Is That A Bong?

Being unfamiliar with what goes on in the offices of the Saskatchewan Party Caucus, I simply have to ask if that thing with smoke coming out of it is a 'bong'?

When Brad Wall Doesn't Get His Own Way

Mr. Grumpy is having a BAD day.

Historic Speeches From Potential Future Leaders Of The Saskatchewan Party Caucus

Sask Party Watch is going to start a new feature that highlights historic speeches and articulate elocution by Members of the Saskatchewan Party Caucus who may one day succeed Brad Wall as leader: Enjoy!

The following is a speech by Arm River MLA, Greg Brkich on March 26, 2004 - Address In Reply To The Speech From The Throne:

"Talk a bit about the Crowns and why a lot of people are, some people are dissatisfied with them. I will talk about . . . I have two communities, Craik and Imperial, that have their own cable companies. They entered an agreement with SaskTel, I think it was . . . I have the paperwork down in my office. I may be wrong on the date, but it was roughly around the 2000 to 2006, for a certain amount to pay for pole use. In 2002, SaskPower comes in, takes the contract away from SaskTel, rips it up. Doesn't inform the towns that had the contracts except to send them a bill saying that they're going to increase the rates over the next two years. The first year is a 67 per cent increase, the third year a 73 per cent increase, and the next year is an 80 per cent increase. Didn't even consult with the towns, basically just tore it up. With that extra money, it's not like they're providing more service, more infrastructure. All it is, is . . . The agreement that was made on it, Mr. Deputy Speaker, was poles. The towns are using SaskPower poles to run the line of their own cable company on this pole. A little tiny, little thin line — it's already there. Using that, SaskPower has decided to basically gouge these towns throughout the province.
You have to ask yourself why. I don't think it's a big demand on the power poles. I don't think that little line has tore down many power poles. And besides, you have a contract up to 2006.
The town says, hey we're willing to renegotiate at the end of the contract. We signed a valid, legal contract. We're willing to negotiate. If the price wants to go up afterwards, hey that's what we face. We designed our cable companies with the price in this contract. When we set out our services, we sent out a rate for the . . . yearly, to our customers to get them signed up. That's what we used.
So now we've got this added increase. So we have to go back, Mr. Deputy Speaker, go back to the people and say, we have to charge you more to use this cable, to use this cable. How is that helping small rural towns who are basically trying to get their own cable companies, own little things? That's just one instance of the Crowns always trying to compete with the local businesses instead of working with them. Over the number of years, the Crowns want to run things of every little business.
And at the utility end, they're very good at it. Do their job. Stay in the utility end. But why do they want to get into businesses?
Outlook was another one. The IRON Solutions magazine, they had to go buy one in Ontario to compete with the one in Outlook, employs 20 people. I mean, right now he's struggling.
That's 20 less people that could be out of a job because a Crown had to buy another dealership magazine, and keep it in Ontario, that services Western Canada. Now how is that helping rural Saskatchewan? How is that helping it grow?
They had made . . . Another agency, Rural Revitalization. That was supposed to work with that and help problems with that.
And there has not been one instance where they've actually helped the businesses out in rural Saskatchewan, worked with it. You want to really grow the businesses, get the Crowns trying not to drive the small businesses out of town, out of business out there in rural Saskatchewan.
Health care, on the Throne Speech . . . you know, no vision out there and that scares a lot of people. Over the years, I've read a lot of petitions on people that are scared about losing their services in Imperial and Craik and Davidson. Right now there's rumours that some of the little hospitals are in trouble. There's a rumour. . . I've even had calls from Moose Jaw about a rumour about a seniors' complex that may be closed. You know, people are very worried out there.
The beds . . . right now Davidson, a long-term care and Imperial . . . I'm not sure about Davidson. Now Imperial is five. There's five on the waiting list. You close some more beds out there; where are these people going to go? They're going to overload the system somewhere else, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
You're going to have to look at trying to expand the services and work with the people. I mean we can talk about the waiting lists going down the line. When I look at the response from the Health minister out there and the Finance minister, I get very worried that they're going to be cutting some more hospitals out there and some more long-term care beds out in rural Saskatchewan. And there's nothing left to cut. They're cut basically right to the bone. You cut any more out there and this system is getting ready to explode out there.
You want to . . . Mr. Deputy Speaker, when you look at a government, you should be looking at their legacy. And you look at the Chrétien government, it's going to be remembered for the scholarship scandal,(Editor's Note: I think he means 'Sponsorship Scandal ??) Mr. Deputy Speaker. You look at the Devine government. It did a lot of good things, but when you mention its name, debt always seems to be associated with that particular government.
But what is this legacy of this particular government going to be? If it continues down the same path that it is going, Mr. Deputy Speaker, its legacy was going to be having the most longest waiting lists. It's going to have the poorest health care, having people, Mr. Deputy Speaker, people die unnecessarily under its watch. That's what this government, if it continues down this path, that's what it will be remembered for.
And then we can talk about the debt that this Premier is starting to incur. The previous premier had left a little surplus there.
Now this Premier is running close to $1 million-a-day deficit. What do you think he's going to be remembered for 20 years down the road? He's going to be remembered, I think, with disgust and contempt, Mr. Deputy Speaker. That's what he's going to be . . . what this government is going to be remembered by, if it continues down the path of the way it is serving rural Saskatchewan with health care throughout the province. That's how it's going to be remembered.
It's going to be remembered, Mr. Deputy Speaker, of 19 quarters — 19 quarters of continuous population loss, the only province in all of Canada that that is happening in. That's what people are going to be remembering this government — the
depopulation of rural Saskatchewan. The gutting of rural Saskatchewan — that's what this government is going to be remembered for. And it's going to be remembered by disgust and contempt over . . . many years from now. And that contempt and disgust is out there in rural Saskatchewan. All you have to do is look around the members here they've elected, over the number of years. And that disgust and contempt is there. And it's going to be there for a long time.
And you know what, Mr. Deputy Speaker, it's creeping into the cities, the disgust and contempt for that Premier and that government with the three new members that we have here.
And it's going to keep growing, Mr. Deputy Speaker. And eventually we will be getting rid of that government. We came that close to it. When we get rid of that socialist government, it will be the best times for Saskatchewan. And that's what we
need, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Finally maybe we can get this province on the right track and get it growing, Mr. Deputy Speaker, at that end.
With that Mr. Deputy, I think you probably get the idea I'm not going to support this Throne Speech. I've listened to four Throne Speeches that made the same promises. And what did we have, Mr. Deputy Speaker? What did we have after each
Throne Speech through that year? We had population loss. We didn't have any growth in rural Saskatchewan. We had the waiting lists get longer after each and every Throne Speech, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
And I can't see one bit of difference with this Throne Speech.
It's about time this government actually did some action, maybe thought outside the box, forgot about their socialist ideological ideas that just has to be basically just straight socialist. If they're not running it, if the government can't run it, than nobody else can run it. They can't work. Well till this government starts thinking outside the box, this province will keep going backwards, Mr. Deputy Speaker."

Why Brad Wall Should Not Be Allowed To Choose His Own Outfit

Nice pants Bradley!

Crowns Work Because The Private Sector Won't Bring Some Services To Rural Sask

WATCH: Rural politicians call for speedier internet - Saskatchewan - CBC News

You won't get Billy Boyd to acknowledge that Saskatchewan pioneered crown corporations out of necessity and that the province continues to value them because the private sector will not provide services to our far flung, thinly dispersed rural populations.

The entire Saskatchewan Party ideology is based on a belief that private enterprise is always better than public endeavors. Yet when confronted with the reality of life for many rural citizens, Sask Party eyes glaze over and they revert to repeating the mantra of 'private business is good / crown corporations are bad'.

Why Did Sask Party Cabinet Minister Norris Hide Unauthorized Land Sale?

A number of very serious questions have been raised as to why Minister Rob Norris did not disclose an unauthorized land purchase by the SIAST Board of Directors. Were it not for disclosure by the Provincial Auditor, how long would Minister Norris and the Wall Cabinet have hidden this matter? Something smells very badly here.

Regina LP

Someone Should Remind Billy Boyd That He Works For The People Of Saskatchewan Not PotashCorp

Mr Grumpy still has some explaining to do about his little Delisle road trip

During Question Period on March 8, 2011, Bob Bjornrud (minister of agriculture) was answering a question from the Opposition when Boyd interrupted him and jumped to his feet, sputtering what can only be described as an infomercial for PotashCorp. Problem is, Boyd isn't supposed to be so obvious that he is on a leash for the potash industry and does not actually represent the interests of Saskatchewan citizens.

For the record, here is Billy Boyd in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, March 8, 2011. (Talk about a pinata of crazy!)

Hon. Mr. Boyd: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to respond . . .
[Interjections]
The Speaker: — Order. Order. I.d ask . . . Order. I.d ask members to allow the Minister Responsible for Energy and Resources to respond.
Hon. Mr. Boyd: — I respond to the member opposite, the Leader of the Opposition, in terms of his thoughts about the $1.8 billion . . .
[Interjections]
The Speaker: — Order. I recognize the Minister of Energy and Resources.
Hon. Mr. Boyd: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I respond to the Leader of the Opposition.s call about $1.8 billion of profits. First of all, Potash Corporation has three main areas of business. They have phosphorous, nitrogen, and potash. The first two, nitrogen and phosphorous, are not located in Saskatchewan. So of the $1.8 billion of profits, $1.2 billion is related to potash. So it.s $600 million . . .
[Interjections]
The Speaker: — Order. Order. It.s quite ironic that the members at least not allowing the guests and those who are trying to follow the debate to hear what the minister has to say. I recognize the minister.
Hon. Mr. Boyd: — So it.s $600 million right there less than what the Leader of the Opposition is quoting. He is saying it.s only $76.5 million in royalties. Well if he looks at the balance sheet of Potash Corporation, he would find that it.s much, much more than that if you just read a few lines further down on the balance sheet. If the Leader of the Opposition, the former oil lobbyist, would take a moment and read down a little bit further on the balance sheet, he would see that they paid, in addition to that, significant income taxes. When you total it all up, Mr. Speaker, on $1.2 billion of potash profits, they paid about $350 million. That.s what the real number is, and the Leader of the Opposition knows it full well.
[Interjections]

Too bad that none of the economists familiar with the potash industry agree with Mr. Boyd's figures. Someone should remind this very excitable minister that 'when you are esplainin' you are losin'. I'll drink to that!

No Money For Farmers But Brad Wall Has Billions For PotashCorp

Guess what? Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party government has raised crop insurance premiums by a whopping 21 percent for the province's farmers. This at the same time when uncertainty in the Middle East is driving up fuel prices.

Input costs for our farmers are going through the roof. But Brad Wall continues to argue that he has no money, when in fact the potash companies continue to rip billions out of the ground while flipping the odd nickel of royalty to the people of Saskatchewan.

Dennis Allchurch Dumped By Saskatchewan Party!, He Should Run For The Progressive Conservative Party

You have to wonder what Denis Allchurch ever did to tick off Brad Wall so badly that his seat had to be taken away from him?

The way that the Saskatchewan Party works is that if Brad Wall wanted Allchruch on the ballot, then no one would have even dared to challenge him for the nomination.

Allchurch is the former mayor of the town of Spiritwood and is widely respected locally.

Mr. Allchurch should stand defiant, do the right thing, and find a way to run in the next provincial election.


Sask Party MLA loses nomination fight

"Suddenly, The Fact John Gormley Has A Job Makes Sense" Prairie Dog Blog

OMG is he ever old!
#8track #lavalamps #shagrugs #moodring


Prairie Dog

So funny! Just watch the Sask Party Trolls come out of the woodwork now!

Spring Legislative Session Only Minutes Old When Sask Party Cabinet Minister Forced To Apologize

The spring session of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly was literally only minutes underway when Minister of Education, Donna Harpauer (MLA for Humboldt), was forced to rise in her place, withdraw unparliamentary language and apologize to all Members of the Assembly and to the Speaker.

Arrogance, thy name is 'Saskatchewan Party'.

Brad Wall - he ain't 'pretty' he just looks that way

I'm pretty sure that Brad Wall is a nice enough fellow when politics is not part of the picture.

Were he my next door neighbor, I bet that I could go on holidays and leave the keys to my place with him. I'm absolutely positive that he likes children, puppies and walks in the park.

The problem for Mr. Wall, however, is that when you put him in a politically charged environment, something very sinister seems to creep from the depths of him.

Case in point was the Saskatchewan Party Annual Convention held this past weekend in Saskatoon. (This is the second year in a row where the Saskatchewan Party has met without discussing or voting on any policy measures whatsoever).

During his address to the crowd, Wall held up a copy of the NDP's policy development report and told the audience that it contained a lot of 'crazy'. Unfortunately for Wall, this little quip is going to come back to haunt him. (More on that to come).

If Mr. Wall wants to talk 'crazy', perhaps he needs to be reminded of a few things:

-That giving the potash wealth of the province away for pennies on the dollar is CRAZY!

-Hiring Serge LeClerc to run as a Saskatchewan Party candidate in the last election was CRAZY!

-Fudging the books (as pointed out in today's Saskatoon Star Phoenix) is CRAZY!

-Dropping the 'Equalization' court case against the Federal Government was CRAZY!

-Dropping the carbon capture agreement with Montana (which was done secretly last fall) was CRAZY!

People like the smiling Mr. Wall. They don't get to see the real Mr. Wall very often. The bottom line is this - Brad Wall ain't pretty, he just looks that way!

Great Moments In Saskatchewan Party History #1

Open Mouth Show Teabagger - John Gormley - Abusive To Rick Swenson Leader of Saskatchewan PC Party

John Gormley hosts a pro-Saskatchewan Party talk show daily on local radio. He has a history of supporting Sarah Palin, Serge LeClerc and pretty much any other wing nut Tea Partyer out there.

One of Gormley's biggest beefs is that politicians other than the Saskatchewan Party generally avoid his show. The reason they avoid the show is because John is overly aggressive and abusive in his interview techniques. God help you if he does not agree with your politics.

This morning, Mr. Rick Swenson, a totally decent guy and current leader of the PC Party of Saskatchewan phoned into Gormley's show to enter into the discussion on the need for a potash royalty review. Gormly was abrupt and completely interruptive. Rick Swenson was not allowed to finish even one sentence. As usual, Gormley made the last comment, flipped the switch and disconnected Mr. Swenson. No, 'thanks for calling in". No "good bye." Click.

The Leader of a legitimate Saskatchewan political party deserves better.

You see, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan has taken the Saskatchewan Party to court over the theft of funds that belong to the the PC's.

The Globe and Mail has a good story on how the Saskatchewan Party stole millions from the Progressive Conservative Party Trust fund.

John Gormley owes an apology to Rick Swenson. Don't hold your breath waiting for it.

Sask Party 'Orc' Caught Writing LTE

The blog site operated by the staff of the Saskatchewan Party Caucus offices is notorious for its use of the word 'orc' to describe anyone who writes a letter to the editor who might also have a third cousin (twice removed) who votes for the NDP. Doesn't matter. Blaise Boehmer and his colleagues have been found out and are hard pressed to hide their true intent.

But here we have a Saskathewan Party Orc, the famous Trent Lalonde writing letters to the editor without identifying his connections to Wall's staffers.

When Blaise and the Bogeymen publish a post, within minutes you usually see Trent responding as well as the other Sask Party hacks 'Paulie' and/or 'oxygentax'.

Trent is very worried. Trent is very worried about socialist nationalizations. Trent is a Saskatchewan Party 'Orc'.

Another Saskatchewan Party Caucus Blog Posting

One of the worst kept secrets from the ranks of the Saskatchewan Party is that the blog known as NDP Bogeyman is published by Blaise Boehmer and other staff from the Government Caucus Office. Their raison d'etre seems to be an attempted counter to any letter to the editor which is critical of the Wall government. After they were outed in the Legislature and further exposed in Murray Mandryk's column, they went quiet for awhile.

Brad Wall thinks they are doing a fine job. Too bad Brad isn't doing a good job! That is why the LTE section of Saskatchewan's dailies is so full of critical comment.

$150,000 Investigation Bill Should Be Sent To The Saskatchewan Party For Payment

The cost of the investigation into former Saskatchewan Party MLA, Serge Leclerc, has now been identified at $150,000.

Rather than the taxpayers of the province paying this amount, the bill should be sent to Brad Wall and his political party for reimbursement of the provincial treasury.

It was the Saskatchewan Party who authorized and endorsed Serge Leclerc as their candidate.

Premier Brad Wall signed the nomination papers and told the Chief Electoral Officer that Serge Leclerc was a duly certified representative of the Saskatchewan Party.

So why are we taxpayers paying for Brad Wall's error in judgement?

The Saskatchewan Party should send a $150,000 cheque to the Province as soon as possible.

A brief history of Unions

The people from the Saskatchewan Party caucus office who operate their very own blog, don't like unions very much. Perhaps they just don't understand the history of why trade unionism has flourished over the last many decades. Although this little video was produced in the USA with American references, it still provides a good snapshot of how trade unionism has created a middle class in both the US and Canada. They've made this very simple and easy to understand!

Saskatchewan students rank 7th in Canada for literacy

Brad Wall's Spring Budget should include a huge funding increase for education in order to try and remedy this shocking finding. Unfortunately, you only need to listen to the speeches of certain government MLA's to understand the problem.

The following article was written by James Wood and appeared in the January 4, 2011 Leader Post

Saskatchewan students trail many of their counterparts in other provinces in literacy levels, according to the recently released 2010 Education Indicators report from the provincial Ministry of Education.

But one piece of good news is that the province's students still have a strong showing at the international level.

The annual education indicators report is a broad-ranging compendium of various statistics and rankings, including achievement levels.

According to the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) cited in the report, which compiles data from across the country on 13-year-olds, Saskatchewan has the smallest proportion of high-performing students in reading in the country.

"Less than one in 10 Saskatchewan students achieved level three, whereas an average of over one in five students in Canada achieved this level. The proportion of students who performed adequately (at level two or level three) in Saskatchewan was two percentage points less than the Canadian average," according to the indicators report.

Saskatchewan ranked sixth among provinces in the proportion of students who performed adequately.

And with female students generally outperforming males, the report notes that Saskatchewan does have one of the lowest gender gaps even as the female students' average score was 16-per- cent higher than males in Saskatchewan.

The indicators report also cited the 2009 Programmene for International Student Assessment (PISA), an assessment of 15-year-olds worldwide conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Reading literacy was the major domain assessed, with mathemathics and scientific literacy were assessed as minor domains.

"Saskatchewan student results were significantly higher than the OECD average in all the subjects of this assessment. However, the Canadian average performance was significantly higher than Saskatchewan's performance in all subjects assessed," reads the indicators report.

In the reading assessment, Saskatchewan had 84.5 per cent of students reach what the PISA report defines as "baseline proficiency." That was below the Canadian average of 89.8 per cent but above the international average of 81.2 per cent.

Saskatchewan's proportion of high-performing students at 8.7 per cent was also lower than the Canadian average of 12.8 per cent but was higher than the OECD average of 7.6 per cent.

The province's report also shows that Saskatchewan has gone from having performances similar to Canada on the 2000 PISA report to posting performances "significantly below" the country since then.

Saskatchewan ranked seventh in the country in reading and scientific literacy and sixth in mathematics.

A government news release when the indicators report was made public said it "shows the need to bring student performance on national and international assessments to meet or exceed the Canadian average."

leaderpost.com

Rawlco Radio's 'John Gormley' show panders for the Saskatchewan Party

I continue to wonder what the motivation is for Rawlco Radio owner, Gord Rawlinson, to continue with the money losing, ratings deprived 'John Gormley Live' radio call in show. The daily right wing call in show is obviously intended to slam Saskatchewan's NDP and to praise up the Brad Wall administration.

I wrote on December 30th about the dismal, basement dwelling ratings that NewsTalkRadio and Gormley rack up. Here is a little snap shot of how bad the show is. Gormley was back on the radio waves this morning after a week away for Christmas and New Year. You would think that after his absence, his 'fans' would be chaffing at the bit to call in to the show. Not really! Here is the show's stats for the first hour of Gormley's return:

9:07 - Gormley opens the call line
9:15 - 1st caller (whines about SGEU)
9:25 - 2nd caller (not happy with Regina garbage pickup)
9:39 - 3rd caller (not happy with Saskatoon garbage pickup)
9:43 - 4th caller (unhappy with snow removal at bus stops)
9:45 - 5th caller (wants private liquor stores)
9:54 - 6th caller (mad at a contractor for messing up his basement)
9:57 - 7th caller (hates icy Victoria Ave in Regina)

In the long spaces between callers, Gormley monologues endlessly. During the first hour he tried to get the calls to come in by:
-praising Brad Wall
-slamming NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter
-insisting that George Bush isn't a dummy
-telling people that Harper is wonderful and Ignatieff and Bob Rae are terrible

Gormley also managed to promote his own book with 3 shameless plugs.

That's show business I guess!

John Gormley's Right Wing Radio Show Ratings Lowest In Saskatchewan

RAWLCO Radio continues to subsidize NewsTalkRadio in an ongoing attempt to manipulate Saskatchewan politics. Their flagship show, John Gormley Live is a daily hate filled slander against Saskatchewan's New Democratic Party. It certainly isn't paying for itself in profits.

Listeners to the show are now familiar with Gormley's rambling, long winded rants. These rants go on sometimes for 10 to 15 minutes because the show gets so few callers. Caller screening is so paranoid and ruthless that there are only a handful of regulars who call in every day with their adenoidal, whiny right wing talking points from the Saskatchewan Party caucus offices.


The ratings continue to sink. The chart example displayed above shows results for women listeners in the Regina test market area.

Wall Government Flips 'Charity' To Flood Victims

Saskatchewan Public Safety Minister Yogi Huyghebaert has left hundreds of Saskatchewan families in an ongoing state of limbo since last summers disastrous floods. Months after flood waters hit many Saskatchewan communities, about 200 families are still without homes and forced to live in motels, cabins and motor homes.

Rather than speed up the processing of over 4000 claims for assistance, the Wall government has merely flipped a measly $200,000 to the provincial Red Cross to use for services to flood victims.

This is so typical of the ideology bound Saskatchewan Party. Those in need are considered 'charity' cases. And what's the best way for a Right Wing political administration to provide essential services to those in need? The Minister just flips a few coins into the charity basket, and then washes his hands of any meaningful action. Shame on Minister Yogi Huyghebaert for not doing his job. Shame on Brad Wall for allowing this right wing incompetent to stay in cabinet.

Here is the story of just one family that continues to suffer because of the callous and incompetent Minister Yogi.


"Homeowner still waiting for aid money
By Tim Switzer
Leader-Post December 4, 2010

All Jody Bencze wants is to be home for the holidays. Five months after it hit, the Yorkton woman is still dealing with the effects of the devastating Canada Day flood that drowned out much of the east-central Saskatchewan city.

The single mother of two purchased her first home in September 2009 and when the rains came on July 1, only trickles of water came inside. But the pressure on the foundation walls from the saturated ground eventually caused strain on all four basement walls, one of which had previous damage.

"They didn't have visible cracks prior, now I have all four walls with cracks," said Bencze. "They started as pin-sized cracks and now I can stick my fingers in the wall."

Since then, she has dealt with a series of engineers about the damage and just last week was told by the City of Yorkton that if the foundation wasn't repaired in the short term, she would have to leave her home by mid-December.

Bencze had been hoping to have already received a payment from the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP) to help cover the costs.

"It would be nice if PDAP would contact us and let us know what steps are to be taken and a rough idea of how long this is going to take," said Bencze, who has been working through an engineer to deal with PDAP. "I don't have the funds (to pay for the repairs), so it would be nice to have a rough dollar amount."

Bencze is not alone.

In all, the city has identified 43 homes with varying levels of structural damage that need attention. According to city manager David Putz, around half of those will have to be torn down if the foundations are not repaired.

In each of those cases, the residents are no longer living in their homes. Some, like Bencze, were given time to get plans in place for temporary bracing before leaving. Others had to leave immediately.

"We're being as flexible as we can and it will go on a case-by-case basis," said Putz.

He said the city brought the issues to PDAP officials and was told that the cases would become priorities of the program.

Tom Young, executive director of protection and emergency services with the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing, said 59 structure claims have been received from Yorkton and when structure is involved, claims can take a little longer because different assessors will look at the damage.

"I wouldn't say '(without a) shadow of doubt,' but certainly there has to be strong indication that that was as a result of the flood ... and judgments have to be made if it's somewhere in between," said Young, who noted those that had to leave their homes also have access to $30,000 for accommodations through PDAP.

Two houses in Yorkton have been condemned outright because of the flood. One of those had prior structural issues.

For the city's part, it is approving temporary bracing for basement walls for affected homeowners once blueprints have been drawn up by engineers. It is not the final solution, but it could allow some residents to stay in their homes until a permanent fix can be done.

Bencze was meeting with an engineer Friday to arrange that for her home so she can remain there over the winter.
© Copyright (c) The Regina Leader-Post

Brad Wall hand picks a Roughrider to run for the Saskatchewan Party

Since there are only 11 card carrying members of the Saskatchewan Party in Regina Dewedney Constituency, it would be embarrassing for Bard Wall to have an actual democratic nomination meeting to pick a candidate to run in the next provincial election. So to heck with democracy. Brad Wall has unilaterally decided who will be on the ballot.

Since everyone loves the Roughriders, figures Mr. Wall, why not get one to run so he can try and tie the 'Riders' to the Saskatchewan Party.

No democracy, no stadium, flash and spin is all Brad Wall has to offer. Good luck with that one Brad. The Saskatchewan Party caucus office staff like it anyway!

Saskatchewan Party Caucus staff have moved their attack blog

The Saskatchewan party caucus office has moved its attack site from 'NDP Watch' to a new location ---> NDP Boogeyman. Like the old site, these publicly funded caucus staff are only capable of publishing posts that contain personal attack. They continue to attack Murray Mandryk of the Regina Leader-Post and mount a lame defence against anyone who writes a 'letter to the editor' that is critical of the Wall regime.

You will not see any of Wall's policy defended nor any rational arguments for legislation being introduced into the Spring Session of the Legislature. Nope. They only know how to slander and defame.

John Gormley should feel like an idiot after so aggressively defending Serge Leclerc , but he probably won't

When the news first broke that Saskatchewan Party MLA, Serge Leclerc may have been using drugs and hustling on gay chat sites, no one came to his defense more aggressively than NewsTalk Radio open mouth show host, John Gormley.

Gormley tried for two days to convince his listeners that Serge was probably the victim of NDP dirty tricks. Wrong! John should feel like a real chump right about now, but he won't. He is so completely up the Saskatchewan Party's butt he simply can't see light.