In light of The Citizen's obvious need to tighten the belt financially - what with the move from their long-term building location - I do hope (but don't really imagine) that Christy Clark continued her recent spending binge and paid you folks something for the huge front page ad, I mean picture, of her smiling it up with the Cariboo Cougars player (the bored expression of the other player in the middle of the photo struck me as the only honest part of this snap!).
Of course, I know that this coverage passes for news or human interest or some such, and therefore no money would have changed hands. But I use the occasion to note the shameless spending spree Clark has been on this past couple of months.
She has been using our money to bribe us into yet another four years of Liberal government.
I am reminded - though she is actually a far less interesting individual - of Newfoundland's Joey Smallwood, who would roll out the cheques and spending announcements pre-election without fail. I hope that B.C. voters see through this costly ploy and return Clark to her more fitting job as a second-rate talk show host on May 9. Meanwhile I would suggest a little more discretion on the part of The Citizen in the lead up to the election, than to play - for free - into her newly found chumminess with those eligible to vote.
Norman Dale
Prince George
