Hear No Evil

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Unity Team - One Down, Two To Go... Pictured right, a smirking Peter Thomassen along with Dennis Sheil, is what's left of disgraced Mike Fordes "Unity Team." Fordes two handpicked yes-men shown marching in Saturdays September 12, Labor Day Parade have yet to officially comment about the revelations of corruption and arrest of Mike Forde. Carpenters all around town are wondering why Thomassen and Sheil have not been fired. It has been well documented by Independent Investigator, Walter Mack that the district council officers "engaged in, at least, willful ignorance" of the corrupt conduct by companies like Tri-Built and On Par, which are believed to be two of the six unnamed contractors in the indictment and were notorious among carpenters as "cash" companies, yet permitted to work corrupt for years. Thomassen, as chairman of the delegate body has never once informed the delegates or membership about the revelations of corruption that Walter Mack discovered and reported on taking place at the district council. Carpenters interview all said and agree, Thomassen and Sheil "betrayed" the carpenters, they have no "integrity" and were Forde's "biggest enablers and defenders" of the councils “culture of corruption." Carpenters were also complaining about being kept in the dark, "it's ridiculous, it's been over a month and we still don't know what's going on". Where is the "outrage from our so-called leaders." Disgraced corrupt former carpenter boss Mike Forde, along with nine others were arrested and charged with a 29-count indictment on August 5, 2009 for corruption, racketeering, bribery and perjury, in a conspiracy that stretches over a decade, involving six contractors, business agents, business manager, benefit fund trustees, shop stewards, associates, council employees and testing positive for cocaine use. UBC General President Douglas McCarron fired Forde, local 608 business manager, John Greaney and local 608 business agent, Brian Hayes, on August 13, and ordered an “emergency supervision” of the district council and appointed Vice President Frank Spencer, supervisor. In a letter to the membership supervision Spencer wrote he will keep the membership "updated on a regular basis", whatever that means. Since the posting of letters by McCarron and Spencer on the councils website, there has not been any "regular" updates. An informed source at the council said, Spencer is "completely clueless to the extent of the corruption." Had enough of being kept in the DARK? Log onto local157.blogspot.com for more information and to send a message to Supervisor, Frank Spencer!

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