Appeared in the North Shore News – August 3, 2012 QUESTION: What is the difference between the B.C. legislature and Ponzi schemes? Answer: Ponzi fraudsters keep accurate books. So while the records of Ponzi crooks helpfully make police investigations simpler, our legislators collectively haven’t left a clearer paper trail than a kid’s lemonade stand. Aw,…
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West Vancouver’s eccentrics and angels
Appeared in the North Shore News – April 27, 2012 Serious things are occurring all around us. Forget them. Today this space celebrates wonderful, sometimes slightly eccentric, West Vancouverites. Speaking of forgetfulness, remember the Sedin twins? Professional athletes, playing for what’s-its-name? They are cream-puff sissies compared to a world-beating West Van athlete whose name is…