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Tofino’s Former CAO Now Working Up North

28/07/2010 12:21:00 Keven Drews

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Bob Long, second from left, works during a Tofino council meeting. Long is now working for the City of Yellowknife. (Westcoaster.ca File Photo)

By Westcoaster.ca Staff TOFINO — The municipality’s former chief administrative officer has taken a job in the Diamond Capital of North America.

Bob Long resigned as the District of Tofino’s CAO at the end of June and was hired as the administrator for the City of Yellowknife, N.W.T.

The City of Yellowknife announced Long’s appointment in a June 30 press release.

“While the quality of candidates was extremely high, what stood out was the intensity of their desire to live and work in Yellowknife,” said the city’s mayor, Gordon Van Tighem, in a press release.

“Bob comes to us highly recommended. We welcome him and look forward to sharing in his future successes.”

According to the press release, Long started his new job July 19.

Long left his job in Tofino just weeks after the Westcoaster.ca ran a story on Olympic budgets and spending.

At the time, Tofino Mayor John Fraser announced Long would pursue his “personal and career goals” elsewhere.

See Long on the City of Yellowknife’s website:
http://www.yellowknife.ca/City_Hall/Departments/City_Administrator.html

Read about Tofino’s Olympic budget
http://www.westcoaster.ca/tofino/9412-Tofino-Says-Olympic-Pavilion-Under-Budget-But-Keeps-Higher-Tally-Hidden.html

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Comments (13 posted):

anonymous on 28/07/2010 12:26:22

i doubt it was your story there mr ego. i think it was one of many things aiding to his leaving. he pissed off a lot of people in different avenues. high horse, much?

Keven Drews on 28/07/2010 13:37:35

Please read again, anonymous.
We never reported he left BECAUSE of our story. We reported he left AFTER we published our story.
There is a difference.
Keven Drews

on 28/07/2010 15:12:08

Anonymous has a point. The sentence certainly implies cause and effect. You should know better. I don't see you mentioning the Tofino news blog that went after the Olympic spending before you jumped on the wagon. Time does not get measured in 'before & after westcoaster coverage' in other stories, does it?

on 28/07/2010 15:28:41

Keven probably didn't mention local blog because it's not news and not newsworthy - it's one person's views on Tofino politics.

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on 28/07/2010 15:49:09

Right. Whereas the westcoaster is 3 peoples' blog and a bunch of press releases by pr folk - advertising disguised as news. Great journalism!

As for 'not news and not newsworthy' - that gets us back to the high horse, doesn't it?

Keven Drews on 28/07/2010 17:19:54

"Because" implies cause and effect.
"After" doesn't.
Something can happen after and have no causal relationship.
By the way, we mentioned Ralph and his blog in the story we actually published on Olympic spending.
You can check this out if you wish.
As for original reporting, I'd hardly say the majority of what we do is blogging and publishing rewritten press releases.
You can check out our archives. We have published thousands of original stories.

on 28/07/2010 21:01:31

bob gone super gone finance person gone when is it time for the parks director to go lets just clean house and start fresh good luck to the new cao

on 28/07/2010 21:06:44

who is the person sitting next to bob in the picture and what does she do for the district looks like she is sleeping was she just bored or is this how we pay our staff just look busy but realy just sleping

on 28/07/2010 21:18:29

wow im impressed he worked for tofino for almost two years but went home every weekend but now looks foward to living in yellowknife i guess there was no free living contract good luck yellowknife you will need it.......

on 29/07/2010 11:55:08

Please read again, Keven.
I never said the MAJORITY of stories are pr pieces, I said A BUNCH.

There is a difference.

BECAUSE implies nothing. It states a causal relationship. The way the word AFTER is used certainly implies that you had something to do with Bob Long's departure (and you probably did). Why else would that sentence be even in there?

Posting pretty pictures in slow news weeks sure looks like blogging to me. You're better than that.