The watch is not an expensive one. In the world of B. The report released Monday outlined jaw-dropping examples of outrageous spending on designer clothing, jewelry, cameras, baseball tickets, limos, booze, thousand-dollar suitcases and more. The watch now stands as a gaudy symbol of the spending scandal. James and Lenz have not been charged and both men say they are innocent. They have hired legal counsel and say they will fight to clear their names. In the meanwhile, the legislature is preparing for a forensic audit that could uncover even more questionable spending and payouts.
And Mullen said the police continue investigating with the assistance of two independent special prosecutors. As the police probe continues, there are more immediate political impacts from the Plecas report.
The report lists a long series of trips and private lunch meetings between James and several senior Liberals, including former premier Christy Clark, former cabinet minister Geoff Plant, former speaker Bill Barisoff and former Liberal Party executive Paul Barbeau, now the party president. These Liberal luncheon dates — expensed to B.
Liberals meeting regularly with Craig James? There's no such thing as bad publicity. She'll be working back there as soon as she loses. Corporate types just promote each other with faux-conflict, pretending there's a fourth estate protecting us blah blah blah. It's all theater hence Berlusconi. This is the first time in ages since the corporate media criticized their buddies.
She is getting advice from Harper. She wants to follow Campbell and be an ambassador once she leaves and has to please Harper. AJ re:"The media has done nothing wrong" Well I tend to agree more with Martin Dunphy's characterization of the mentioned reporters as 'playing softball' instead of hardball which a real democracy requires re: Gordon Campbell. The Van.
I think there's something wrong in that cosiness. In fact the term 'softball' might fairly be considered a euphemism in the context here. And when somebody of Gordon Campbell's ilk tries to tax out of existence a hard-hitting publication such as the G. Straight I have little respect for the mainstream media who, by and large, supported him. Mind you, the pablum fed to the masses from Bill Boring can be contrived as anti photo-op, stretches ones imagination.
Just after being elected, Gordo sat down with media owners who payed for the privilege of private face time with new Premier up in a Whistler fundraiser, if I remember correctly. Can't rem but a 25k private meet up rings a bell. But Mr. It was a personal 'guilty pleasure' listening to Bill "in all my centuries as a broadcaster" Good Jr. Close Local your local region National. Search Submit search Quick Search.
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