Monthly Archives: October 2010

Shadow tolls on Sea to ‘Sly’ highway, the William R. Bennett Bridge,and the BC Rail connection.

snowball effect (n.) 1.(figurative)the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)   **** Story updated at the bottom: 5 am, November 1st- UK … Continue reading

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“Bad news Friday” becomes bad news Monday for Campbell and Liberals on November 1st.

“One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground” ~ Baltasar Gracian A follow-up to the Sea to Sly highway shadow toll story will be posted for Monday morning, … Continue reading

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Now how about that premiers speech…

Or not ! I watched, I laughed, I noticed how much he was swallowing and at one point I’m pretty sure I saw some spit on his lip he seemed so… anxious? Sure, that’s a good word. Anxiously hoping the … Continue reading

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You did it! Congratulations to Laila Yuile readers across BC and Ontario for taking this post viral!

Imagine my surprise this morning, when I woke up and saw the final stats for yesterday post on the hidden, shadow tolls on the Sea to Sky highway: 89,472 !!    89,472 unique visitors read that one post, in a 24 … Continue reading

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Breaking news: BC liberals inked ‘hidden toll’ into Sea to Sky highway deal – and we all pay for the next 25 years.

 *** STORY UPDATED  –  STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST**** For years, I have often wondered why, in such  ’tough economic times’, the very expensive  Sea to Sky highway was not tolled. I’ve called for … Continue reading

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” Prosecution of the puppets, not the puppet-masters…” ~ an open letter to the people of BC.

A wonderfully outraged reader of mine forwarded me a couple of emails this morning, interesting in detail. After sending a  polite and well worded letter of outrage ( that also contained a link to a  recent Times Colonist editorial ) to  a well … Continue reading

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” 100 reasons Gordon Campbell must go” becomes new feature page

For your reading pleasure, may I introduce you to a new page I have created here on my blog, which will be permanently located on the tab lineup above!  It is a comprehensive and substantial list of the worst of Campbell’s actions and achievements during the … Continue reading

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” Friends take care of Friends.” ~ Norman Farrell

Norman always has something thought provoking on his site, and often sees and finds something others may not. Case in point, the connections between Deputy Finance Minister Graham Whitmarsh and should have been soon to testify in the now defunct Basi-Virk trial…Gary … Continue reading

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Corruption is complete authority plus total monopoly, minus transparency.

corrupt [kuh-ruhpt] –adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 4. infected; tainted. … Continue reading

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Watch for post on corruption and the BC government, later today.

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