STATE: John West would turn in his grave …

The Sunday Examiner (17th May) published a Hate Letter (above) aimed at former Australian Greens leader Senator Christine Milne and written by one Jim Campbell from Ulverstone.

The Examiner should be ashamed to publish such tripe … it is undeserved, mean, petty and vindictive.

The reason that Tasmania is so badly governed is the poor quality and limited intelligence of its State Pollies.

They are supported by the uncritical stance of those who edit this rag … prior to taking up a party political posting at public expense as a political thankyou for past favourable editorials.

When an articulate intelligent person such as Senator Milne is denigrated on retirement through The Examiner it reflects badly on that paper and its staff.

The part The Examiner has failed to play in investigating the many frauds on the public purse by those who have in the past bought The Examiner’s uncritical support by advertising in its pages are well known.

The Examiner will go bust and bankruptcy and closure will be a due and just reward.

John West (co-founder of The Examiner) would turn in his grave.

All about *John West, Wikipedia HERE

• Examiner: Forico sees big future EMERGING timber giant Forico says there are huge growth prospects in plantation wood that will boost the entire state’s economy. The Launceston-based company is quietly confident that it can achieve a stringent green environmental tick for its products, helping it reach more markets in northern Asia. Forico chief executive Bryan Hayes said for the first time in several years there was activity coming back into the industry, with the company looking to expand throughout the North. The company will be audited in July for its bid to receive Forest Stewardship Council certification for forest management.

• Luigi Brown, in Comments: The Examiner has sold its building and moved into rented space in Cimitiere Street. It has marked the event by by publishing a 40 page pictorial supplement – “Moving With The Times”. It reads like the obituary you’d write for yourself. I wonder how long the lease is on the new premises?