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Originally Posted by redforever

Too much to quote in this article by Corbella but it puts the situation with Nixon in a totally different situation than what you implied.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...berta-election

One of the cornerstones of any true democracy is the presumption of innocence. Clearly the Alberta NDP — so desperate to win the April 16 election — has forgotten that.

On Sunday, the NDP issued several official news releases dredging up an incident that took place 10 years ago involving Jason Nixon, the United Conservative Party MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, who is running for re-election of his seat.

NDP officials had to re-write online statements several times Sunday against Nixon, because they couldn’t bother to get facts straight regarding this incident — initially saying he was “convicted” of assault, which is false. He has never been convicted of any crimes.

The deer was dragged into Nixon’s truck and he then drove directly to the authorities to report what had happened. He wanted Matt to learn a lesson in accountability, even when what is done is an honest mistake.

Nixon, however, was charged with transporting an animal illegally hunted. However, the wildlife officer admitted that it would have been much worse had they abandoned the animal — which is a much more serious and costly violation of hunting laws. A kind of damned-if-he-did and damned-if-he-didn’t scenario.

Eventually all charges against Nixon and several others in that case were dropped on April 27, 2011, after new evidence came to light. Two former addicts in the Mountain Aire recovery program — seeking a $25,000 reward from an organization looking for information about the shooting of wild horses for many years prior to Nixon moving there — made up a story claiming that a dead horse found on a road near the lodge was shot by Nixon.

Not only were Nixon and the others exonerated in Calgary provincial court, but it exposed incompetence of the RCMP members involved and their belief in an outrageous story dreamed up by longtime crack and crystal meth addicts, who made no secret of the fact that they were seeking a monetary reward.

Also last week, some trolls on Twitter brought up 1999 allegations against NDP Finance Minister Joe Ceci, that he fondled a 13-year-old girl way back in 1979. That’s 40 years in the past. Twenty years ago, when the woman decided to sue the then-Calgary alderman, the lawsuit was later dropped.

Is there no end to how far back people will go to expose dirt on politicians?