UNCLE GNARLEY

Opinions On Newfoundland Politics That Bite

Friday, 27 December 2019

HOW THE BARD SEES TWENTY TWENTY

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TWENTY TWENTY Our eyesight norm sees twenty-twenty, Of resources, we have plenty-plenty, Yet myopic Pols in spendthrift form Now vi...
Monday, 16 December 2019

A FINANCE MINISTER WHO BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS

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The Government’s Fiscal Update released last Wednesday by Finance Minister, Tom Osborne, depicts a government continuing to lead the publ...
Thursday, 5 December 2019

CARLA FOOTE AFFAIR: DOES OPPOSITION HAVE METTLE TO FACE DOWN DISHONESTY?

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Dwight Ball's effort to dump the Carla Foote appointment on Chris Mitchelmore is akin to leaving the house in the charge of a kid whom...
Monday, 2 December 2019

MUSKRAT COSTS “HARD WIRED”?

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Guest Post by David Vardy In August of 2018 Premier Dwight Ball told us that ratepayers would not have to pay for Muskrat Falls. Recent new...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

SIOBHAN COADY OK WITH STURGE’S BOUGHT SILENCE

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It is tough to be kind to the Ball Administration. They cause members of the public to label them “lame” and “dumb”. On what basis shou...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

ROCK SOLID: ANOTHER MYTH EXPOSED

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Guest Post by David Vardy Our credit rating, albeit already downgraded, hangs on a slender thread. It depends upon the false premise that M...
Monday, 18 November 2019

$900,000 TO STURGE: NALCOR BOARD AN ECHO OF THE LAST ONE

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It isn’t hard to tell that it is public money about which the Nalcor Board of Directors is so cavalier, not their own. The previous Board...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019

VULTURES SIGHTING AN OMEN, SAYS THE BARD

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VULTURES (A Turkey Vulture (bird) was seen by local birders on Roche Street, St. John’s, on Nov.05. Seen again in flight on Nov. 10 - la...
Thursday, 7 November 2019

FISCAL CLIFF: HARD OR SOFT LANDING?

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Guest Post by David Vardy How many people in this province believe we are heading for a fiscal cliff? How many are aware of how precarious ...
Monday, 4 November 2019

PLAYING CHES: REFERENDUM IDEA HIS BEST MOVE?

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Ches Crosbie wants the Government to call a referendum on equalization. He believes it will call attention to the program’s unfair construct...
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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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