It's all In The Camera....

Dancin'InTheDark
VancouverVille

Peter Ladner on with The Watercarrier Fri morning....

The secrets behind the 100 million dollar Millenium bailout are a secret.

Why?

Because they were made 'in camera' (ie. behind closed doors)

And why why were they made behind closed doors?

Because they are a secret.

Oh.

And one other thing.

Secrecy protects the public.

And one other, other thing, at least according to Mr. Ladner.....Gregor Robertson raised money for his leadership campaign; therefore he is evil....or some such thing....

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Oh, and just to clarify..... Mr. Good -a secret deal for an eight figure bailout of a bankrupt developer who was given a sweetheart deal by the adminstration of which the person you are allegedly 'grilling' is an integral member is NOT the same thing as the City negotiating to buy 3 acres of land in Kerrisdale. OK?
Oh, and one other, other, other thing Mr. Good and Mr. Baldrey.....The 100 million dollars that we are on the hook for actually matters to Vancouverites....the $173 TransLink fine does not....So stop the false equivalency crap, OK?....This is a mess....That is why we are mad....Ask the absent CFO... What, exactly are we on the hook for?
Oh, and one last other, other, other thing....re: the massive $400 million dollar Convention Center overrun....Who oversaw that bit of content consulting (and was actually, gasp!, fired for it)?....and who, pre-content consulting, hired the present City Manager who 'allegedly' has had some problems with the currently absent City CFO? We have questions, real questions for all of these very fine folks about how this deal was set up, which is where the consulting should occur OUT IN THE OPEN BEFORE they go behind closed doors to make the deal...so why the heckfire don't you ask them! The questions, I mean. I mean, is it any wonder that Gary Mason is the ONLY MSM guy that gets any scoops in this town (and in saying that I'm putting Mr. Holman in a different town)?


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