UNCLE GNARLEY

Opinions On Newfoundland Politics That Bite

Monday, 25 August 2014

PRESERVE MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY'S INDEPENDENCE

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Memorial University represents not just a place of learning or of creativity meeting the academic needs of civil society.  Its very name is...
Thursday, 21 August 2014

THE TORY LEADERSHIP RACE: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW

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For most political parties a leadership contest represents opportunity and renewal.  It is a time not just to listen to voters but to re-co...
Monday, 18 August 2014

PPA: ABSOLUTE, UNCONDITIONAL AND IRREVOCABLE

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The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)  is not a sexy subject though it is important; far more than suggested by the negligible attention it re...
Saturday, 9 August 2014

ED MARTIN’S UNFETTERED SPIN MAKES NALCOR ONE BAD SOE

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When Governments run State Owned Enterprises (SEOS) the public have a right to be confident they will be operated professionally.  There ar...
Monday, 4 August 2014

THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: STILL NO OVERSIGHT!

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If the hot summer sun is making you testy, you’ll get no shade from the Government’s Oversight Committee on Muskrat Falls.  The Committ...
Thursday, 31 July 2014

WHEN LEGACY TRUMPS COMMON SENSE (SOES PART II)

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It is fine to suggest the Province ought to have a ‘Crown Jewel’ like Hydro Quebec or Statoil. But, when the motivation for a monolithic St...
Monday, 28 July 2014

BUREAUCRATS MASQUERADING AS ENTREPRENEURS (PART I)

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We live in part of the world which has a highly developed free enterprise economy, access to capital and to markets; yet, state capitalism ...
Thursday, 24 July 2014

RETURN OF THE 'JOEY MAN'

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“He’s just a Joey Man” my mother once said to me as if to offer protection from verbal assault by one much older. The lecture to which ...
Thursday, 17 July 2014

T.E. BURSEY WRONG ABOUT MUSKRAT SAYS DAVID VARDY

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I am writing to take issue with points raised by T.E. Bursey in his article to The Telegram of July 15 (Muskrat Falls is the Right Project ...

THE CONTINUED BECLOUDING OF ELECTRICITY PRICES by JM

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On July 12, 2014 the CEO of Nalcor wrote a Letter to the Editor which was entitled “Muskrat Falls Remains the Best Option”.   Its intent wa...
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Uncle Gnarley is written by Des Sullivan, of St. John's. He is a businessman engaged in real estate, retail and development companies. A Director of Sullivan Capital Corporation, he is a former 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 permitted the use of his highly regarded name provided he could have full access to state his own rather unequivocable opinions. (A more detailed Profile of Uncle Gnarley is described in the very first Post entitled "Uncle Gnarley is alive and well" found on this site. Sullivan is a firm advocate of sound fiscal management by the provincial government and intends to use this Site as a forum for commentary on the major issues of the day. Says Sullivan, "Newfoundland and Labrador inspires debate on a variety of issues, a veritable Muskrat Falls of opinion". Readers are invited to leave their opinions, too. Uncle Gnarley will post every Monday, and more often as events warrant.
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