Vacation, all they ever wanted

For an Easter long weekend, there is a surprisingly large amount of chatter on the intertubes about St. John's city councillor Borat Gerry Colbert's work ethic, as reported today by Alisha Morrissey of the Telegram:

"For me, it's standard vacation time," said Colbert, explaining he takes several short trips to Florida throughout winter and spring.

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"The day in council is important, but do you know what it is lots of times? Face time," Colbert said, adding it takes more than a meeting once a week to be a councillor.

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"Mine are working vacations, but I take them. And quite frankly after 25 years, six or eight weeks' holidays ... you know."

In other potentially short-trips-to-Florida-related news, the House of Assembly, which these days tends to meet even less frequently in the course of a year than St. John's City Council, after six whole sittings so far in 2010, rose last Tuesday for a two-and-a-half-week "Easter" recess.

Even St. John's City Council has had the decency to meet thirteen times so far in 2010.