Imagine, if you can, what it must be like to be Sandy Collins. Sandy is a very young man who is - right now - living the first line of his epitaph.
Imagine, if you can do two at one, what it must be like to be Veronica Hayden. Veronica is Paul Davis’ principal assistant.
Both took to Twitter last weekend to harass Liberal leader Dwight Ball over the fact that he seemed to be saying contradictory things.
They must have been feeling very proud, strong, and determined.
And then it was Monday.
Poor Sandy Collins.
The Minister (of the Moment) of Public Engagement and a gaggle of senior public servants went to meet the access to information review committee on Tuesday. Supposed to be half a day chatting about this whole letting people have access to government information thing . Turned into a marathon grilling.
Not pretty.
Fact: Sandy Collins is the member of the House of Assembly for Terra Nova.
Fact: Collins is a provincial Conservative.
Fact: Sandy Collins supports Muskrat Falls.
Fact: Collins was executive assistant to Paul Oram, a cabinet minister who had some problems with facts relating to the province’s recent history