GoFOIYourselfVille
So.
Why exactly won't the fine folks running up the flag for the 'Yes' side tell Bob Mackin anything about how much who is getting paid to flack what:
...On Feb. 20, I asked TransLink’s media office the following:
“What is the status of the Kirk and Co. (Public Affairs and Engagement) and Counterpoint Communications (Business and Stakeholder Outreach) contracts with TransLink? Both were extended via Notice of Intent. Did any other suppliers contest or overturn the arrangements? What are the dollar values of the Kirk and Counterpoint contracts?
“Also, what is the latest on the Professional Planning Research and Policy Services tender? Which companies have been pre-approved for the preferred suppliers’ list?”
I wrote about some of the applicants for the Professional Planning Research and Policy Services preferred suppliers’ list on Jan. 9, including Kirk, Counterpoint,Stratcom, West Star Communications (Bill Tieleman) and Interfleet Technology, a division of scandal-plagued TransLink partner SNC-Lavalin.
On Feb. 23, Cheryl Ziola of the TransLink media office replied:
“Please FOI any of the information you requested related to procurement/approved suppliers and contracts.”...
{snippety doo-dah}
...Kirk is the BC Liberal-allied PR firm that Mike McDonald, the BC Liberals’ 2013 campaign manager, helped score a TransLink contract that was extended without a bidding process...
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Gosh.
Don't know 'bout you, but I, for one, sure am glad to see that the good Mr. McDonald, via Kirk and Co., would seem to be getting a piece of the Translink 'Yes' side action.
Because, you know, I'm sure it would be just too much if he and his were to get a piece of, say, the Site C flack-hackery contracts that are very likely being drawn up right this very minute.
Or some such thing.
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We've said it before and we'll (keep) say(ing) it again(and again)...The only real winners in this stupid plebiscite that means nothing thing will be the flack hackery....On both sides.
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Bruce Rozenhart of Counterpoint Communications Inc. donated $625 to the BC NDP in 2011 as opposed to $790 to the BC Liberals in September of 2012 and also $200 October of 2012 to prove that they are NOT biased towards either party.
However this must be a coincidence (or an indication of their speed on delivery of a product). Translink is NOT listed as a client, there's a valid reason:
Our Clients PAGE
We Have Great Clients... ..but we're just putting the finishing touches on this section of the website. Stay tuned" Our Clients PAGE We Have Great Clients... ..but we're just putting the finishing touches on this section of the website. Stay tuned"
Are Bc liberals buttering both sides of their toast .transit Money and now road money.?
Just for fun, let me take the opportunity to defend the referendum on raising the sales tax for transportation. The fundamental problem with Translink (aside from ineptitude, expensive transit cops, weirdly expensive fare turnstiles, no service late at night, expensive management, etc) is that it is unaccountable. It levies and spends tax money, but we can't throw the bums out. The mayors don't want to use their 'tax room' and demand the province use theirs. But Translink has no legitimacy because it isn't democratically elected. Therefore, holding a referendum at least has the significant advantage of letting people pass judgement. In fact, unless Translink becomes a democratically elected body, it may be the only way for citizens to have a say.
Just for fun, let me take the opportunity to defend the referendum on raising the sales tax for transportation. The fundamental problem with Translink (aside from ineptitude, expensive transit cops, weirdly expensive fare turnstiles, no service late at night, expensive management, etc) is that it is unaccountable. It levies and spends tax money, but we can't throw the bums out. The mayors don't want to use their 'tax room' and demand the province use theirs. But Translink has no legitimacy because it isn't democratically elected. Therefore, holding a referendum at least has the significant advantage of letting people pass judgement. In fact, unless Translink becomes a democratically elected body, it may be the only way for citizens to have a say.
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