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27 January 2012
The old cabinet documents ploy #nlpoli #cdnpoli
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale and her ministers refuse to hand over documents on more than $5.0 billion in public works spending by the Conservat...
01 September 2011
Our plastic history revisited
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One of the earliest posts among these e-scribbles dealt with a proposal – in 2005 – to rework the Colonial Building. The plan was to fix...
15 July 2011
Aquaculture centre opened three years behind schedule, more than 100% over budget
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale opened an aquaculture centre in the south coast community of St. Alban’s on Thursday three years after it was supp...
30 June 2011
A tisket, a tasket
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You gotta love subtle minds, especially subtle political ones able to see nuances of meaning or the possibility you could rub your tummy and...
23 March 2011
Lies, damn lies and throne speeches
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One of the glorious piles of foolishness you will see again in Monday’s provincial throne speech is the idea that no provincial or federal ...
06 August 2010
Jerome! if you want to
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So the Premiers are getting together and one of the Premiers can’t go. Let’s say he has a bad back. The meeting is about the economy. W...
29 March 2010
Burdening our children with increased debt: fish centre costs escalate wildly
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An aquaculture centre that was supposed to have opened in 2009 for a cost of $4.2 million will now cost $8.8 million and construction isn’...
09 October 2009
Blooms and roses
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News reports about a climb in the number of jobs across the country buried a key aspect of the story, as in this example from the Globe . ...
14 September 2009
Much less for way more in St. Anthony
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Costs for a new sports and conference centre for St. Anthony have already jumped 70% over the original budget and no one has even broken gro...
30 August 2009
Carry over
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One of the great budgetary practices of the current administration is something called carry over. Projects are budgeted and announced in ...
23 June 2009
No fed funding approved for roadwork, despite 2007 announcement
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Avalon member of parliament Scott Andrews said today that a federal contribution for roadwork in Conception Bay South has not been approved ...
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