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Telling tales in the Jacques divorce courtroom BY ANDREW DOUGLAS FRANK MAGAZINE HAS WON THE FIRST BAT- TLE IN THE LEGAL WAR TO ACCESS THE DIVORCE FILE OF GAZILLIONAIRE JACQUES WHITFORD MOGUL HECTOR JACQUES AND HIS ESTRANGED WIFE SHARON. JUSTICE BERYL MACDONALD RULED LAST MONTH THAT THE PROVINCE’S ME- DIA WILL BE ADVISED OF THE UPCOMING FRANK V. JACQUES COURT BATTLE, SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 28, VIA THE COURTS’ ELECTRONIC NOTI- FICATION SYSTEM. Which is sorta funny, considering I’ve been notifying you, ad nauseam, about the pending fight since March (Frank 606). But that’s not to say the April 28 hearing was completely without entertainment value. For the second time in under 12 months, Blois Nickerson family law specialist Gordon Kelly, representing Sharon in the matter, placed his hands on my junk without invitation. Upon noticing that my Blackberry had been placed on the ledge separating the lawyers from the common folk in order to record the hearing, he picked it up and carried it over to Justice Beryl. “It actually is recording,” he noted to Her Honour, adding insistently, when she didn’t immediately acknowledge him, “M’lady”. She replied with a tone of maternal exasperation more commonly found in elementary school teachers when deal- Ralston’s troubles grow BY NEAL OZANO FOLKS ARE SEEING MORE SIGNS OF TROU- BLE IN THE STATE OF THE RALSTON MACDONNELL EMPIRE — ESPECIALLY THE SIGN THAT SAYS “MUNICIPALITY OF SHELBURNE TAX SALE.” The Shelburne Boys’ School and 19 hectares around it, including the Bowood Recycling Depot, all owned by Ralston’s Bowood Corporation Inc., are up for tax sale by the municipality May 17 for three years (more than $150,000) in tax arrears. Officials say, however, Ralston can stop the sale and keep the land and buildings if he finds the cash within six months. Digby Wharf honcho MacDonnell bought the much-discounted Boys’ School in 2007 from his former NSCAD co-director and 18 FRANK MAGAZINE MAY 24, 2011 ing with the classroom tattle-tale. “I don’t need to look at it, I take it that is happening from what I can see, I don’t need it brought any closer,” she scolded. Gordo dutifully returned it to the ledge. The episode began when, about 20 minutes into the hearing, Stewart McKelvey bulldog Mick Ryan’s female assistant handed him a note informing him that recording was taking place. Mick, as noted previously, is acting for Hector Jacques in the matter. Mick raised the issue to Justice Beryl, and Gordon echoed his concerns. Both were mortified that I had been making the recording “in secret,” albeit in full view of everyone. Justice Beryl noted that the rules are that you’re not supposed to record without permission. It was around this point that I mentioned to Frank counsel Alan Parish, of Burchells LLP, that a memo outside the courtroom door, and another in the lobby, specifically states that media are, in fact, allowed to record proceedings to aid in note taking. Recess time! Justice Beryl repaired to her Chambers to read the memo, and Alan, Gordon, Mick, and his female assistant all filed out of the courtroom, a mini field-trip as it were, to read the memo. Courts of N.S. spokesthingy John Piccolo would later tell me the policy was adopted in mid-2008. SWSDA kingpin Frank Anderson for $550,000 — $9.1 million less than it was assessed at in 2001 (Frank 509). Ralston didn’t return a detailed email, and phones at the main office weren’t answered. I’m told the Boys’ School isn’t being maintained at all. “The buildings are an absolute wreck,” says a source. The source also suggests the bills for the Boys’ School aren’t always promptly paid. A 15-room student residence at the school, Fitzmaurice House, spent the winter with “no heat or hot water for three months” even though there were “four or five” NSCC students living there. I’m told one hearty student held out until this April. Some sources suggest there may have I’m telling! Gordon Kelly “Sorry about my deficiency folks,” Justice Beryl apologized when court resumed. After adjournment, Mick shook my hand congenially, laughing about the matter. Gordon didn’t. I can’t help but recall another incident at the Devonshire Avenue courthouse, last May 20 to be precise, when Gordo placed his palm on my camera lens in an attempt to block my taking a picture of his client, N.G. businessman Reaud Harris, in a courtroom hallway. Media, incidentally, are also allowed to take photos in designated courthouse areas, including hallways. Nevertheless, the indignant legal beagle complained to Justice Jim Williams that I had “accosted” his client (Frank 586). andrew@atlanticfrank.ca been an issue with Nova Scotia Power recently, too — it may have threatened cut the power due to some unpaid bills. But supposedly, when the threat came in, Ralston found the money, in the thousands of dollars, I’m told, “within the hour,” my source says. And the bottle depot can now only be contacted by a 1-800 number forwarded to an employee’s personal cell phone. Moldy beer isn’t the only thing that stinks down there. We’ve heard from several sources in Shelburne that the bottle depot is often a little short on cash for bottle returns, and we reported in Frank 606 that the Resource Recovery Fund Board, which administers bottle depots and the like, shut down the bottle depot for two weeks, after public complaints that it wasn’t open at the posted hours. Our source suggests that it’s still only open four days a week. CONTINUED ON PAGE 29
Jumpin’ Judy Hare makes more than the Mayor BY MAIRIN PRENTISS THE LAST TIME THE JAUNDICED PAGES OF THE MEDIA REPORTED THE STACKED-TO-THE- RAFTERS SALARY OF LIBRARIAN-IN-CHIEF JUDITH HARE, SHE DISMISSED IT AS “YELLOW JOURNALISM CRAP.” Back then in 2003, Judy was raking in $116,00-per to make sure everyone was doing their jobs and sorting out books properly. (By colour, right? — ed.) An appointment such as that, comes with stressful moments undoubtedly. For instance, without library science training one might never know where to shelve the gruelling read Ulysses. Is it fiction? Or would it go under section 365 Penal & Related Institutions subsection Torture Methods? It’s shurely commendable work, but I am gobsmacked to report that Judy pulls in $146,422.61/per, over $8,000 more than Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly. Yes, Judy’s salary has more digits than some Dewey Decimal classifications. Judy Library by the numbers JUDITH HARE, CEO: $146,422.61 SUSAN McLEAN, public services director/deputy CEO: $107,617.15 PAULA SAULNIER, corporate research & development director: $107,617.15 BRUCE GORMAN, IT and collection management director: $107,617.15 CATHY MADDIGAN, human resources director: $107,617.15 SHAWN WEST, finance & facilities director: $95,671.25 earns more in a day than the temperature at which books begin to burn. Judy has more dollars in the bank at the end of a year than her most recent glass box — the Keshen Goodman Library — has books. Hoof it! It’s the cops! BY NEAL OZANO WELL, THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE: SOMEONE WAS RIDING A HORSE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN MIDDLETON. Town RCMP confirmed they were called, but say horse and rider were gone by the time they had galloped down to the scene of the “crime.” But is it even a crime? Could the mystery cowboy (or cowgirl) who was trotting merrily along at 6:25 p.m. on April 19 be charged? According to one Q.C. lawyer, so long as you follow the rules of the road, there’s no problem. “You can ride a horse on a public highway, but you must go in the same direction as traffic,” he says. But you can’t leave Trigger unattended. “You’re not allowed to ride up to the bar and drop the reigns and walk in there.” No horses allowed on the sidewalk, either. And if your horses happen to be pulling a sleigh, they have to have jingle bells. That’s right there in Section 167 of the Motor Vehicles Act (yes, we know — horses don’t have motors — ed.). “There’s a lot of things in the MVA about horses that have been there for 100 years and just haven’t been taken out, because they still apply,” he says. Thank goodness. neal@atlanticfrank.ca Judy Hare poses for yellow journalists (not exactly as illustrated). Amidst the hoopla of Jude’s impending $55 million book repository — winter garden and all — we could no longer ignore this frightful bete noire. mairin@atlanticfrank.ca Ousider urged for deputy chief probe BY NEAL OZANO HALIFAX’S DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF CHRIS MCNEIL, ON SUSPENSION FOR ALLEGED PERJURY, SHOULD NOT BE INVESTIGATED BY HIS OWN POLICE FORCE, ACCORDING TO MANY RANK-AND-FILE COPS — OR ANY OTHER N.S. FORCE. CBC reported on March 21 that Bridgewater cop boss Brent Crowhurst conducted the investigation looking into actions of Integrity Investigations, the private lie-detector company owned by police officers Mark Hartlen and Darrell Gaudet. Hartlen was demoted to staff sergeant in 2008 for his connection to Integrity, while Staff. Sgt. Darrell still works as a watch commander. There will be “perceptions of bias” if the probed is conducted by law enforcement from this province, I’m hearing from cop foot-soldiers. It’s true you can’t swing a cat in Nova Scotia without smacking a McNeil in some sort of police or public official role. McNeil, as previously reported in these pages, has some 700 siblings. neal@atlanticfrank.ca MAY 24, 2011 FRANK MAGAZINE 19
Page 1 and 2: Convicted molester moves to Bedford
Page 3 and 4: Letters Just testing... Dear Frank:
Page 5 and 6: BY ANDREW DOUGLAS WITH ALL DUE RESP
Page 7 and 8: BY NEAL OZANO GERALD KEDDY’S CONS
Page 9 and 10: ELECTION 2011 Is Karlheinz here yet
Page 11 and 12: Has anybody else had enough of LeRo
Page 13 and 14: The case of the Crown and the court
Page 15 and 16: Lonely at Rowan BY DAN WALSH ONLY T
Page 17: One hopes former Chief Justice Lorn
Page 21 and 22: Jim Smith’s budget siesta BY DAN
Page 23 and 24: Mental Health Court news BY JACOB B
Page 25 and 26: COAST KISSES KUTCHER’S ARSE BY NE
Page 27 and 28: By now I hope you’ve had the plea
Page 29 and 30: RALSTON, FROM PAGE 18 courses. Rich
Page 31 and 32: Tweets of the Week Follow Frank on
Page 33 and 34: Charles: The forgotten man By Roy A
Page 35 and 36: OH NO! WITHOUT OUR PRECIOUS X-WOMEN

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