Richard Hughes-Political Blogger What a shame! Residents were duped into process with various government agencies, a mugs game at best. Polite, respectful and ineffective. Money talks. The so called appeal…
Richard Hughes-Just another Political Blogger MSM legislative Global TV guy Keith Baldrey is a master on Twitter. He is not without a developed sense of distortion, as is clear in…
Don Maroc We just moved several meters closer to the edge of a cosmic abyss and no one is calling for a time out. Last year the BRIC countries (Brazil,…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Tyee’s Associate Editor Shannon Rupp wrote this thorough analysis regarding the state of the media, published in August 2014. It seems timely to post it once…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Week in week out Black Press columnist Tom Fletcher was able to put lipstick on the BC Liberal pig. He usually spun such utter flapdoodle for the…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Longtime CVRD Director Loren Duncan put his concerns about CVRD senior staff salaries on record in June 2013. As a semi recovering politician I have an appreciation…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There has been a great deal of discussion regarding the pay levels of CVRD Senior Staff and Department heads over the last couple of years. These key…
At a time when voters stay away from the polls in droves it seems new voices of relevance register with those who the politicians generally avoid. Clearly the key for…
Don Maroc Getting toward the end of a three-hour meeting of the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board last Wednesday (11 Mar. 2015), Corporate Secretary Joe Barry tiptoed through the bylaws…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Perhaps there is a silver lining behind the storm clouds of oppression being waged by our Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canadians from four former Prime Ministers, to…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It’s a rainy West Coast Saturday morning, mild and quite beautiful but the direction that PM Harper is taking is chilling, surreal, shocking. Clearly our Prime Minister…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger A bizarre development in the Federal NDP camp has MP Alexandre Boulerice at odds with the leader Thomas Mulcair’s stated party position on the rights of…
Rafe has seen the light! Nice to see that Rafe Mair has come to his senses and is now backing the corporate toadies, aka the Harper Cabinet and the light…
You will not want to miss this year’s Shawnigan Gathering – a free, family-oriented event that celebrates the Shawnigan community. Friday night will feature a showcase of local talent at…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The Liberals have nominated Maria Manna to carry the Liberal banner in Cowichan Malahat Langford riding in this October’s Federal Election. This is going to be…
“Once more let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt — it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger United Airlines PR department must, or at least should be in high gear after this young mother complained in ‘Twitter’ that she was shamed by an…
