(1) Sask Party Has Secret 'Club' - For $1000 Gives Access To Premier And Cabinet (2) Wall's Pal Caught With Hands In The Till

(1) Who are you going to believe - Brad Wall or a well respected Saskatchewan Priest?

"Last week, the Saskatchewan Party cancelled (Glen) Kobussen's "Enterprise Club" membership after it was learned St. Peter’s College, which is located in Muenster, had paid it for it. The co-chair of St. Peter's board of governors, Father Demetrius Wasylyniuk, said the college paid because it wanted the CEO to increase his "exposure" to the political process. At the time, St. Peter's was trying to merge with the Saskatchewan government's Carlton Trail."www.cbc.ca

(2) Glen Kobussen was hired by the Brad Wall government to act as CEO for two small rural colleges even though he was found guilty of five counts of fraud in 1995 for siphoning money from the Saskatchewan professional firefighters burn fund charity. He later received a pardon. That was good enough for Brad Wall and off to work he went.

Problem was, because the two colleges are slated for a merger, the Wall administration contracted with an accounting firm to look at the books and governance issues prior to the merger.

Guess what the accountants found? Glen Kobussen is alleged to have undertaken sufficient financial improprieties that he has now been fired. The accountants found that "The memo raised concerns that Kobussen had been charging St. Peter's College twice for reimbursement of travel expenses by claiming mileage as well as gas and repair costs on his college credit card.

Burgess also raised concerns that a 52-inch Sony television purchased by the college and picked up by Kobussen had never been accounted for.

The report also shows Kobussen made a $1,000 donation to the Saskatchewan Party to join its "Enterprise Club." That amount was reimbursed to him by St. Peter's, which Burgess described in his report as "not a normal expense in the everyday ordinary operation of the college." An official with the Sask. Party government later said the money was being returned by the party to St. Peter's." Saskatoon SP