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Originally Posted by Jacks
It's kind of old news now that she has stepped down but you have to wonder if these access to information requests didn't put the final nail in her coffin. This article presents a narrative of Redford not giving a crap about travel costs and going with what was most convenient to her and her staff.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03...ong-documents/
Can't believe they were going to have a plane sit in Ottawa the whole time waiting to fly her back. |
In reading the latest set of documents, it's apparently that either Redford herself, or someone in the Premier's office, was either absolutely delusional or power mad. Requesting private transportation on the ground in SA? Asking Ottawa if her secretary could take a seat on the plane if another Premier declined? Why was Alison Redford the only premier who felt compelled to bring someone along with her? Is she so helpless that she can't dial her own Blackberry or find the bus by herself?
It seems to come down to 2 or 3 possible explanations. She saw herself as some sort of queen, who demanded to be waited on hand and foot, and legitimately saw herself as equal in status to the Prime Minister, and certainly far more important that other lowly Premiers. Alternatively, her staff, and specifically this executive assistant, thought of her as a queen, waited on her hand and foot, and dedicated their entire existence to stroking her already massive ego. Or thirdly, there's something "personal" between her and the assistant.
I still really believe that she doesn't see anything wrong with her conduct, and she shouldn't have been forced to step down. There's absolutely zero remorse, and basically, she only repaid the expenses because the party would have been destroyed otherwise. I have a sneaking suspicion that she'll be made whole for that through some sort of consulting contract or board appointment someday soon.
In the end, thank God the PC's finally fixed their internal election processes. I'd question whether either her or Stelmach would have been elected leader except under their idiotic second choice system.