- Bureaucrats objected to the “Canada’s Action Plan” advertising as being partisan :: The Privy Council Office, the non-partisan bureaucratic arm of the Prime Minister’s Office, has never been comfortable administering the website for the Economic Action Plan — and informed Harper of its misgivings at the time of last January’s federal budget.
- Don Martin does make a good argument for better communication from the government :: After all, there’s a tangible political payoff for effective communications. Positive stories are fleshed out with government input and, if the PMO provides convincing evidence, negative issues can be killed or hard edges blunted. The sidebar bonus is that the need to fill in the gaps with ‘sources’ will be reduced or eliminated.
- The descendent of L.L. Bean, now a lobster baron
- Michael Silver has a really good article on why guys coordinators like Mike Nolan don’t deserve a chance to be head coaches right away.
- The Pontiac Silverdome could be yours :: Over the years, the building has also been home to a Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament, the Michael Jackson Victory tour, a visit from the Pope, and Wrestlemania III, in which Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant set a world record for the largest attendance at an indoor sporting event.
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