No one should be surprised that St. John’s mayor Doc O’Keefe is huffing and puffing over comments by former mayor Andy Wells to the effect that O’Keefe’s crowd had been doing things improperly if not illegally at city hall. “You’ve got a council that’s been profligate, wasteful, irresponsible and certainly
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Clowncil should try honesty, not more secrecy #nlpoli
The problem at St. John’s city council isn’t the recent budget.Council is a nest of ego and ambition. Not so very long ago, council members fought among themselves privately and publicly. Some of it wasn’t very pretty. Som…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: St. John’s Land Prices 1997 – 2015
An argy-bargy erupted on Twitter Wednesday involving a bunch of Danny Williams Fan Klubbers on the one side and a couple of people who have a few issues with the recent plan by some folks at St. John’s city council to buy land from Danny Williams tha…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Darkness on the Edge of Town #nlpoli
Here’s what St. John’s mayor Dennis O’Keefe told city council on Monday, according to the Telegram on Wednesday: O’Keefe proceeded to talk about the fact the city lost the opportunity to hold a Springsteen concert this summer because it and the promoter couldn’t come up with a suitable venue. This
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