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Showing posts with label Frank Coleman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Coleman. Show all posts
30 December 2014

The Legacy #nlpoli

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There is a lengthy list of political stories in contention to be the top political story of 2014. Start the year with #darnknl, the failur...
08 October 2014

Questions and Answers #nlpoli

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Unelected cabinet minister Judy Manning was “surprised” that her personal relationship with Paul Davis’ political bagman came up in a recent...
17 June 2014

Premier Mulligan #nlpoli

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The news on Monday was not Frank Coleman’s announcement. The news was in the reaction of provincial Conservatives to word that Coleman wou...
04 June 2014

And then things went horribly wronger… #nlpoli

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John Crosbie, the elder statesmen of Conservatives in the province took a shot at Danny Williams for his continued interference in the inte...
02 June 2014

No sense of irony at all #nlpoli

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The smart guy they could have had – but frigged over twice -  told Canadian Press : “The understanding of the [provincial political] c...
29 May 2014

Grimes on Frank, Tom, and the Kami project #nlpoli

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Roger Grimes’ is through his heart surgery and nice vacation and that has left him with a new vigour. He called VOCM’s BackTalk on Tuesday...
28 May 2014

Coleman, Marshall, and the Broken Chain of Accountability #nlpoli

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The Telegram’s James McLeod started a story that appeared on 26 May with the following sentence: Premier-designate Frank Coleman says ...
27 May 2014

Contrasting Speeches #nlpoli

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Liberal leader Dwight Ball and Conservative leader-designate Frank Coleman delivered speeches in St. John’s last week and you couldn’t have ...
26 May 2014

McGrath comments “preposterous”: surety association #nlpoli

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From the industry association representing companies that provide sureties and other bonds, released May 26, 2014: News Release For...

The Friday Night Massacre #nlpoli

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Frank Coleman recorded CBC’s On Point with Peter Cowan on Thursday or Friday afternoon. During the show, Coleman acknowledged that he ha...
23 May 2014

Tom Marshall’s puppet government #nlpoli

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Whatever is going on in the Premier’s Office these days, it isn’t an orderly and organized transition from one premier to another. That’s ...
13 May 2014

Promises, promises… 2003 contracts and tendering edition #nlpoli

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In light of the controversy about Humber Valley Paving, here are some of the Conservative promises made in 2003 about contracts and public t...
07 May 2014

Power and Influence #nlpoli

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If nothing else, the controversy over the sweet heart deal the provincial Conservatives cut with Frank Coleman’s son at Humber Valley Paving...
06 May 2014

HVP controversy deepens #nlpoli

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[In a hole with a jack-hammer update  at bottom] The controversy around Humber Valley Paving got worse for the provincial Conservatives on...
29 April 2014

Decisive Leadership in Action #nlpoli

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How hard can it be for someone to figure out when they want to start a job? Seriously. A job you want, mind you, not one you have been f...
25 April 2014

Prepared Statements and Unprepared Politicians #nlpoli

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CBC Radio’s St. John’s Morning Show is so off-put by politicians who issue prepared statements that they’ve found a former journalist turned...
23 April 2014

Strategically Unwise and other political own-goals #nlpoli

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Depending on which interview you listened to on Tuesday,  Tom Marshall would be hanging around as Premier until the end of the summer. At ...
22 April 2014

Four days late and a few dollars short #nlpoli

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Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman did speak to the Telegram on Monday evening about the controversy that has been raging all weekend over hi...

Crazy Train Wreck #nlpoli

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Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman was off in Toronto on Monday – reputedly undergoing intensive media training -  and so he wasn’t willing to...
19 April 2014

Legitimacy and Credibility #nlpoli

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In the crude, modern way of putting things, shit got real for Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman on Friday. The Telegram’s James McLeod tw...