tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post6601835783660310294..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: Mary Polak Plants Both Feet Firmly In Her MouthGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-41420146987702675402013-01-07T11:12:58.718-08:002013-01-07T11:12:58.718-08:00So there I was, peacefully having breakfast. Ham a...So there I was, peacefully having breakfast. Ham and eggs it were, and I was going great guns until I took a bite which tasted like fish. Not just any fish, it tasted like fishy fish. You know, the kind you get served sometimes in a restaurant and just quietly put down your knife and fork, pay your bill and leave. It was all I could to keep from hurling as I spat it out and washed my mouth.<br />Then for some reason I thought of our government. Coincidence? I don't think so. Anyway, the eggs are going out in the trash. God, I can still taste them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-71823829581801068892013-01-06T06:43:57.712-08:002013-01-06T06:43:57.712-08:00I would think that the tolls fall under promissory...I would think that the tolls fall under promissory estoppels laws.<br /><br />REPRESENTATION, RELIANCE, DETRIMENT. Remember these three words;<br /><br /> A certain set of facts are represented to you.<br /><br />Relying on that representation you purchase a toll package.<br /><br />You drive over the bridge and then suffer a detriment. You are owed compensation.<br /><br />Same goes for the government. The bridge builder and the maintenance contractor represented a set of facts about building and maintaining this bridge and highway access.<br /><br />Looking at the overview this way, all British Columbians have suffered a detriment. 3 billion dollars and the bridge can only be used SAFELY in three seasons so far.<br /><br />Seems like a 25% percent reduction in safe usage. We want a refund and compensation for harm.<br />dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-66661001576993423892013-01-05T23:01:01.935-08:002013-01-05T23:01:01.935-08:00We have been putting up with the poor service by m...We have been putting up with the poor service by mainroad here on the island for years. They seem to think that unless there is 3 inches of snow on the Island highway you ignore it. Hope it will wash away. Ice well you ignore it till 7 in the morning, too bad for any that have to travel before hand. Last snow the highway wasn't good until about 10 am. Money saver is all it can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-723451080476273052013-01-05T18:59:12.192-08:002013-01-05T18:59:12.192-08:00Ahhh.....! Bill Good, Sean Leslie, the 'All-Ca...Ahhh.....! Bill Good, Sean Leslie, the 'All-Canadian Apple Pie Boys', Mary Polak, the disaster of a Minister no matter what Ministry she has, who shakes and shudders at the name Lalonde. This arrogant, Bible thumping Minister who cost the taxpayers of Surrey millions fighting over a textbook for kids. The woman is a total failure and arrogant to boot. What is her claim to fame? Nothing, who voted for this person? Shame, shame, start the Class Action, get it going! Then get these fools out of office in MayGarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-45724002262155319932013-01-05T12:06:38.893-08:002013-01-05T12:06:38.893-08:00Fisrt off a person would have to be insane to assu...Fisrt off a person would have to be insane to assume Bill Good in anywhere near qualified to speak on these matters, he should just keep his ill concieved thoughts off the airwaves, i say this as much for you Bill as anyone as you are setting yourself up for legal matters you don't even want to think about. <br />This Mary Polak is a situation not only where the bridge is squarely your responsibility but you are"charging a toll" from the public for it's use. Along with that toll goes a liability to you and a responsibility to ensure safe passage.Think, if you were on a ferry that sinks because of neglect. <br />The fact that you are charging this toll changes everything about the game.<br />Thes people should be made whole at least to where they were before that event, toll reimburssed, insurance intact, no deductables etc. otherwise lawsuits will follow.Don f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-31425246139232738612013-01-05T08:36:35.028-08:002013-01-05T08:36:35.028-08:00Why only problems with ice on one bridge when the ...Why only problems with ice on one bridge when the same contractor manages maintenance on several bridges.<br /><br />This matter, along with the ice falling last month that resulted in what,two hundred claims or something? This is fast becoming a major public safety issue.<br /><br />A class action suit by anyone and everyone who has purchased a toll package along with every other British Columbian whose tax dollars funded this debacle.<br /><br />When purchasing a toll packge there was NO LANGUAGE inside that packge which stipulates the bridge cannot be used safely year round. Now suddenly the bridge cannot be used safely year round.<br /><br />This is a clear breach of contract not only with the toll bridge supplier (TREO) but the contractor who buitl this thing and the government who spent our money and now makes nothing but lame excuses for the problems.<br />dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-84615319114885018262013-01-05T05:29:42.628-08:002013-01-05T05:29:42.628-08:00http://blogborgcollective.blogspot.ca/
For those ...http://blogborgcollective.blogspot.ca/<br /><br />For those in the so called "accidents" on the Port Mann, here is a link first to read and then to download and submit your your claims for damanges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-16307995210823482242013-01-05T04:27:08.935-08:002013-01-05T04:27:08.935-08:00de icing which is to last 48 hrs. Who the hell ar...de icing which is to last 48 hrs. Who the hell are they trying to fool? The stuff would be driven off by the thousands of cars which go over the bridge. It wuold be splashed by rain, diluted by watery fog. The company simply did not put enough salt on the bridge, period! They want to blame the drivers? Get a grip. There have been other winters with ice on the old Port Mann Bridge & when there was no traffic cars clipped a long at the speed limit or over. No accidents. Why? Bridge properly salted. <br /><br />Pollack & co. had better come up with a better one than the drivers were going to fast. Bridges have had the same conditions on them before & cars have been doing the speed limit or over & not crashed because they were in better condition. Face it they cheaped out on the salting. Companies which "maintain" highways need to make a profit. They only way they can do it is to cut corners.<br /><br />If ICBC doesn't cover this at no cost to the drivers, I smell class action law suit. The bridge is a failure. The lieberals are too stupid to even tell the truth. <br /><br />Brine, we are not pickling pigs' feet here people. Maybe you should try more salt, some sand & see what happens. It might be more expensive than water & a bit of salt but the drivers will not have as many accidents. I wonder if anyone took a sample of what was on the bridge at the time to check for the correct chemical mix, if they used any.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.com