I never chatted with this guy during my protest. I found him the quiet type.
A few weeks ago, I sent the guy a private email on a saturday evening and he replied back in 18 minutes!!!!
Who would have believe that a Minister from the Lord Government would reply so fast? Especially on a Saturday evening???
David Alward is number one in my books!!!!
Friday, April 07, 2006
DAVID ALWARD HOLDS THE RECORD OF ALL LORD MINISTERS!!!! ONE OF THE BEST!!!!
BERNARD SOLUTION TO DRUG OUR KIDS???? PATCH THEM UP!!!!
LARGE DRUG COMPAGNIES WILL CASH IN ON THIS ONE BIG TIMES!!!!!
ADHD Skin Patch Gets Approved
By Robert Steyer
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
4/7/2006 10:33 AM EDT
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first skin patch treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, giving the go-ahead Thursday for Daytrana from Noven Pharmaceuticals (NOVN:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) and Shire (SHPGY:Nasdaq ADR - commentary - research - Cramer's Take).
The skin patch contains methylphenidate, the same ingredient found in Ritalin, another ADHD drug made by Novartis (NVS:NYSE ADR - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) and by several generic-drug companies. Daytrana was approved for children age 6 to 12.
Shire has designs on becoming the dominant player in ADHD drugs. The company already makes and sells Adderall and Adderall XR, which can be prescribed for adults, teenagers and children. Additionally, Shire is working with New River Pharmaceuticals (NRPH:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) of Radford, Va., on an ADHD drug that's being reviewed by the FDA as a treatment for children 6 to 12 years old.
The FDA announcement came after the markets closed Thursday. On Friday, Miami-based Noven saw its shares add 12 cents, or 0.7%, to $17.92. Shire, of Basingstoke, England, was up 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $46.35.
In December, the FDA issued conditional approval for Daytrana, telling Noven and Shire that it had questions about the proposed label. The agency also wanted a clarification of certain data and information about post-marketing surveillance and studies.
Since then, two FDA advisory committees have met to discuss the potential side effects of existing ADHD drugs. One committee voted 8-7, with one abstention, in February that the FDA require a black box warning on all stimulant drugs, including the Adderall family and Ritalin, about their cardiovascular risks.
The black box warning is the agency's strongest alert for side effects. The FDA hasn't acted on the recommendation. Adderall and Adderall XR have a black box warning saying that amphetamine abuse can lead to heart damage or sudden death.
RICK DOUCET HAS A PROBLEM WITH SCOTMAN'S KILT???
Times & Transcript | Provincial News
As published on page A8 on April 7, 2006
Minister in hot water over crude remark in legislature
Business development minister made remark in front of Grade 6 class
Times & Transcript Staff
FREDERICTON - More than 20 Blacks Harbour Grade 6 students visiting the legislative assembly had just left sardines on the desk of every MLA when the minister of Business New Brunswick gave the class his own salty treat.
However, Kirk MacDonald's offering came in the form of an off-colour joke referring to his Scottish heritage and his ministerial manhood. When making his annual member's statement about Tartan Day, MacDonald made a crack about what prompted his decision to ditch his kilt.
"However as of late there's been some confusion. Many people feel that I have a tripod underneath my kilt and therefore to avoid any confusion, Mr. Speaker, I decided just to wear the tartan badge today," MacDonald said to the laughs and groans of the politicians.
Charlotte Liberal MLA Rick Doucet, who had just introduced a class of Grade 6 students from his riding and had asked for a respectful level of decorum inside the legislature, was livid over what the children were forced to hear.
"This is just (wrong) as far as I'm concerned. Here we are trying to show young people what it's like to develop some apathy for politics and this is the type of thing they've got to hear from the government side," Doucet said. "I'm completely disgusted."
As a backbencher, MacDonald was known for his quick wit and booming voice. Now that he's a cabinet minister and his words are being parsed a bit more closely, MacDonald said he's sorry if he offended anyone.
"It was a humorous statement that was made and I stand by it. I don't see anything wrong with it," MacDonald said.
When speaking to reporters after the comment, the blushing business minister wouldn't explain exactly what he meant by a "tripod" underneath his kilt.
After being informed of the comment, Rosella Melanson, the executive director for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, said that reinforces why many people shy away from politics.
"It's inappropriate. Yes, he should have to stand in front of the Grade 6 class and explain what he was saying," Melanson said. "It is one of the many examples to draw out why people, let alone women, are not interested in politics."
Dan Taylor, president of the New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association, said he is enjoying the sudden burst of attention for Tartan Day.
"I love it because this is the most attention that Tartan Day has ever got," Taylor said. "And maybe now the government will wake up and realize there are Scots in the province. I don't think he meant to insult anybody or any group or any children in the gallery. It was just a fun comment and should be taken fairly lightly."
NEW LEADER OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK NDP????
Can you imagine Abel LeBlanc leader of the NDP???...lol....What's your view on the leader Allison Brewer????
DENNIS MELANSON TO BE OPERATED ON TODAY!
He'll be off the air for weeks because he's going to have a operation on his back!
He's at the Fredericton hospital and visitors would be a good idea during the weekend.
I'm going to pay him a little visit.
Bonne chance mon ami!!!
COULD ABEL LEBLANC LAND IN JAIL????
My God, this was like drinking 20 cups of coffee when I saw this story in my emails-
NB Telegraph-Journal | Politics
As published on page A2 on April 7, 2006
Tories want LeBlanc's comments investigated
Saint John Lancaster MLA could be in hot water over comments in letter to the editor
LeBlanc
By Shannon Hagerman
Telegraph-Journal
FREDERICTON - A Saint John MLA who called Michael (Tanker) Malley's promotion to Speaker a "sham" could find himself tossed out of the legislature for alleged contempt of the House.
Saint John Lancaster Liberal MLA Abel LeBlanc is being accused of breaking privilege after he called Mr. Malley's appointment an act of "greed" in a letter published in the Telegraph-Journal Thursday.
Parliamentary tradition forbids elected members from calling into question the Speaker's impartiality or rulings.
"His comments have undermined this venerable institution and the work we perform," said Government House Leader Bev Harrison. "By questioning this House's selection of Speaker and the operation of this legislature, he has brought disrepute to the role of the Speaker and the legislature as a whole."
Mr. Harrison is asking the matter be investigated by the legislature's standing committee on privileges.
If Mr. LeBlanc is found guilty of contempt of the legislature, he could face stiff penalties.
The committee-which rarely meets in New Brunswick-has the power to order an MLA removed from the legislature, revoke their right to vote and even impose jail sentences, in severe cases.
It will be up to Mr. Malley to decide if an investigation is ordered.
Mr. Malley said Thursday he will review the alleged breach and report back on his decision.
Liberal House Leader Kelly Lamrock urged Mr. Malley to seriously weigh the consequences of allowing the privileges committee to investigate the issue. The governing Tories hold a majority on the committee and could abuse the power to tip the scales inside the tightly-matched legislature, he warned.
"It's not a question of privilege that means you give the government the power to throw Liberals in jail or throw Liberals out of the house," he said. "They want to pass motions to take a Liberal out of commission."
Mr. LeBlanc refused to comment on the issue on Thursday.
The controversy over Mr. LeBlanc's letter erupted late in the afternoon on Thursday a few hours after a Conservative cabinet minister was accused of making offensive comments when he referred to the "tripod" under his kilt.
Business New Brunswick Minister Kirk MacDonald later apologized.
Mr. Lamrock said the allegations being lodged against Mr. LeBlanc were "bogus".
He said even the House of Commons has been reluctant to send investigations to the privileges committee. It has only happened three times, he said.
"The House should tread very lightly when we talk about letting a committee of privilege throw a member in jail for expressing their opinion," Mr. Lamrock said.
The letter may dominate debate again today, on the eve of a crucial budget vote.
Mr. LeBlanc's letter stated that the governing Tories should be ashamed for using Mr. Malley's appointment for their own personal gain.
"I am writing on the issue of Michael (Tanker) Malley becoming Speaker of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. How disheartening it is to have this sort of sham take place in the legislature. No wonder the citizens of New Brunswick question politicians and their motives," he wrote. "In this instance, the motive is greed."
Mr. LeBlanc also suggested the real reason Mr. Malley has been named Speaker is to protect the pensions of government MLAs who must serve eight sessions inside the legislature before they are eligible.
"I've heard of sneaky deals, but this one takes the cake," Mr. LeBlanc wrote. "Shame, shame, shame."
He also questioned why Mr. Malley was good enough for the post.
"Mr. Malley chose to leave the Progressive Conservative Party to sit as an Independent. He supposedly did so because he was passed over in the last cabinet shuffle. Although not ministerial material, this man is now holding one of the most prestigious seats in our province. I must ask, does this make any sense? How did this happen?" he asked.
This was the letter that Abel wrote –
Malley 'deal' takes the cake
I am writing on the issue of Michael (Tanker) Malley becoming Speaker
of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. How disheartening it is to
have this sort of sham take place in the legislature. No wonder the
citizens of New Brunswick question politicians and their motives.
In this instance, the motive is greed. For those who may not know, each
MLA has to have eight sessions to be eligible for a pension. Each
session is constituted by the giving of the throne speech. There is
generally one throne speech per year, however, that can be changed at the whim
of the premier. The last throne speech was made in December, 2005; this
carries through until, supposedly, December, 2006.
Mr. Malley chose to leave the Progressive Conservative Party to sit as
an Independent. He supposedly did so because he was passed over in the
last cabinet shuffle. Although not ministerial material, this man is
now holding one of the most prestigious seats in our province. I must
ask, does this make any sense? How did this happen?
At the 11th hour former cabinet minister Tony Huntjens supposedly
stepped aside for the good of the Tory team, allowing Mr. Malley to step in.
What has this done for the team?
Well, it is allowing l6 Tory MLAs to get the time needed to collect
their pensions. Had this government fallen, those MLAs would have been at
the mercy of the electorate to regain their seats - and earn the time
needed to collect this coveted pension. I've heard of sneaky deals, but
this one takes the cake.
Shame, shame, shame.
ABEL LeBLANC
Liberal MLA
Saint John Lancaster
I bumped into Abel LeBlanc yesterday and told him that I posted his letter in my blog.
He told me that they cut his letter down a lot.
From what I could understand? It wasn’t the same letter that Abel wanted?
I’m certain that the message was the same but these Irving’s editor can change a letter BIG TIMES!!!
I know…it happened to me on a few occasions!
Now? I don’t believe that Tanker will demand an investigation on this issue.
I know Tanker and Abel very well and these two MLA’S always called themselves People’s person.
If Tanker has a beef with Abel?
Just write a letter to the editor.
If he goes against Abel?
Well? I am going to be one upset puppy!
Yes, this morning, there’s going to be lots of action in the House and guess what? I’m going to sit here in my little room and watch it on TV!!!!
The Government will not fall and it’s going to be very interesting watching the issue of Kirk MacDonald and Abel LeBlanc in the Chambers.
If I’m there? I’ll sit in the gallery and it drives me nuts! I’ll be right here in my room and if the situation goes out of control?
I’ll run at the Leg!!! It’s only two blocks away!
Good for Abel for speaking the truth and lets see if Tanker is indeed a People Person????
I always respected Tanker but if he speaks against Abel?
Our little friendship will be dissolved forever!!!
I’ll stand by Abel 100%!!!
As a matter of fact? I just phoned the talk show voicing my support of Abel LeBlanc!!!! Keep the fine work of speaking the truth Abel!!!
GOD'S MINUTE!!!!
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, DOES NOT ENVY, IT
DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT
IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT
KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT
DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT
ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES,
ALWAYS PERSEVERES.
( 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 *NIV )
Dear Charles,
Our society today often confuses love with lust. True love,
like the kind God shows toward us, is directed outward toward
others not inward toward ourselves.
Therefore we are to show others God's unselfish love
everyday. For it is written; NOBODY SHOULD SEEK HIS
OWN GOOD, BUT THE GOOD OF OTHERS.
( 1 CORINTHIANS 10:24 ) So; LET US NOT BECOME
CONCEITED, PROVOKING AND ENVYING EACH OTHER.
( GALATIANS 5:26 ) Instead we should be; BE KIND AND
COMPASSIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVING EACH
OTHER, JUST AS IN CHRIST GOD FORGAVE US.
( EPHESIANS 4:32 )
Also Charles, remember that there is joy to be found in
giving to others without expecting anything in return! After all
that kind of unselfish love is the kind that God fills His
Children with, and expects His Children to show to one
another as well.
Have a wonderful day my friend, and let your love light
shine brightly. For after all; GOD IS LOVE. ( 1 JOHN 4:16 )
and you are His Child! So smile and have a wonderful
weekend. Amen.
With My Love & Prayers,
your servant Allen
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
DID ADHD MINISTER KIRK MACDONALD SPEAK BEFORE THINKING LATE THIS AFTERNOON???
I just heard on the news that he said a joke about what's under a kilt in front of some students in the chambers.
On a personal note? I always like this guy but lets see what's going to happen?
THANKS TO BERNARD LORD??? LARGE DRUG COMPAGNIES WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY ON BEHALF OF THE KIDS!!!
With Bernard Lord as Premier? The drugging and the killings of our children will continue!!!!
Ped Med: The ADHD treatment tradeoff
By LIDIA WASOWICZ
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 (UPI) -- In the end, treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder comes down to a tradeoff.
For hyperactive children with severe disability, a pharmaceutically induced, fast-action reversal of fortune may appear like a godsend, no matter any excess baggage. For the many more with less limiting problems, weighing the benefits against the risks may prove a much tougher call.
Studies indicate stimulant drugs, the treatment option favored by most doctors, can improve the core problems of hyperactivity, inattention, impulsivity, flagging self-control, aggression, low productivity and even certain physical difficulties, such as poor handwriting. But the medications, which come saddled with potentially serious side effects, have not been documented to make any major mark on antisocial behavior, reading skills or academic achievement.
The other catch is the drugs do not discriminate, producing pronounced effects in the attention-deficient and full-facultied alike. So much so, researchers warn against using reaction to the chemicals as a measure of the existence of the disorder.
"(T)he ADHD diagnosis cannot be reliably confirmed or excluded based on a positive or negative stimulant response," notes a 2001 review of methods employed to evaluate and treat the condition.
Provided they are properly dispensed and their takers closely monitored, the compounds are generally viewed as safe by most mainstream practitioners. However, as with all medicines, they can cause adverse reactions, even in the short term. These can cover a wide range -- nervousness, weight loss, anorexia, insomnia, headache, rapid heart rate, nausea, tics, stomachache, increased anxiety and/or irritability, among others. A dose adjustment may spell relief in most cases, doctors say, but some 5 percent of children suffer such intolerable side effects, they have to switch treatments.
With prolonged use, the drugs' darker side, either unforeseen or unreported in the pre-marketing phase of testing, may pop to light.
"We know nothing about the long-term safety of ADHD drugs," said
William Pelham Jr., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Children and Families at the University at Buffalo, who helped develop Concerta and Adderall and conducted numerous trials involving other ADHD stimulant drugs, including the initial testing of a new methylphenidate skin patch designed to be worn during school and homework hours.
"I remain concerned that the medications are used too frequently (nearly 5 percent of children in the U.S. are medicated with one of these drugs), at doses that are unnecessarily high (three times higher than needed) and for much too long a duration for most children (years rather than months)," he said.
U.S. regulators found the connection too far-fetched to warrant action at the time, but Canadian health officials last year temporarily suspended the sale of the one-a-day version of the best-selling amphetamine Adderall, marketed by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, because of a suspected link to sudden or heart-related deaths in 14 minors and six adults and 12 cases of stroke, including two in children.
Since then, eerily similar findings came to light in a preliminary Food and Drug Administration report that drew a tenuous line between stimulant treatments and sudden deaths, strokes, heart attacks, high blood pressure and other serious complications in a tiny number of users. These included children, although none was younger than 7.
Researchers stressed the results were tentative and theoretical. The review did not determine whether all the patients were actually taking the ADHD medicines at the time or account for such confounding factors as preexisting health conditions. However, the regulators considered the risk high enough to warrant immediate monitoring and further study.
Overall, 25 sudden deaths, including 19 in children ages 7 to 16, and 54 cases of serious, though not fatal, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular adverse events, 26 of them in minors under 18, occurred in patients taking the drugs between 1999 and 2003, according to the report. Those who died included 11 children treated with Adderall, one with Adderall XR, three with Ritalin and four with Concerta, the study showed. The death rate was less than one person per 1 million prescriptions, but could, in fact, be higher because "it is not known to what extent under-reporting of cases may result in an underestimate of the incidence of these events," the report stated.
The study of some 676,000 patients also found children prescribed stimulants suffered a higher-than-expected number of strokes, although their rate of heart attacks was lower than anticipated.
What role, if any, the drugs played is difficult to assess because some of the youngsters had underlying heart conditions that could have contributed, the report concluded. Nevertheless it advised: "Under the assumption that there is an independent association between stimulant therapy and pediatric sudden death, it would be prudent for approved product labeling to recommend that clinicians consider the benefit versus risk of stimulant therapy in patients with established structural cardiac abnormalities."
Although the authors stressed no final conclusions about stimulant safety could be drawn from the analysis, released Feb. 8, the following day, an FDA panel took the highly unorthodox step of veering off its assigned course to call for strong new warnings on the drugs' labels and in their advertisements.
The committee -- convened merely to advise the FDA on designing studies to assess ADHD drug risks -- voted 8 to 7, with one abstention, to urge the FDA to order the most serious alerts possible. It unanimously agreed, with one abstention, to recommend the agency include "medication guides" with all the drugs to notify users of the potential dangers.
Drug manufacturers' immediate response ranged from assurance of the adequacy of current labeling to insistence on a lack of evidence against the drugs' relative safety.
The FDA is planning a new study of ADHD drugs expected to take approximately 18 months, meaning more answers may be coming in the summer of 2007.
Last month another FDA-commissioned committee, this one focusing on children's medical issues and looking into reports of psychosis among a small percentage of stimulant users, also urged a beefed-up warning on the drugs' labels -- though not the most dire "black box" type favored by the earlier panel. The specialists took the softer approach in part because of testimony by psychiatrists and mental health officials concerned about frightening families away from needed treatment. They said pediatric patients have a very low overall risk of heart ailments, although they, too, recommended youngsters with cardiovascular problems stay away from the medications.
Both panels agreed patients, parents and physicians should receive clearer information about the potential for such side effects as heart problems, psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations of snakes, worms, spiders, roaches, bugs, jellyfish and other creepy crawlies, manic episodes or aggressive behavior -- effects the drug companies say are no more prevalent among medicated patients than among the general population.
Reports of suicidal thoughts or behaviors also have cropped up in some children and adolescents on ADHD medications, particularly Strattera, a non-stimulant drug that already carries a black box notice of the potential risk.
The FDA is now free to follow the prescription of either or neither of the panels. The decision will come at a time of experimentation with an altered format the agency is adopting for its prescribing literature. New features will include a "highlights" section that details key drug information and a patient-friendly medication guide.
The FDA also is looking into early findings from a small University of Texas study that tentatively linked the stimulant Ritalin to a heightened cancer risk. The researchers from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center detected chromosomal abnormalities in 12 children just three months after they started taking the medicine. The investigators emphasized the results were preliminary and larger studies were needed to confirm them.
Next: Dealing with addiction.
(Editors' Note: This series on ADHD is based on a review of hundreds of reports and a survey of more than 200 specialists.)
EVER WONDERED HOW THEY GET YOUR EMAIL????
While checking my stats tonight? I found someone from Nigeria. Take a look inside at the stats.
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DON'T WORRY BERNARD!!!! YOU'RE SAFE FOR TODAY'S VOTE!!!
I don't believe that Tanker will defeat the Government because he's having way too much fun!!!!
CBC REPORTER JACQUES POITRAS'S WIFE HAS BABY NUMBER TWO!!!
Boy or girl? I forgot to asked his friends....maybe someone can help me here.....Congratulation Jacques!!!
BUTTS FOR THE HOMELESS AT THE NEW BRUNSWICK LEGISLATURE!!!!
A couple of days ago, I had a chat with a girl who has a drug problem. After 5 minutes, she said- I got to go and collect some butts.
During my protest, I would see them come around the Legislature late in the evenings and quickly make a exit.
Irving makes its claim to oil
MAINETODAY
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Irving makes its claim to oil
By COLIN HICKEY
Staff Writer
2006 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
So whose heating oil is it anyway?
That is the question, with an estimated value nearing a million dollars, that a judge in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bangor is expected to decide this month.
Irving Oil Terminals Inc. and more than a dozen school systems, municipalities, businesses and nonprofit groups in central Maine have a stake in the decision.
Those parties are all involved in a lawsuit, filed by Irving Oil, that centers on the remaining petroleum assets of P.P.C.O.M. Inc., the now defunct Oakland oil dealer that, according to Irving Oil, is $17 million in debt to creditors, including more than $11 million to Irving Oil.
"I think it is important to note that P.P.C.O.M. has essentially broken its promises here," Irving Oil spokeswoman Michelle Firmbach said.
P.P.C.O.M. stored its heating oil in a leased tank at the Kennebec River Development Park in Winslow. At one point last month, Irving Oil said the tank held 435,000 gallons of heating oil -- the last of P.P.C.O.M.'s petroleum holdings, according to the company. With current prices for heating oil well over $2 per gallon, those 435,000 gallons are worth at least $870,000.
"This (lawsuit) allows the bankruptcy court to resolve the Winslow tank issue," Firmbach said.
Irving Oil argues that it has priority rights over every other creditor in regard to the heating oil, with the exception of TD Banknorth, one of P.P.C.O.M.'s other creditors
Those other parties include Oakland-based School Administrative District 47, one of many school systems, municipalities, organizations and businesses that prepaid for fuel from P.P.C.O.M. but have not received all they purchased.
In the case of SAD 47, 92,500 gallons was still outstanding last month, an amount that translates into more than $200,000 in fuel costs at current market prices.
Waterville City Administrator Michael J. Roy last month said P.P.C.O.M. had yet to deliver about $130,000 in gasoline and diesel to the city.
Along with schools and communities, the list of prepaid P.P.C.O.M. customers named in the lawsuit includes Bob's Cash Fuel in Madison, Augusta Fuel Co., Kennebec Sanitary District, Alfond Youth Center in Waterville and the Kennebec River Development Park LLC.
Kennebec River Development Park is a corporation owned by essentially the same people who run Marden's Surplus and Salvage.
Paul LePage, Marden's general manager, as well as Waterville's mayor, said the development park has not received about 17,000 gallons in prepaid heating oil.
LePage, however, said he does not expect the park or any of the other prepaid customers of P.P.C.O.M. to prevail in bankruptcy court.
"I don't think anybody is going to get anything," he said. "I think it is a done deal. I think it is time to swallow hard and move on."
Irving Oil currently has control of the heating oil in the Winslow storage tank with the stipulation that any deliveries must go only to "municipal prepaid customers," according to court documents.
Firmbach said that in the last couple of weeks Irving Oil has delivered heating oil from the tank to 18 former P.P.C.O.M. prepaid customers, including the town of Oakland, Waterville Public Schools and Alfond Youth Center.
Irving Oil has not yet charged for those deliveries but plans to do so if the bankruptcy court judge rules that the heating oil rightfully belongs to the company.
Quenton Clark, superintendent in School Administrative District 58, said his system, which is out 19,000 gallons of prepaid heating oil, decided initially to have no dealings with Irving Oil.
But Clark said the price Irving Oil offered, assuming the bankruptcy court rules in its favor, for the heating oil was too good to refuse.
"We are going to (take deliveries) mostly because of price they've offered is cheaper than we can get anywhere else," he said. "We won't take the full amount (we prepaid for), and we won't do business with Irving next year. We will never do business with Irving again."
Irving Oil Puts Northeast Marketer Into Bankruptcy
Someone sent me this story...
April 3, 2006
Irving Oil Puts Northeast Marketer Into Bankruptcy
Canadian refiner Irving Oil has petitioned to force a Maine marketer into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, claiming the company owes it more than $8.39 million for product, Oil Express learns.
In a federal court lawsuit, Irving Oil Terminals accuses Kathleen S. Marston Thompson of "gross mismanagement" of her company, P.P.C.O.M, Inc., which is "dire financial condition" as a result.
Not only does P.P.C.O.M. owe Irving for fuel, but it has also failed to pay $3.15 million in state fuel taxes, and a bank that is owed $1 million is now trying to sell the company's assets to Fabian Oil, a firm owned by Thompson's brother-in-law, Irving alleges. Irving says it's concerned that proceeds from the sale may be diverted to others as P.P.C.O.M. winds up its business. The remaining assets -- accounts receivable -- would still leave Irving short $6 million.
Irving was not alone in its March 23 bankruptcy court petition to wind up P.P.C.O.M. A Portland, Maine firm, Total Energy Solutions, L.L.C., maintains that it is owed $1.83 million, and Augusta-based Augusta Fuel Co., says it is owed $1.11 million. Bob's Cash Fuel, an Edison, Maine company, says it is owed $145,578.
Irving signed a credit agreement with P.P.C.O.M in 1997, giving the Oakland, Maine firm a $1 million credit line. Under the deal, P.P.C.O.M was to pay Irving by EFT for product within 10 days of invoice date. An 18% service charge was due on any amount not paid within 30 days. In August, 2003, P.P.C.O.M also inked a security agreement and gave Irving an $800,000 security deposit.
However, a bank holds a first priority lien on the same assets as Irving. TD Banknorth N.A., has been trying to collect on the accounts receivable and other money owed to P.P.C.O.M in order to apply them against the $1 million it loaned the jobbership.
Irving says it tried to talk to Thompson about the debts, but didn't get very far. In February, she ordered two Irving execs who turned up for an appointment arranged the day before to get off her property When they asked if she would make a payment of 90% of what she then owed, she refused to discuss the matter, and told them to come back the next day with account records to support their claims.
When the Irving execs returned the next day, Thompson refused to look at the spreadsheets they had brought with them, said she was too busy to discuss the matter, and was unwilling to pay anything, Irving alleges. She has also failed to turn over to Irving her company books and records, and information about the proposed sale.
By March 6, P.P.C.O.M. owed Irving $8.39 million, not including interest and other fees, just for product purchased. Irving has asked for P.P.C.O.M's accounts to be frozen and any assets sales to be halted. It wants to see the company's accounts going back to January 2000, and says a receiver should be appointed. Irving estimates P.P.C.O.M's assets, including receivables, are worth $2.3 million.
A federal court on March 8 ordered P.P.C.O.M to maintain the status quo and give Irving immediate access to the company's books. However, Irving subsequently discovered that P.P.C.O.M had a leased tank containing 435,250 gallons of heating oil, valued at $800,000. P.P.C.O.M said it was not the owner of the oil, since a number of school districts and municipalities had pre-paid for the fuel. The court ordered that control of the fuel and the tank be turned over to Irving, which is to deliver it only to pre-paid customers, after school districts said they would be forced to close schools without the fuel.
TIME FOR A CLEAN UP AT THE NEW BRUNSWICK LEGISLATURE???
I never saw this during the last four years at the New Brunswick Legislature. Is it time for a clean before the tourist season arrives?
I wonder what cause this ugly site anyway?
QUEBEC SECURITY STAFF SHOULD HAVE SHOWN RESPEECT FOR VISITORS FROM SCOTLAND!!!!
This afternoon while walking to the Legislature, I noticed the Saint Andrew flag flying proudly on the courtesy pole in front of the Legislature.
This is the flag for the Scots.
I remember down the shipyard, I used to have a Saint Andrew and Acadian flag on my hard hat. 
Me mother is born in Scotland so I feel a little connection to my roots!!!
I wanted to take a picture but the flag was all twisted around the flag pole.
Once inside, Andre Ouellette the Quebec Commissionaire was behind the counter.
I haven’t talked much to him since he degraded me in front of the contractor last summer.
But I had a problem and he was the guy I had to chat with so here we go again?
I said - Do me a favor? Can you have someone fix the Saint Andrew flag on the flag pole? 
Just like the ignorant Quebecer he is…. quickly answered – NON MONSIEUR!!!!
Which means- NO SIR!!!!
I shot back - You don’t learn don’t you?
He answered that I was the one who don’t learn!!!
Well? The Quebec security staff at the New Brunswick Legislature should have respect for the people of Scotland who was visiting the Capital.
I know one thing is certain???
If it would have been the fleur de lis from Quebec? 
They would have run outside and fix the problem!!!!
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