Tory MLA Gary Mar was appointed this afternoon to replace former Tory Minister Murray Smith as Alberta’s Ambassador to Washington DC.
One wonders if Mr. Mar, who was dumped from cabinet in January 2007, will be inheriting the taxpayer funded high-life that Murray Smith lived while attending the garden parties and socials inside the beltline.
Smith’s appointment in 2004 was criticized as partisan patronage and his lavish expenses have been criticized since.
Ed Stelmach‘s Tories have come under heat in the past weeks as years of Tory partisan patronage have begun to bubble to the surface.
Mar will begin his new position in October, which would mean that there is potential for another Calgary by-election in the near future.
