I mean you know - with regards to - be honest witchu Minister of Business - Kevin O'Brien - could not tell Randy Simms on Open Line this morning what his constituency allowance was.
This is the Minister of Business!
Kevin O'Brien then added that his spouse and Executive Assistant manage his allowance for him.
This is the Minister of Business!
Kevin O'Brien now says the decision to grant themselves $2875 was not a good one. Hindsight!
This is the Minister of Business!
Kevin O'Brien says he needs a clear set of rules and directions in order to spend his $30,000 allowance properly.
This is the Minister of Business!
and now this MHA sits on the IEC.
Tell me what advice and leadership can he provide business?
Showing posts with label Roger Fitzgerald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Fitzgerald. Show all posts
Friday, February 02, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
They can keep the money - but should lose their jobs...
The IEC members at May 2004 - when the checks for $2875 were cut were:
Harvey Hodder (Chair)
Roger Fitzgerald
Ed Byrne
Loyola Sullivan
Elizabeth Marshall
Kelvin Parsons
Percy Barrett
They gave themselves a bonus which did not require receipts.
Just a few months later these members were in the House of Assembly debating the whole issue of the Auditor General being permitted to review their books.
The debate was interesting - especially as it relates to the desire of some members to audit on a go-forward basis. Yes I imagine there was an interest is auditing on a go-forward basis - then we would not have been "exposed" to all that mess from 2000 forward right?
Anyway on the issue of the day - the bonus pay - well Loyola Sullivan managed to duck under the radar again - escaping to Federal cash instead. You see Loyola was on the IEC throughout the period in question and apparently nothing caught his attention - and then Mr. belt tightener and scrooge to the public sector employees did not protest at all at the bonus in 2004. He was the Finance Minister? He was a great Finance Minister?
Then there's Beth Marshall - who along with Danny did not take the payment. Maybe not however Beth was sitting at the IEC table when the decision was taken. I did not see a note in the AG report that says Marshall voted against the bonus. I did not here her tell the public - as a matter of accountability - that this was a payment that should not have been made.
For the two of them - there was no attempt by our sitting Minister of Finance or our previous AG and Chartered Accountant - that the way the account was presented was so vague the public would not be able to figure out what it was for. Where was the protest?
Loyola Sullivan has skated through this - and apparently without a blemish - yet if he was that competent or concerned about taxpayer dollars (he said we were almost bankrupt)then why did he not demand the books be audited by the AG from 2000-2004 - why Loyola?
Harvey Hodder is presenting himself as the facilitator of change - wanting to get right at the accountability of the HOA - yet he was the Chair when the bonus was handed out. He was the Chair when the HOA overspent it's budget.
Ed Byrne - yeah okay - same old same old...
Then there is Kelvin Parsons and Percy Barrett - two members who would like to achieve government again - great way to demonstrate it - no problem taking the bonus there - in fact the culture of "I'm entitled to my entitlements" lead by the Tobin era of accountability carries right on in their political genetics.
Let them keep their money - all of them - but don't let them keep their jobs. I hear there's an employee review coming in October - I guess we can give them a performance review at that time...
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
Harvey Hodder (Chair)
Roger Fitzgerald
Ed Byrne
Loyola Sullivan
Elizabeth Marshall
Kelvin Parsons
Percy Barrett
They gave themselves a bonus which did not require receipts.
Just a few months later these members were in the House of Assembly debating the whole issue of the Auditor General being permitted to review their books.
The debate was interesting - especially as it relates to the desire of some members to audit on a go-forward basis. Yes I imagine there was an interest is auditing on a go-forward basis - then we would not have been "exposed" to all that mess from 2000 forward right?
Anyway on the issue of the day - the bonus pay - well Loyola Sullivan managed to duck under the radar again - escaping to Federal cash instead. You see Loyola was on the IEC throughout the period in question and apparently nothing caught his attention - and then Mr. belt tightener and scrooge to the public sector employees did not protest at all at the bonus in 2004. He was the Finance Minister? He was a great Finance Minister?
Then there's Beth Marshall - who along with Danny did not take the payment. Maybe not however Beth was sitting at the IEC table when the decision was taken. I did not see a note in the AG report that says Marshall voted against the bonus. I did not here her tell the public - as a matter of accountability - that this was a payment that should not have been made.
For the two of them - there was no attempt by our sitting Minister of Finance or our previous AG and Chartered Accountant - that the way the account was presented was so vague the public would not be able to figure out what it was for. Where was the protest?
Loyola Sullivan has skated through this - and apparently without a blemish - yet if he was that competent or concerned about taxpayer dollars (he said we were almost bankrupt)then why did he not demand the books be audited by the AG from 2000-2004 - why Loyola?
Harvey Hodder is presenting himself as the facilitator of change - wanting to get right at the accountability of the HOA - yet he was the Chair when the bonus was handed out. He was the Chair when the HOA overspent it's budget.
Ed Byrne - yeah okay - same old same old...
Then there is Kelvin Parsons and Percy Barrett - two members who would like to achieve government again - great way to demonstrate it - no problem taking the bonus there - in fact the culture of "I'm entitled to my entitlements" lead by the Tobin era of accountability carries right on in their political genetics.
Let them keep their money - all of them - but don't let them keep their jobs. I hear there's an employee review coming in October - I guess we can give them a performance review at that time...
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
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