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Tag Archives: rich coleman
“The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” ~ Andrew Tanenbaum
In going through my emails this evening – a never-ending job these days it seems – I came across one from a reader commenting on the Twitter exchange between Rich Coleman and myself on March 20th of this year. https://twitter.com/colemancountry … Continue reading
What’s it like working with Premier Christy Clark? “She’s a role model for the next generation…” ~ Rich Coleman, minister of everything.
Thankfully, I’ll never have to find out. However, Rich Coleman, minister of everything under the sun has, and actually likes working with Christy so much, he made this video on YouTube just to prove how much he likes working with her. … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, Corruption, crime, Enbridge, Federal politics, forestry, Independent power projects, Laila Yuile, P3 projects in BC, The China Connection, The Environment
Tagged adrian dix, bc liberals, bc ndp, boessenkool, brian topp, christy clark, corruption, deceit, election 2013, ethnicgate, Laila Yuile, rich coleman
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Friends helping friends: The story of how the BC Liberal – SNC Lavalin connection persists with Christy Clark.
Click on the photo below to see Gwyn Morgans person contributions to the BC Liberals and Christy Clark. Now…. let’s go back and read this story, detailing some of the conflicts behind the proposed Victoria LRT line, SNC and Clark. … Continue reading
Time for Minister Rich Coleman to step down – calls to Surrey Councillors absolute political interference in process.
There is more to come on Coleman and the Gateway story - it’s huge and is still developing on several angles, but Alex Browne of the Peace Arch News scooped a hint of it with this story just out: “BC Liberal MLA Gordon Hogg says … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, Corruption, crime, Laila Yuile
Tagged bc liberals, christy clark, gateway casinos, minister of gaming., rich coleman, south surrey casino
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Coming soon : An all new, 100+ reasons the BC Liberals must go. Now accepting reader submissions
As someone who has blogged about politics since the last election in this province, I’ve seen so many stories and examples of the current governments cronyism/unethical behavior/questionable policies/ corrupt activities that quite honestly, it still astounds me. Following the 2009 election, … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, BC Rail, Corruption, crime, Enbridge, Federal politics, forestry, Independent power projects, Laila Yuile, P3 projects in BC, The China Connection, The Environment
Tagged 100 reason the bc liberals must go, bc liberals, bc ndp, christy clark, election 2013, Laila Yuile, rich coleman
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“Democracy is the best revenge.” ~Benazir Bhutto
Very early Saturday morning, in a divided vote, Surrey city council turned off the lights to Gateway Casinos south Surrey gaming proposal. It was an epic evening with passionate presentations, and on twitter, excellent debate and commentaries. Although I was nearly propping eyelids open with toothpicks by the nearly … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, Corruption
Tagged bc liberals, dianne watts, rich coleman, south surrey casino, Surrey
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Who’s been naughtiest in B.C. Politics?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/laila-yule/santas-naughty-list-bc-liberals_b_2252877.html “The holiday season is here and children everywhere are writing to Santa, hoping that they haven’t made the naughty list. It turns out that it’s not only children who should be worried this year! I received a tip … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics
Tagged bc liberals, bill bennett, christmas, christy clark, colin hansen, Huffington Post BC, lailayuile, rich coleman
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Bait and switch toll reduction won’t help BC Liberals.
From my new post headlined over at HuffPost BC : “The Port Mann Bridge project has been steeped in controversy from its humble beginnings as an economically prudent plan to twin the existing bridge at a cost of $1.5 billion … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, Laila Yuile, P3 projects in BC
Tagged bc liberals, bc ndp, Laila Yuile, mary polak, port mann bridge, rich coleman, stephanie cadieux, Surrey, tolls
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“Money and corruption are ruining the land…”
“…crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits, treating us like sheep, and we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep.” ~ Ray Davies Here on this site, we have revealed many breaking news stories of secret … Continue reading
Rerun of April 11,2009: “The Kinsella Connection” – It’s no secret that Patrick Kinsella is one of Gordon Campbell’s closest friends…(or Christy Clarks)
*** technical issues nearly resolved- China is a formidable foe! Or, at least their hackers are…however, in homage to the recent Rich Coleman /Patrick Kinsella / liquor distribution branch debacle – and yes it is a repeat of everything we … Continue reading
Posted in BC Liberals, BC Politics, BC Rail, Laila Yuile
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