tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post2042843561421406895..comments2023-10-04T06:59:20.803-06:00Comments on The Enlightened Savage: Shuffle Up & Deal - AnalysisEnlightened Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-39039367288206002862007-01-07T23:59:00.000-07:002007-01-07T23:59:00.000-07:00I don't disagree that the MSM coverage on this iss...I don't disagree that the MSM coverage on this issue has been substandard... personally, I think the person in question should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and fired, along with anyone else who was party to his actions. People make mistakes, but whether he charged a pizza or a Vegas vacation to that card, it was *our* money, he was using it without permission (which is, as I recall, THEFT), and is not only a violation of the law but a gross violation of the public trust. I suspect this government employee is held to the same standards of conduct that <b>I</b> am as a government employee, and these actions would be a blatant violation of nearly every piece of paper I signed before being sworn in as a member of the public service.<br /><br />Ken Chapman and daveberta have covered this in much more detail than I can or will. Head on over to Ken and Dave's pages for the full details on this issue.Enlightened Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-50716331090507031462007-01-07T22:37:00.000-07:002007-01-07T22:37:00.000-07:00Look at the hypocrisy! This Alberta scandal compar...Look at the hypocrisy! <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/01/04/creditcards-angus.html">This Alberta scandal</a> compared to the 2003 Ottawa scadal when Sheila Copps assistant Charles Boyer spent $31,000 on lunches... Mark Norris' Executive Assistant spends $29,000 of taxpayers dollars in Vegas and the Alberta Tories get the soft treatment by the media! look at the reaction of the media in 2003:<br /><br />Sept 18, 2003 - CTV <A HREF="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1063820839343_4///?hub=TopStories" REL="nofollow">Copps accused of letting aide rack up huge tab</A><br /><br />Sept 18, 2003 - CBC <A HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2003/09/17/copps_aide030917.html" REL="nofollow">Former Copps aide big spender at posh restaurants</A><br /><br />Sept 29, 2003 -<A HREF="http://www.citizenscentre.com/jbu03-09-29.html" REL="nofollow">Link Byfield on Boyer</A>. Where is the Cizitzens Centre for "Freedom and Democracy" on the Vegas $29,000?<br /><br />From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation: <A HREF="http://www.taxpayer.com/main/news.php?news_id=287" REL="nofollow">6th Annual Teddies Waste Awards</A><br /><br />"<I>Worst Adaptation of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s: ”This is the story of Charles Boyer, a young public servant in Ottawa, who is kept by a prominent, older woman. Mr. Boyer dinged taxpayers for almost $30,000 over a two-year period while his boss, Heritage Minister Sheila Copps was seeking the Liberal leadership. One memorable scene has Mr. Boyer rushing from restaurant to restaurant on June 12, 2002, charging taxpayers for two separate dinners. (The first for $102 at an Ottawa-area Japanese restaurant and a second $397 meal in Little Italy.)</I>"<br /><br />It's a sham that the media treats the wasting of taxpayers dollars in Ottawa as a massive scandal, yet barely pays any attention to the same waste and irresponsibility in Alberta as not news. <br /><br />Albertans deserve better from their media and their government.<br /><br />We got rid of the corrupt Liberals in Ottawa, now it's time to do the same to the Tories in Alberta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com