Greed: Council Votes Itself More Money. Again
NB. This is a repost from Dec. 16, 2021 At its Dec. 13 budget meeting our perpetually greedy, self-serving council voted 5-3 to increase their own individual expense accounts from…
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More Greed: Council Votes Itself More Money Again
At its most recent budget meeting, Dec. 13, our perpetually greedy council voted 5-3 to increase their own individual expense accounts from $4,000 a year to a staggering $5,500. That’s…
$17,297.48 For One SVJI Meeting!
John Megarry filed a Freedom of Information Act requesting the town provide the costs of having the two lawyers from the town’s inquiry legal team speak online to council for…
Saunderson Follows Stalin’s Lead
In the 1930s, the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin removed his political rivals and enemies from history. Literally: he had their images brushed out of photographs, their names removed from books.…
The Only Thing Middle Class About Andrew Scheer Are His Flowbee Haircuts And Ill-Fitting Suits.
If the 2019 Election is going to be based on pocketbook issues, and affordability – lets look into the pocket book of Andrew Scheer, and how we cannot afford him…
Those pesky costs The Block forgot to mention
Who sends out your water bills? Collus-PowerStream. It’s all part of the shared services agreement. Yes, that simple little agreement that for 15 productive, cooperative years linked our water and…
SenAntor OlsAnt Promises To Pay Back Wrongly Claimed Expenses
Inspired by this headline: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/02/carolyn-stewart-olsen-ndp-audit_n_4032804.html
Pamela Wallin’s attempt at contortion
She may not be the expert yet but she is trying hard. “Although I fundamentally disagree with the methodology used in arriving at that figure, particularly since the amount was…
SenAntor’s questionable expenses total $140K, audit reveals
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/09/pol-whats-expected-to-be-in-wallin-audit.html
On the Limits of Scandalmongering, or Why I Don’t Care About Rob Ford’s Alleged Crack Use
For all my political ideals and self-conceptualizations, I cannot for the life of me seem to get myself more than superficially interested in the scandals that plague the holders of…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…
The Real Cost of Education
B.C. students warned to stick to budgets Today in the CBC media, there’s an article admonishing students to stick to their tight budgets…this of course presupposes that students even have…