is going to heat up considerably more as we approach the election.
Question. Such as, what is you wife making in taxpayer dollars at her job in the MCFD, Sean? How do you like the benefits? BC’s Cheer Leader.
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The man is a pathetic excuse for a journalist. I thought Tom Fletcher was bad, but Leslie is UNBELIEVABLY bad.
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Hey, Fletcher did a creditable piece on the Westbank First Nation last week. I was able to read the whole thing!
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Tom Fletcher is still one of the worse, his column should be titled the “Liberal view” from Victoria
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No question. Fletcher is ridiculously biased in favour of the BC Liberals. It’s shameful journalism.
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There should be a byline or warning under their articles stating “Reading or listening to this idiot could be hazardous to both your and the Province of B.C.’s health.”
Tobacco and alcohol have too! And neither a good cigar or a stiff vodka martini has caused me as much harm as the Liberals and these hacks.
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Asking, “strangers”, about some one’s family is not nice. It is bad manners. If Mark wants to know how your family is doing, he should call you & just ask or call Ms. AGT & chat. I have this feeling your wife is never at a loss for words.
Like didn’t the idiot know your friends would call and tell you some one was sniffing around. What goes on in your family is private business. If they are “looking for dirt” then they should at least be professional about it and hire a private investigator. Of course that would result in some unfriendly response from you and your wife which I would pay good money to watch. I learnt a long time ago, it is one thing to piss off a Dad about his family but a whole other level of trouble if you piss off the Mom!
B.C. is a very small place. For those of us who hve been around since the early 60′s and 70s there isn’t much which is secret. The town is simply too small. Mark really needs to move along.
Christie’s first press conferance????? This is the result after “preparing” for this moment for 6 weeks or so. Nothing about Vernon? Nothing about Slater? Nothing about health care & the lack thereof? So she just came out to try and “stick it to Dix” by leaving Mr. Doyle in the job. Poor Christie. She didn’t get such good advice. People are still going to know she was behind the decision to “not renew” the contract. “changing” her mind about it isn’t going to make it all better again. Once the lieberals are gone Doyle will be able to have a reallllly good look at the books. If Dix & his team are smart, they will let Doyle do just that & change all accounting procedures so the voters of B.C. can see exactly what is going on. It will demonstrate the lieberals didn’t do a very good job of handling business & Dix & the NDP intent to run a fiscally responsible government.
Government isn’t a business but it should be run in a business like manner. I do hope Dix has a number of teams ready to go into most of the problem areas of government to complete audits immediately. those aduits should be published. Then Dix needs to hire new people to run the organizations properly. i.e. B.C. Ferries. No one needs to be making what those executives do. Simply send in a team to audit and then a team to make the Ferry Corporation a service which services the citizens of B.C. in a cost effective and safe manner. We don’t need to be paying 10% interest when we could be paying 3%.
I liked the mini documentary they did on Pattison & his Group last year. It is all about accountability. It makes sense. Perhaps the NDP could prepare for taking over the government by having a look at Pattison’s business model. Not that it will work for everything but it certainly some of his business principals will work.
The voters will understand if they are shown where the money went, how much we owe & how it has to be paid off. I won’t be happy if we don’t get a new promised hospital in this area. But if I see an audit which clearly demonstrates why we don’t have the money, then that is fair. I can live with it. I just don’t want to hear about some health authority executive making a couple of hundred K a yr while the hospital cleaners are making a little over min. wage. Pencil pushers don’t add to the ability to provide health care. Constant meetings of heads of dept.s don’t provide health care. Nurses, technicians, dieticians, doctors, cleaners provide health care. Hospitals need to go back to the number of pencil pushers they had in the 70s. If the province doesn’t have the money for things, fine. But to have pencil pushers with huge salaries so we don’t get services, not so much.
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I’ll tell you how effing stupid Marissen really is. He even went so far as to ask a close friend of mine–and an acquaintance of his–what he “really knew” about me.
The friend also happens to be my primary lawyer. And Marrisen KNEW this going into his meeting.
Now, that’s DUMB!
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Not sure which is which, re- Marissen & Clark–
Brings to mind——” Dumb & Dumber”—
You decide which way that goes!!!
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E.A.F. I agree with you except for one thing. The Government IS a business. The biggest one in our province, handling more money and responsibility than any other. These Liberals could continue to be the most capable party to manage this Province for us, but they continue to jeopardize us all with their lies and stupidity into forcing us to vote against them. We, as citizens in the Province are the shareholders.
Anything the Liberals change will be too little, too late.
So in May, Dix’s NDP take power with MLA’s who are amateur in high finance yet expert in truth and fulfilment of promises for a while…. then they will run out of money and the lying will start. Watch them.
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Add in Bruce Clark, and its very easy to figure out.
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Excellent coverage Alex,
Marissen: the guy behind not just Paul Martin, but Stephan Dion too! He, by his lonesome, put a stake in the heart of his party.
And Sean Leslie: he knows more about BC Rail than he’ll ever let on.
Keep up the awesome work.
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Of course.
Thanks, pal. You’re encouragement means a great deal. I hope your health is stable. Bless you, brother. You will always have my admiration.
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And so typically arrogant of Liberals.
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e.a.f. – To really understand how we got to all these health authority executives and directors who don’t have anything to do with front-line care – you have to dig pretty deep into each part of the system that is failing.
E.g. let the buildings get dirty and run-down. Don’t invest properly in infrastructure that would keep infection rates down, such as single rooms, and hand-washing sinks in the right places. Overcrowd the hospitals by underfunding eldercare. Put patients in hallways when the hospital is too crowded – hallways with no hand-washing sinks, no bathroom for the patient (hello bedpan!), and grimy curtains surrounding the bed for “privacy”. Infection rates go up, antibiotic costs go up, bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics, then we use even more expensive/toxic antibiotics that can make the patients more sick and vulnerable, spend more money developing fancy tests to detect these superbugs, then hire more infection control managers and create committees for antibiotic stewardship to oversee the use of antibiotics to mitigate all this harm.
I guess what I am saying is, firing the committee and the infection control manager seems like an easy way to start to save some money – but it isn’t effective. For each of these complex problems, you have to address the sources of the problems. That takes a lot of courage and hard work.
But this government and their appointees are too busy plundering this province to bother with that.
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So, 20 minutes for Drex,
!5 minutes for the rest of us. Nice, now wasn’t that worth the wait!!!!
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Yup. I thought of that. LOL! She is a total DIMWIT!
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15 minutes in the glare of the media spotlight is about all that she can handle without wandering off topic. The media should be slamming her right out of the gate with hard questions just to watch her crumble.
Anyone seen that other useless taxpayer teat sucker Pamela ? God only knows where she’s been hiding.
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Didn’t see or hear the presser. Any questions about Foster’s renos? Anything about her call to the DJ?
Any questions about why she’s never available after a scandal?
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In reverse order:
1) No.
2) No.
3) No.
LAMESTREAM MEDIA. Unbelievable. You’d think they’d be all over her. The only one who asked any challenging questions was Jas Johal. And one of his was about two major Cabinet Ministers going to Alberta to raise money for the election campaign. Translation: The BC Liberals aren’t getting the money they need from donors. That’s why you see Jim Shepard’s ridiculous group doing what they’re doing, and then the two Cabinet Ministers going off into Redford country.
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A guest list for this event would be amazing. Would be interesting to see how many Enbridge and tar sands execs would be at the fundraising gala for a party that is busy twisting in the wind of public opinion on Northern Gateway…
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Paging Bob Mackin…investigative journalist…
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I’ve already talked to Bob.
He’s all over it…
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When you look up bitumen you get -aka asphalt.not a oil pipeline but a asphalt pipeline .tar is also similar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt
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The Liberal have resorted to sending people to ALBERTA for donations? WTF?
This is getting more laughable by the week.
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Is this what CC meant when she said Alberta has to give BC a bigger share of the tar sands revenue in order to get the pipeline built? I should have know that by BC she meant CC.
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yes, it does make sense. where do all the oilmen live? and who has vested interest in the pipeline? mind, there are no benefits for bc’ers jobwise as in chinese jobs, equipment, etc. cuz we know china has invested a great deal of money in gateway. excerpt “That means moral issues like human rights take back seat to oil security. “No matter if it’s rogue’s oil or a friend’s oil, we don’t care,” an energy adviser told the Washington Post in 2005 on the condition he not be identified, citing the threat of government disciplinary action. “Human rights? We don’t care. We care about oil.”
Ditto for the environment. China’s interest in oil security overrides all other concerns.
maybe there is an oil equivalent richard branson she can go kite surfing with?
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It’s not healthy for one’s spirit or body to closely follow the almost incomprehensible litany of spin, fabrication, self-indulgence, pettiness and often malevolence our citizenry is subjected to.
However, we will all rot like my seething compost pile if we do not examine each addition of crap that is added, for some things are more toxic than others, and therefore, more dangerous.
The fact that our hard-earned money is chucked onto the festering pile to make it appear as sweet as spring flowers when crusts are needed leaves one quite sick.
“…one of the first achievements of the legislature was to institute a ten-thousand-dollar Agricultural Fair to show off forty dollars’ worth of those pumpkins… ”
Mark Twain
Now for a musical interlude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chiVjDfeXW8
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You said it.
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ladies and gentlemen please would you bring your attention to the center ring . We present to you One of the most sought after comedy entertainers in British Columbia …….When will the madness end ., thanks for the chuckle …..Cheers
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My take on this is only slightly different. It is indeed totally inadequate to change tack to renew John Doyle for only two years..punt it down the road etc.
But it’s a victory for public pressure on a caucus and even more, a premier and cabinet totally used to giving the electorate the finger. You gotta move heaven and earth to move these guys.
The true solution to the reduction of watchdogs to lapdogs is to take the appointments out of the legislature altogether… a panel of judges? I don’t honestly know what’s best. But as Bob Simpson aptly points out, the ability of a single MLA to block an appointment is simply wrong. Further, to allow a majority of MLA’s either in committee or in the hands of a majority govt, might well be worse.
If we want these appointments removed from partisan games, we have to do it differently. But that’s for the next government to fix…and should be a campaign issue.
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More media manipulation and another example of the “Morton” influence, ,
Headline from the Vancouver Sun which is both eye catching and misleading:
“Christy Clark calls for John Doyle to stay on as B.C. auditor-general”.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Christy+Clark+asks+committee+extend+Auditor+general+John+Doyle/7828171/story.html
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Of course. It’s total bullshit, but this is to be expected.
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Hello Alex,is there a possibility that the liberals might be suffering from that terrible disease called optical rectosis?Sometimes people pass it one to another,at times other people just start suffering from it at once like in group hysteria.When it happens in a group sometimes the cause is a side effect caused from brown nosing.
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The committee to select an Auditor-General is in-camera and protected by privacy so confidential and no one will no who voted Yes or No. If the NDP members of the committee acted like the Liberals ie. put their own political interests before the public interest, they should now vote NO to Doyle. Everyone would assume it was the Liberals voting to get rid of Doyle and a huge black eye for Premier Chipmunk!!
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You’re fooling yourself.
I’ll know the vote result when it happens.
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As I said a year ago, she wants Alex’s balls on a spike
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Well, she can come and try that and bring her entire army.
Oh, and a very large spike.
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LOL….;-)
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Now this leaves the Liberal members of this committee in an interesting spot. They were ‘independent’ in their first decision not to re-appoint him for reasons they could not cite intimating he was found lacking. If they stick to this same message round two, all hell will break loose. If they reconsider this begs the question:why? Other than the obvious.Mr Doyle has now become an attractive candidate? Either way, they have lost any tatters of credibility they may have once had.Foster will find his place under the bus crowded with Moe Gill, John Slater ..among others.
I was so heartened to hear CC tout her governments transparent government. I guess that in her epiphany she will be opening the books to Doyle so he won’t have to go to the courts to get the data on the basi/Virk affair/ That is the thread the MSM should be following asap but i doubt we’ll see many more press conferences to do this.
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I thought the job of a premier included:
•developing and implementing policies and priorities for the province
•preparing legislation to be introduced in the legislative assembly
•submission of government spending to the legislative assembly for approval
•ensuring provincial laws and policies are carried out.
Ms Clark when asked today about dropping Slater: “My job, … AS A PREMIER, is to present the absolutely best team of people to British Columbians that we can field in the election”.
Incredible, that she considers her job as Premier, is to get elected.
So much for public policy and legislation. Someone hand her a job description. What a failure.
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Precisely. She doesn’t care about anything.
Christy just wants to make sure the gravy train doesn’t stop.
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gra·vy train
Noun
Used to refer to a situation in which someone can make a lot of money for very little effort.
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gra·vy train
Noun
Used to refer to a situation in which someone can make a lot of money for very little effort.
e.g. Appointments granted
(a) by government to
(i) A Crown Corporation
(ii) A Crown Agency (viz. Jack Munro to CFI c. 1998)
(iii) A political servant of the Crown, Ministerial Assistant,
Executive Assistant., Legislative Assistant, Assistant
to the Legislative Assistant in situ
(iv) An entity for assistance in governance (viz. Geoff Plant
appointment in situ, City of Vancouver)
e.g cf. Appointments – Government;
Martin, Pamela OIC 256, Vo. 38 No. 14
Bonney, Brian, OIC, 521, Vol.38 No. 24
McDonald Michael, OIC 60, Vol. 39. No. 4
(b) Appointments to a political party to
(i) Executive Director (viz. Reichardt, Kelly)
(ii) Regional Director
(ibid.Tsakumis, Alex Abbotsford South)
(c) Formulation by government of an agency for the purpose
of appoinment (viz. Crown Secretariat an Bob Williams
c.1992-1994)
q.v. Favouritism, Patronage, Pork, political appointment, reward.
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You kill me. My Order-In-Council was June 1989.
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Benificiary
Noun.
A beneficiary in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor
Viz. One that receives a benefit, eg.
Mr.Alex Tskaumis was the beneficiary of a generosity from the VanderZalm government in June 1989 with the awarding of an Order In Council. He was the benificiary of election as Director of the Executive Board of the Vancouver Point Grey BC Social Credit Constituency Association, and was at term as of August 1991.
q.v. award, benifit, politicial benifit. election, reward, benefactor
benefactor
noun.
One that gives aid to a deserving receipient benificiary.
cf Bill VanderZalm.
eg. Bill VanderZalm as benefactor through Orders In Council gave aid to Mr. Alex Tsakumis whon received benificiary.
Ibid. Benificiary
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I don’t know what your point is here. I gather you don’t have one other than to waste my time and irritate me.
This is very old news. So what?
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irritate
transitive verb
to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in
eg. Seymour Forest irritated Alex Tsaksumis today with a contribution
of friendly provocation based on too much time on hands.
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I’m not sure wheyher I should slap you or.kiss you.
Perhaps both.
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Alex, this video would seem to fit right in with all that has been said about the BC Liberal party.
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/121095/Anonymous__Operation_Payback__BC_Liberal_Style/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Disclosetv+%28Disclose.tv+-+New+Videos%29
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Somebody must have woken up the Times Colonist Editor from his nap.
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-reverse-decision-on-auditor-1.48329
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I would hope the good premier has at least spoken to Mr. Doyle about all this. It might as they used to say on SCTV, “blow up real good” on her if she hasn’t. Ultimately this will all depend on the man himself!
For the NDP to vote NO to the non premiers brainstorm and stick to the six year term might be some incentive for Mr. Doyle.
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“…I’ve finally figured the Premier’s life goal: To be a comedienne…”
Crusty, don’t give up your day job!!!
Oh wait, you’re no f*cking good at that one either!!!
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I see she has rejected any concessions to the film industry. DUMB MOVE. This means anyone connected with the industry is not going to support her for sure.
Is she that stupid or is she just setting up another photo op to announce help at a later day?
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To find out, tune in next week!
Same blog-time, same blog-channel!
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its a very bad move as the people i know in the industry (i have family that works in film) are ALL die hard liberal supporters….
not so much so anymore. i doubt the people i am thinking of will vote NDP, but they sure as hell will not go vote for the libs now.
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Is this with a Batman-esque tilted Dutch camera scene?
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Another day, another 24 hours passes without BC’s governing or opposition party doing anything of significance to contribute to BC’s improvement.
Yawn.
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They have to be SITTING in the legislature to accomplish that,
But premier Hunny Bunz didn’t feel like working this fall
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Your fixation on Christy – since everyone in the world knows she’s never going to win another election – is now pretty much creepy/sexual – right?
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You are severely ill.
Why do you bother to come here and spout such garbage? You’ve hated my work for years and yet your IP address hangs off this blog on a daily basis.
Your fixation with me–since everyone in the blogsphere knows you’re completely nuts–is now pretty much creepy/sexual, right?
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Thinking of this in the first place says it all.
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Breaking News!!!
MILF Comedienne Christy Clark Opens At The Blue Boy Hotel!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZaamMJZwo
AND…
MILF Comedienne Christy Clark Appears on The Love Connection!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IJPBOntDEg
Finally, something more suited to Crusty’s persona!
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It’s amazing how much Christy resembles, oh nevermind…
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The heat was on and Ms.Photo op caved. Some places have the one term only clause with 8 years. Too bad Christy and crew who thought the legislation was flawed, didn’t do a damn thing about it till the ehat came on. Hope Doyle gets the stuff on BC Rail that he is looking for, and soon
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just hoping there are provisions in place to get rid of a dud auditor in the future if need be .. ie patronage position
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Just heard on NW that Rich Coleman and I forget who else are off to Alberta to build support for the B.C. Libs from those on the other side of the hills.
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Good , let Alberta elect them, they can have the whole lot of them,
If they are stupid enough to let that get out, they are stupider than I ever imagined!!, I know many people who would vote against them just for that very reason!!, Alberta, nor any other jurisdiction, has any business interfering with British Columbians government or affairs
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It’s Bennett and Coleman that are going.
Pretty pathetic, if you ask me.
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The biggest mistake Bennett made was sidling (saddling?) up with CC after he was canned for criticizing Campbell. He destroyed any hint of being credible.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/11/17/bc-bill-bennett-fired.html
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Total agreement.
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What could the BC Liberal party POSSIBLY offer to the Albertan oil interests when their numbers are tanking 12 weeks before an election?
Pathetic.
And where, par chance, is the media for this latest boondoggle?
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It would appear the LIberals might offer the oil industry the best hope of a pipeline. As they say, everything is for sale!
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/Thomson+Alberta+Tories+helping+raise+cash/7830013/story.html
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What makes me laugh is Christy’s ongoing weather vane positioning on this issue. IF she feels the wind is heading in the direction of a pipeline, she goes for the Alberta money, lying the whole time, knowing full well the pipeline isn’t happening.
And yet if she thinks the anti-pipeline lobby are gaining ground, she goes back to playing the environmental card.
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What makes me laugh is Christy’s ongoing weather vane positioning on this issue. IF she feels the wind is heading in the direction of a pipeline, she goes for the Alberta money, lying the whole time, knowing full well the pipeline isn’t happening.
And yet if she thinks the anti-pipeline lobby are gaining ground, she goes back to playing the environmental card. She’s nuts.
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Coleman would need a colonoscopy to find his head.
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MLA Kevin Krueger called John Doyle “rude and arrogant.”
“The guy is rude and arrogant and wrong sometimes, but he won’t admit it. . . . I don’t think he carries the respectful way an auditor general should.”
http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20130116/KAMLOOPS0101/130119878/-1/kamloops01/krueger-calls-auditor-general-arrogant
LOL …I almost spilled my beer…
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Krueger needs to stop pretending he’s Billy Carter.
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Why did the old expression about pots and kettles immediately come to mind?
An incredibly foolish thing for Krueger to say.
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Chuck Barris, wherever you are, please, please, please, come to Victoria and bring that freaking gong with you!!
Somebody, anybody please – Gong CC.
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“OH! OOOOOOHHHHH!!! IT’S GENE-GENE, THE DANCING MACHINE!!!”
Lord how I loved that show…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And, yes, I wanted to have an affair with Jaye P. Morgan. That smile was bloody hot.
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So I’ve put my humble idea forward in the twittersphere to have watchdogs appointments taken outside the MLA’s sphere of influence altogether. For the record, neither the NDP’ers nor the Libs I’ve encountered were in favor.
None of them gave me a good reason why it wouldn’t be an improvement on current practice. As long as MLA’s appoint their own watchdogs, there is danger, no matter how rare, of partisan interference.
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Whoops, amend that. Seems some NDPers willing to think about it.
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Just a thought Alex.
Was yesterdays press conference nothing more than a “smoke and mirror” show. Is she simply saving face in the public, but, behind closed doors and face to face with the Liberal side of the committee she’s really saying ” I want Doyle gone keep your decision as is, he has far too much on me and other Liberal members, this BC Rail inquest he’s all over has to end” ?
Really, 2 of the 3 Liberals on the committe have nothing to loose, they have left the part, why would they care what happens to Doyle? On the other hand, CC is toast along with others should Doyle become successful in court.
Personally I think she’s full of shit, I see it as a stunt all in an effort to gain public support…..
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We’ll have to see. I have no intel on that yet.
I’m working on a major story related to the Slater scandal.
And I mean MAJOR story.
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I recall Slater saying that he was on several different medications that caused a bad effect when he had a glass of beer or wine. He also said his doctor had changed medications and it was all behind him.
Yesterday on the 1PM newscast NW put a dirty little spin on it.
At the 2:12 mark the reporter said “Slater admits he has had problems with drinking but he says that’s behind him.” NW just left that hanging for those who did not here his earlier comments to form nasty opinions.
Sensationalism.
The clip:
http://www.cknw.com/news/audiovault/index.aspx
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Actually, I’d hold off on Slater.
He is unfit to be in public life. Go read my new post.
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Every morning ..make coffee and go to see what is new here. My husband says what does Alex say today?. I don’t know how you keep your spirits up, with all the dirty dealings going on. I,m most grateful for your work, because otherwise we’d still be “mushrooms”.
I hope voters will attend all candidates meetings and ask the questions of the politicians that the MSM will not. Thanks to you (and yours)
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Bless you and your hubby.
I soldier on because of people precisely like you, and really, all British Columbians.
I fell I’m just giving back to this magnificent land what she gave to my parents over 55 years ago: The opportunity to do what is right.
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I hear you.. my story is similar and perhaps that is why this all matters so much. I too love this province and though we have had our share of weird and wonderful politicians, I,ve never felt dirty and disappointed like this before.
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Unfortunately it will only be the very few who attend the candidates meetings that will hear the questions and answers/non-answers as the case may be. The MSM will not report them if they make the Liberal candidate look bad.
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I just read a CBC article, they contacted John Doyle for comment on the unfolding that took place yesterday. He said he was unable to comment as no one has spoken to him about it yet???
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It’s funny when the liberals don’t like the facts that Doyle delivers them he’s somehow now “rude and arrogant.”
Alex, your website is a breath of fresh air among the nefarious stench of liberal hypocrisy. Thank you for all you do!
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You’re most welcome.
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Sidebar – yet relevant.
“Bogus Economics” – now while some might think that will be the jagged pill the Lieberals will force taxpayers’ to swallow in terms of bringing a (sic) balanced budget to B.C, that specific quote – was what the former CEO of BC Hydro laid on Enbridge:
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/former-bc-hydro-ceo-condemns-enbridges-bogus-economics-joint-review-panel
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Thank you Seymour Forest for the Alex bio……… I am MORE impressed with AGT now than I ever was. Keep up the good work Alex!
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This may be a bit off topic but relevant.
I just heard a business columnist from Calgary interviewed on CBC Radio about a fundraiser being held in that city tonight, for the BC Liberals. Apparently this event has been organized by the head of a big oil company and will feature our own beloved Baron of Bovine Blather as well as wingnut Bill Bennett as supplicants to Alberta Oil, Inc.
The reasoning is that the companies want to ensure a pipeline-friendly government is elected here.
Does anyone else resent the idea of the Blue Eyed Sheiks of Alberta trying to “influence’ (or should I say “purchase influence”?) over any BC government?
If the people of this province want to say No to Enbridge, we have every right to do so. Corporations are already spending huge money on deceptive ad campaigns to convince us there is little risk to our coastline. If that isn’t working, I guess they think they can go “over our heads” to the likes of the lazy and autocratic idiot Coleman and his beloved Dummy!
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Seriously, he said with a cheekish grin – “what’s a boy to do”:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/01/17/bc-preventative-medicine.html
This action would be akin to the first hair in the voodoo doll.
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More great investigative journalism from Bob Mackin on Air-Christy:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/18/Christy-Clark-Flights/
Alex – in terms of the ‘tipping point’ on this vindictive, out-of-touch harridan – we’ve got to be close – very, very close!!
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Bob is truly superb.
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Hey Alex, about Keithly leaving DOA and running for MLA. What’s your take on this? He’s hardworking, respectable, great street cred and highly idealistic but his punk{stick it to the man} sensibility contradicts a do as I’m told by my master position he seeks to put himself into.
Do you think he can do the job without being eaten alive?
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No, I don’t. I think he’s asking for trouble.
He’ll become a self-made caricature. He’s not someone who will thrive–or even survive–in that kind of environment.
Very confining.
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The plot thickens. According to The Sun, Doyle made his fiirst statement today about the whole mess and called the attempt to extend his contract “Mickey Mouse” and piece meal. He also singled out Foster who he feels did not make an independent decision. Something interesting was said by Foster in his interview, something he will make public in good time. A smart and tenacious man who refuses to be the Liberal’s poodle. Their nightmare with him is just beginning!
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He was on with Simi Sara.
Outstanding interview.
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Christy’s ex looks like he was just force-fed one of his own turds.
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Refer to the photo in the Trackbacks link below.
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LOL!!!
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LMAO! Perfect caption for it.
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Just read in the Kamloops daily news that fog horn Krueger calls John Doyle rude and arrogant. Thank God he’s retiring.
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I positive he was in ‘Deliverance’…
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That is like the “pot calling the kettle black”.
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Ha ha! I think so to….Special K was on the “recieving” end….
That little bald kid with the weird eyes play`n the banjo was the result of that get together in the forest! Hmmm, the Liberals remind me of that kid on the porch as well…
Kerry
ps- Alex, I sent you a pm, did it come thru? I know you are flodded evert day
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He sure has a “lovely” mouth, now how about a squel like a pig…..
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When did you send it? I haven’t gone through the last three days’ emails. I received over 200 just yesterday. Sorry! I’ll get to it. By the way, how’s your wife?
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Sent it yesterday. Just something you and your son might be interested in. Diana is doing great, thank you for prayers!
Kerry
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Oh good! You’re most welcome.
I’ll get back to you.
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LOL
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