Promises, promises

Too foolish to talk about -

Is there an election coming up this week? With two good men walking away, it looks like our government is heading for a fall. By the way, they are only good because they quit the government. And oh yes. They are also from the outports.

From what I heard, there is only one election coming up and that is in Trevor Taylor's old district. I haven't a clue who is running, but I'm praying a Liberal will get in.

Now a Liberal won't be any better than a PC. But if a Liberal gets elected, Yvonne Jones will have another member on her side. It might not help her win the war, but it will help her carry on the fight.

It is enough to make a person sick in the guts. Those landlubbers on the hill might not be fishermen, but they know the basic about fishing, and one thing they do know is about bait.

Look at what they did. First, they took away the x-ray service in Flower's Cove. That was their way of paying, ""don't give a damn"" attitude towards the outports.

But as soon as an election rolled around, that x-ray service was the bait. Dandy Dan and his boys did a big turn-a-round.

Now I must say, the people of Flower's Cove turned into thorns. I admired them for the fuss they were causing. But it wouldn't have gotten them anywhere if this election hadn't rolled around.

Don't forget, words can be changed around. The Premier and that fellow who is always murmuring but never talking clearly, started looking for ways to save money. If money could be save elsewhere in the health budget, the x-ray service could stay where it at.

Don't let them fool you. If the voters put in a person for Danny Williams, he would say, ""The people have spoken.""

Then that Kennedy fellow will step forward with a big announcement. The government couldn't find other ways to save money in health department, so the x-ray service in Flower's Cove has got to go.

Yep, fools and x-ray departments are soon parted.

I was up to Brookfield Hospital last week. There was this gentleman out from the Gander area. I asked him what he was doing here when they had a fine hospital.

I was shocked when he told me it was hard to get a doctor at the Gander hospital. And it got me worried. What if Premier Williams announces a shut down about five weeks before an election? My God, that would be worse news to the people of New-Wes- Valley than when those hare-brained bureaucrats denied us a golf course and a cranberry farm. And knowing people like I do, Dandy Dan will go in flying. All he has to do is announce that they are looking for ways to save the hospital, and he is 99 per cent sure the hospital will stay there.

Then there is the Gander hospital. Now that would be fine bait. This place is not as good as Brookfield Hospital, but I will say, the nurses are the best in the world.

Now what if the Premier said that there wasn't enough money to keep this hospital in operation. Then two weeks before the election he said they had found a way to get the money. My God! The PCs could have a Labrador Retriever running in the area.

Hmmm, Joey Smallwood said something like that. He said he could put a dog running in one district, and still win. He lost, big time.

Yep, Dandy Dan knows what is the best bait and he knows when to use it. I'm starting to wonder what he might be using in Paul Oram's old district. He might be removing all the moose from that area, then offering to put them back if his puppy gets elected to his government.

You will never know what sort of bait be use. It could be anything. Years ago, the PCs came to my area and offered better beer in bigger bottles. And another one offered to build an iodine factory using the alder trees for raw material. I'll tell you, you can never be sure what they are up to.

But I know one promise they never make, and that is the preserving of the outports.