Des Sullivan
Des Sullivan

THE BARD ASKS: WHO SETS THE RULES?

NL politics
PRESELECTION

Could
it be a new direction,
Or
in effect a preelection?
Would
we see a change in graft –
Taxpayers’
still to get the shaft?
Who
sets rules for rules to craft?   

Who
preselects the preselectors?
Academics
or Corp. directors?
Or
legal minds for fees to fill?
Or
politicians at municipal till?
Bureaucrats
with time to kill?
Special
interests to top the Hill.
Who’s
for good of common Will?  

John
Tuach
January
26, 2018
Des Sullivan
Des Sullivan
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Uncle Gnarley is hosted by Des Sullivan, of St. John's. He is a businessman engaged over three decades in real estate management and development and retail companies. He is currently a Director of Dorset Investments Limited. During his early career he served as Executive Assistant to Premier's Frank D. Moores (1975-1979) and Brian Peckford (1979-1985). He also served as a Part-Time Board Member on the Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). Uncle Gnarley appears on the masthead representing serious and unambiguous positions on NL politics and public policy. Uncle Gnarley is a fiscal conservative possessing distinctly liberal values and a non-partisan persusasion. Those values and opinions underlie this writer's views on NL's politics, economy and society. Uncle Gnarley publishes Monday mornings and more often when events warrant.

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2 COMMENTS

  1. Tired of feudal autocracy?
    I suggest you try democracy.
    The solution not apparent?
    Best to make it all transparent.
    All fear speaking truth to power,
    Confine the emperor to the tower.
    The solution couldn't be clearer,
    A stiffer spine and a look in the mirror.