"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)"

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Monday, June 5, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 15

Chapter 15 Later that week, the Progressive Party held their campaign meeting in Wyatt district square. Their candidate for Member of Parliament, Calvin Spence, stood on the stage explaining his party’s focus on accountability and openness as well as community development through collective effort.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 14

Chapter 14 Wednesday afternoon of the following week, the office above the betting shop was opened and both Pork Barrel and his advisor Thoren Fenton, who had arrived in Wyatt from Wednesday midmorning, had taken up residence there. Gary Biggs had made sure that the office was cleaned and decorated... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 13

Chapter 13 The dinner was wonderful. Benny found the fish to be particularly delicious and as usual he complimented Mavis on her cooking, after draining the last drop of soursop juice from his glass. They were sitting across from each other at the table and Benny looked directly at Mavis as he... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 22, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 12

Chapter 12 That Thursday was particularly hectic for Benny. He started out early in the morning, picking up passengers, to take into Spanish Town - among them, Miss Ivy Nelson, Jake Nelson’s fifty-seven-year-old mother. Miss Ivy was going to the Spanish Town Hospital where she was to receive her... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 18, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 11

Chapter 11 The following week in Wyatt, the Progressive Party campaign was as active as ever. Candidate Spence and his team had organized to paint all public structures in the district. On the list to be painted were the outer perimeter walls of the Wyatt High School and the Post Office building. A... Sign in to see full entry.

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 10

Chapter 10 That same evening, the Progressive Party candidate Calvin Spence, met with his team of Denise Lewis and Rodney Yeovil to discuss their next campaign move in Wyatt. Lewis had identified where the buildings and perimeter fences of the Wyatt high school and the Post Office could both do with... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 9

Chapter 9 That night, while all the arguing was going on up at Harry’s bar in Wyatt District, Pork Barrel and his campaign advisor Thoren Fenton were at an exclusive nightclub in the hills of upper St. Andrew. They had met briefly and spoke about the Foundation Party meeting to be held in the... Sign in to see full entry.

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 8

Chapter 8 One night later down in that same week, Jake was up by Harry’s bar playing dominoes, and he had mentioned the NPP meeting to some of the men there. He told them about the kind of plans that the Progressive Party was proposing to bring into the local politics. “Progressive Party only have a... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 15, 2006

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 7

Chapter 7 The opposition National Progressive Party, or NPP, kicked their campaign into high gear that weekend. They held their first meeting on the football field of the Wyatt District High School, where come the appointed time, a few hundred of Wyatt district folk, had gathered. Among them Jacob... Sign in to see full entry.

"Pork Barrel - (A Comic Tale of Bad Politics)" Chapter 6

Part 2 “What The People Want” Chapter 6 “The NPP is saying that the old way of politics is over,” the Prime Minister said. They were in his office at Jamaica House and as the PM spoke, he sat upright behind his big dark stained mahogany desk, his hands clasped, his bespectacled gaze serious. “The... Sign in to see full entry.

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