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Hey Chris, read the story. It states that he is accused, not convicted. I do not know Mr. Skakun or anything about him, except that he sits on city council. None of us, politicos or otherwise, deserve to be judged by the media.
metalman.

ALL IN FAVOUR THAT CHRIS GO SOMEWHERE ELSE SAY "I"

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Seriously dude, you need to grow up.

Ladies and Gentlemen;
Let us remind you all that the Councillor is accused, not convicted. Any comments to suggest he is guilty of the allegations will be removed. The law is very clear on this, we MUST protect his right to a fair trial.

I will also remind you that bad language, or attempts to disguise swearing, will also see a comment removed.
Clean it up folks.

-Elaine Macdonald

Yeah fair enough

If he is convicted he should resign.
If he did not want to play by the rules of the "in camera" meeting he should have left. And maybe he's not guilty, I mean OJ was found innocent........

All I can say is..."Say anything ya want about me, but spell my name right".

For the record: This accusation may prove that Brian has stepped over the line, if so, he'll have to go.

Being a cop myself, I am perplexed that the city made the complaint with the North District RCMP. The proper process I believe (unless I am mistaken) is that a complaint is made to the Commissioner of The Freedom of INformation and Protection of Privacy Act, who appoints an adjudicator to decide on the matter. I am also perplexed that the NOrth District RCMP investigated the matter rather than allow the commission itself to investigate. I know the Act is a provincial statue, but I would think the proper jurisdictional avenues would apply, especially if the Force would wish to remain transparent in the matter and keep their noses out of it to eliminate any bias arguement.

However the information was leaked...i'm just happy in this case that it was!!!
IMO it was the right thing to do and if he did my hat is off to him!

Brian should not resign. The city sat on the report for 6 months just wishing it would fade from memory. What else is new in the wacky world of PG politics.

I don't mean to jump on this issue since it is no the right post but since you said you were a cop lmorge whats the deal man on Pot anyways. With everything that has been said and with Marc Emery and what not. Be real on this man sooner or later it's going to be legal if you want or not. Why you people lobby against so much knowing all you know from the war on drugs in the states man. Now I know that I may very well be talking to myself on this issue since all cops seem to be against the issue. But hey man you want people to like ya well what about it dude. If you say anything but supporting the legal sale of weed then don't bother posting I won't read it.

Brian asks questions and does it well. I guess he must have peed somebody off and they got him.

This site is so full of government but kissers and everyone knows it. You all know who you are and to me it's sick. We got cops that hide behind their nick names and judges and what ever pushing the Steven Harper way. You people make me sick. Just remember Harper has a minority and we can and will rid him. Change the laws and make all these conservative Harper loves go cry to their mothers.

If these allegations are true, then Skakun made a SERIOUS lapse in judgement and he should step down.

The Privacy Act is there to protect people and speaking in general terms, anyone who would deliberately disregard its' purpose, regardless of their motive, does not have the moral character to hold a position of public office or influence. I don't think we can condone a system where it is up to the individual to decide when their behaviour is more righteous than the laws they agree to operate under.

That said, I do agree that this story is a bizarre one. It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. For the record, I hope the allegations aren't true because I think Skakun brings a level of honesty to the table that is rare to find in politics these days.

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To chrislivingdowntown:

Not that your posting has anything to do with the issue of this particular story but to answer your question: As long as pot is deemed illegal by parliament then I treat is as such on the job. I think Pot is as abused a drug by dopers as Liquor is by alcholics. True, in most cases when I run across it, it is seized and destroyed in a no case seizure, depending on the amount of course. ( like a person holding an open beer outside the Generator on a friday night you get them to pour it out).

By the way, the tone of your posts seems like you've been partaking a little too much tonight.

Keep in mind that Skakum is the one that wanted to build a safe injection site in downtown PG. That's all we need. Between him and Krause they have contributed heavily to the destruction of our downtown. As far as I am concerned the sooner both Skakum and Krause are gone the better for this city.

IMO Skakun is one of the few ethical politicians, as shown in this case. An ethical politician will do what is right regardless of what guidelines say is right. I'm sure the genus of Mr Skakuns decision had an ethical motivation as its basis, considering the subject matter at hand. I think he embarrassed some people with power and they are going to make a point with him.

IMO Mr Skakun should plead guilty to what ever he is guilty of... accept the penalty and move on... I don't think he should step down unless someone files a successful recall against him (fat chance that will happen over this), or he fails to get the votes required to keep his seat in the next election.

Wrong on the drinking. But I could use a beer. Took me forever to get to sleep last night. Sore warm in here.

I think Brian has his moral compass pointed in the right direction, I just think that he ALLEGEDLY made a serious judgement error, and now that ALLEGED momentary lapse of judgement is being used to undermine him on the basis of trust and label him as "untrustworthy" in order to render him completely ineffective as a public figure, basically snuffing out their problem at the source.

I guess they couldn't attack him on the basis of credibility or integrity. That must make it very uncomfortable to sit on the city's council with Brian.

I'm not his biggest fan, I personally feel he is more grandstand than substance at times, but I do give him the respect he deserves for generally trying to do what he feels is right.

While the city and the RCMP are well within their rights, I do believe wholeheartedly that their actions and decisions were strongly motivated by politics as well as reprisal.

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metalman.

I support Brian lOO%, he has tried to help the people in our City any way that he can. I also feel there is a lot of politics involved and this could open a whole can of worms. I commend Brian for having the Guts to speak out on issues that no one else has, like prostitution in residential neighbourhoods. I hope it's not my tax dollars being used to try to take him down. He is not the one that is Guilty here. AS for the Downtown, Brian is not the one to blame for the horrible mess it is in. We all know who is to blame for bringing all these wonderful services to the downtown and all the new faces from other areas needing them and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger .I just hope that in trying to clean up the downtown they do not push the problems into the residential areas. The base of Connaught Hill now has people laying all over, the problem is moving. As for Brian I trust you and support you. Do not give up as we need people like you on council. You at least listen to the people and try to fight for us , not like some other Council members both past and present.