Sat. Oct 27 2012 – Pallisters’ political landscape; Public pays for City Hall “mistakes” on Fire Halls – and everything else; City Circus TV update

Summary: A weekend overview of recent important issues including: - Todays' Progressive Conservative annual meeting;  - New leader Brian Pallister (via @Brian_Pallister) falling short on communicating with voters; the sad state of opposition politics - that's all of them - in Manitoba - Reviewing the recent reporting of Dan Lett (on MPI), Nick Martin (on Red River College),  and Winnipeg Free Press publisher Bob Cox (on a new provincial party emerging); - NEW details about fire hall financial "management" by Chief Reid Douglas; - Memo to Mayor Katz about the difference between "made mistakes" and "done wrong"; - City hall cred hitting the skids; - and how you can support citizen journalism via sponsorships online and Shaw TV or via donations (PayPal button folks :) ). PS: here's the story Cox didn't bother providing a link to. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Manitoba-Party-set-to-come-out-of-closet-169851306.html?device=mobile PPS: The most recent episode of City Circus Oct.23: The Duff Roblin Award dinner; The 2012 Garbage Apocalpse unfolds, with the return of Math With Marty; FireHallGate sees more evasion from Mayor Katz about the new St James station budget getting blown, plus the surprising timeline about the "Un-Sale" of Duddy Enterprises between Katz and CAO Phil Sheegl http://tgcts.com/city-circus/city-circus-current-season-episodes