Editor: I read Rick Green’s response to the release of the Lidstone Report. He claims it’s nothing new. He feels that his quiet apology a while back for misleading numerous people on numerous occasions was enough.
It would be, if he had in fact stopped misleading people. Recently, he publicly stated to the media that he had been exonerated in this matter.
What the special prosecutor actually said was: “there is no substantial likelihood of conviction.” It seems to me that the special prosecutor wanted an airtight case before he laid charges against a sitting mayor who was running for re-election. That would be prudent.
He certainly did not proclaim Green’s innocence. Green himself obviously knew that he wasn’t innocent, because he has apologized for misleading people on this potentially serious matter involving the reputations of local citizens.
When Green stated that he had been exonerated, he was misrepresenting material facts in a deliberate attempt to mislead voters. When will he stop?
Green cannot and should not pretend to be a victim here. He is the one responsible for this whole sordid affair. If he wants to make amends, how about apologizing to the four innocent women from Brownshak?
Steve Hocaluk,
Langley
