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Bill Mont PSST! WANNA MAKE A GOOD INVESTMENT? I’M BULLISH ON TELEMARKETING COMPANIES... BY DAN WALSH IT WOULD BE EASIER TO BREAK INTO FORT KNOX THAN GET OMNIPOTENT IN- VESTMENT GURU GORDON STIRRETT TO REVEAL HIS FIRM’S ANNUAL MARKETING BUDGET. Gordon’s instantly recognizable mug is plastered over billboards, websites, in fish wrappers, and on the boob tube. His company, Gordon Stirrett & Associates, pollutes our radio airwaves with its ads and even hires telemarketers to make cold-calls and interrupt our supper. While he won’t divulge any numbers, Gordon, whose firm is the country’s top-selling Manulife 20 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK DECEMBER 21, 2010 dealer, does acknowledge that his company annually spends more on advertising than philanthropy. Last year the investment dealer donated $100,000 to the Halifax Grammar School, to fund student-driven community charities, and gave $100,000 to the Sally Ann the year before. This year, it’s United Way. Gordon, who tells me he’s a small fish in a big pond, competing with the Royal Banks and Toronto Dominions of the world, says, “I’m always open to a new advertising idea.” Don’t be surprised if you wake up Christmas morning to find Gordon Stirrett Stanfields or a tin of Gordon Stirrett sardines in your stocking. dan@atlanticfrank.ca BILL MONT HAS A NEW ADDRESS BY DAN WALSH FLEA MARKET CZAR BILL MONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWOOD. I’m pleased to report that the 81 year old, larger-thanlife bizman is alive and kicking, after undergoing a prostate operation on Nov. 2. Bill’s recovery time is expected to last at least six weeks, but that won’t stop the famed wheeler-dealer from regular appearances at Northwood’s Wednesday night dances, and I would not surprised to see Bill twirling the ladies around on the dance floor. Over the years Bill has volunteered countless hours at Northwood, so no doubt he already feels right at home. I understand the legendary pack-rat plans to finally finish his memoirs, which he has titled From a shack to a castle. Though it is catchy, it’s a bit of a misleading title, if you ask me. Bill has actually owned two castles - one in Wicklow, Ireland, and the former Olands Castle on Young Avenue - plus he’s owned an island, a cemetery, a beauty pageant, an animal shelter, a ferry turned floating restaurant, a high school ... man, the list is endless! Gordon Stirrett
THE NOVA SCOTIA WAY OF LIFE BY DAN WALSH JIM EISENHAUER, THE NEW NOVA SCOTIA BUSINESS INC. CHAIR, DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN NSBI HANDED HIS COMPANY A $165,525 PAYROLL REBATE IN NOVEMBER 2009, ACCORDING TO SPOKESTHINGY SARAH LEVY. Sarah says then-NSBI vice-chair Jim, the prezceo of ABCO Industries, “would not have been involved in the negotiations” for the rebate, which helped Jim’s venerable Lunenburg biz retain its existing workforce as it modernized equipment. In Sarah’s words, the payroll rebate was not earmarked for new job creation but was “tied Jim Eisenhauer to productivity enhancement... and off- sets the cost of buying new equipment.” Besides NSBI largesse, ABCO has also received much lovin’ from its Moncton sugar daddy, the federal money-chuckers at Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, to the tune of $1,126,060. In the past decade, ACOA handed Jim’s firm six separate loans, with all but $100,000 repayable. Jim is also a director for Lunenburg defence and aerospace industrialists Composites Atlantic, which has bagged over $14.7 million in loans since 1996 from ACOA ($5.8 million) and the province’s Economic Development Office ($8.9 million.) South Shore tycoon Jim, who lives in Second Peninsula on a seven-acre estate ($1.24 million assessment) with wiferoo Heather, also owns the companies West Nova Fuels, Superline Fuels and Nova Wood Products, which has in the past received $315,000 in ACOA loans. Jim — whose father, Andrew Eisenhauer died on Oct. 28 at 87 (Andrew co-founded ABCO, the Atlantic Bridge Company, when he was 24) — is also a director of blackout specialist, Nova Scotia Power. Having collected so many taxpayer-funded loans over his illustrious career, I’m supremely confident Jim will perform his NSBI duties with great diligence and skill. dan@atlanticfrank.ca THE NIGHTS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT... BY DAN WALSH NOVA SCOTIA POWER SPOKESTHINGY PATTY FAITH REFUSES TO TELL ME HOW MUCH NSP BOARD MEMBERS ARE PAID, SO I GUESS I’M FORCED TO REPORT ON OUTAGES INSTEAD. Basically, if you don’t lose your power by the time you finish reading this article, it will be a miracle. In the two weeks, between Nov. 17 and Dec.1, 59 separate power outages struck across the province, affecting 18,633 houses and business. But in the two weeks before that — from Nov. 1 to Nov. 16 - darkness reigned over the land like the prelude to an apocalypse. I counted 204 separate outages (I lost track after 204, likely there were a dozen others) that affected exactly 86,991 households and businesses. That means in November a mind-blowing 105,624 customers were without power at some point, nearly 25 per cent of NSP’s entire customer base. Seemingly unable to cope with the province’s growing epidemic of rogue raccoons, salty fog and pesky gay pride flags and streamers, all those unnatural occurrences that cause our frequent blackouts, NSP has once again gone to its masters at the Utility & Review Board to demand another rate hike. They should really install a bloody revolving door at the URB, expressly for Chris Huskilson and Rob Bennett’s use. Cap-in-hand, NSP now wants to gouge us with another 7.5% residential hike, the sixth rate increase in the past nine years. And who, pray tell, is the greedy cabal overseeing NSPI’s increasingly substandard service? They are: Jim Eisenhauer (ABCO, NSBI); Lee Bragg (Eastlink); Elaine Sibson (Worker’s Compensation Board czarina); George Caines (NSP chair, Stewart McKelvey partner); Wes Armour (Armour Transportation prez, chair of the Atlantic Gateway Advisory Council); John McLennan (ex-Allstream ceo); Irene D’Entremont (M.I.T. Electronics prez); Marie Rounding (corporate lawyer at Gowlings in TO); Rob Bennett (NSP prez) and Chris Huskilson (Emera ceo). As for NSP boardie remuneration, “The only publicly available information that I am aware of is for the Chair, as part of Emera’s disclosure requirements,” sez a curt Patty, not even bothering to supply the figure. In 2008, the NSP chair was paid $110,000per; it has undoubtedly risen since then. If you’re wondering, Emera directors pocket a $35,000 annual retainer, but most easily double that figure, on fees handed out as liberally as the proverbial drunken sailor. DECEMBER 21, 2010 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK 21
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