From: "Alan Cairns" 

Dosanj only became premier last week. It's a year ago tonight since we were
treated to the spectacle of Clark's house being raided by the RCMP in a
gambling scandal. Prior to Clark we had Harcourt, who resigned over the
diversion of funds from a charity bingo to the party, though I know him and
I'm sure he's personally innocent of all wrong doing.

Before that we had Rita Johnson for a few months, after the Vanderzalm
government fell in multiple scandals. Bill Vanderzalm was premier for quite
a time, but I found him an embarrassment. He was given to off the cuff
remarks which got him into trouble, and he sold videos of himself giving
gardening lessons and playing Sinterklaas. I think it must be something in
the air.

--
Alan
alancairns{at}dccnet.com

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
news:38bedd0b.11419611{at}news.barkto.com...
> Randall, I wish I could help but I'm in Ontario and, in BC, you can't
g>.  Four in six years sounds about
> right (but I can only remember two:  Clark and Dossanj).
>
> I don't know if one of the Premiers was caught on a plane spilling the
> beans but we did have a Federal Minister of Justice talking about the
> trial and enquiry into the pepper-spraying of protestors at the APEC
> summit a year or so ago (The Prime Minister, when asked about
> pepper-spraying protestors dismissed it with "Pepper?  I put it on my
> food" and mimed sprinkling pepper.)  Anyway, the hapless Minister of
> Justice was burbbling on that the lead RCMP (can't remember his name
> right now) would be found responsible and that would be it.
> Unfortunately, for the Minister, the guy in the seat behind took notes
> and wrote them up in a newspaper article.  And the guy across the
> aisle was a member of Parliament (for one of the opposition parties)
> taking his own notes.
>
> We're now holding a Royal Commission to exonerate the higher level
> participants and blame the peons at lower levels (actually, that's not
> why we're holding it but that's what will happen in the end) and
> they've talked about subpoenaing the Prime Minister to testify.  Won't
> happen.
>
> Anyway, a final thought:  one of the BC Premiers was named Bennett and
> had the initials W.A.C. -- giving him the nickname "Wacky" Bennett.
> It fit.
>
> (When you hit Ontario politics I can give you more info and Dave Ings
> can fill in any blanks that I leave.)
>
rgparker{at}west.net>
> wrote:
>
> >John,
> >
> >I've been reading articles about the party in power in B.C. You've had,
> >what, 4 provincial premiers (right title?) in 6 years? Is that right?
> >Any chance that the public will decide that that party ought to go by
> >the waysides in the next election? The power struggle to replace the
> >last tossed out idiot is itself pathetic.
> >
> >Didn't one of the guys get recorded in an airplane flight describing
> >fixing a business deal for a political supporter? I forget the details.
> >Sounds similar to what Clinton has done to the Democratic Party.
> >
>

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