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Showing posts with label pork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pork. Show all posts
06 January 2020

Patronage and pork #nlpoli

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Think of it as classic political news in Newfoundland and Labrador. VOCM headline : “Premier commits to fixing patronage issues in gov...
20 December 2011

Penashue - the third smack #nlpoli

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Turns out that his campaign spending was the third smack troubled Tory cabinet Minister Peter Penashue took. First, there was the story ...
11 December 2011

Porking it up, old style #nlpoli

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Turns out that a seat on the offshore regulatory board is not Reg Bowers first Conservative pork appointment. In 2009 , the provincial Co...
25 October 2011

And then right on cue… #nlpoli

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Someone starts talking about dumping military infrastructure that serves no military purposes any longer. Then your humble e-scribbler rem...
29 September 2011

Keith Russell: Panic! #nlpoli #nlvotes

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Tory candidate Keith Russell must be in a desperate battle to win his seat. He’s trotted out the old patronage card in a bid to boost his ...
07 February 2011

A rose by any other name would still stink to high heavens

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Pity Clayton Forsey. He’s the Conservative member of the provincial legislature from the district of Exploits. Like many of his colleagues...
10 May 2010

It’s always about the money

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Former cabinet minister Trevor Taylor, whose surprise resignation last fall triggered a wave of set-backs and problems for the ruling Conser...