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Conrad Black acquired newspapers that were in financial difficulty due to poor management and showed that he could refurbish them into profitable enterprises. To suggest that Black might have something in common with the career-criminal Al Capone is grossly unfair. Shame on you.
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0Yes, there are 17 charges against Conrad Black, but only one issue: does payment for a non-compete agreement rightfully belong to shareholders, or, to the manager with the expertise to potentially bankrupt his old company by way of a new business initiative?
Personally, I don't believe that Black is guilty of anything other than being a wealthy, pompous snob. That's bad, but it's not against the law.
Personally, I don't believe that Black is guilty of anything other than being a wealthy, pompous snob. That's bad, but it's not against the law.
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0Problem was, the non-competes were with his own personal companies. Hollinger, the public company paid the money to Radlers and Blacks private company.
To show the arrogance, it all started in Kelowna and came out in a lawsuit for wrongful dismissal by Paul Winkler against Lower Mainland Publishing.
Winkler got $160,000. and the scam was exposed in court. Would have been smarter to pay Winkler to keep it out of court.
Then, the Canadian authorities did nothing but it caught the attention of the U.S. authorities.
To show the arrogance, it all started in Kelowna and came out in a lawsuit for wrongful dismissal by Paul Winkler against Lower Mainland Publishing.
Winkler got $160,000. and the scam was exposed in court. Would have been smarter to pay Winkler to keep it out of court.
Then, the Canadian authorities did nothing but it caught the attention of the U.S. authorities.
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0Non-competition agreements are legal, both in the USA and in Canada.
Radler conducted transactions, under the guise of non-competition agreements, that in fact were not. He was caught, tried and sentenced. As a part of a plea bargaining arrangement for a lighter sentence, he agreed to testify against Conrad Black for doing likewise. The matter is currently before the court. So far, there is no prima facie evidence against Black.
The accusations of a prosecutor do not constitute evidence of any sort and you are naive to expect the dispassionate processing of justice from that ilk. The process is adversarial.
For the life of me, I can't understand why this story deserves space in Eesti Elu. Moreover, Adu Raudkivi's description of the matter is embarrassing.
Radler conducted transactions, under the guise of non-competition agreements, that in fact were not. He was caught, tried and sentenced. As a part of a plea bargaining arrangement for a lighter sentence, he agreed to testify against Conrad Black for doing likewise. The matter is currently before the court. So far, there is no prima facie evidence against Black.
The accusations of a prosecutor do not constitute evidence of any sort and you are naive to expect the dispassionate processing of justice from that ilk. The process is adversarial.
For the life of me, I can't understand why this story deserves space in Eesti Elu. Moreover, Adu Raudkivi's description of the matter is embarrassing.
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0The case against Conrad Black looks like the case against the Duke University lacrosse team where a drunken stripper entertained the lacrosse team at a party. She was a down-home Afro-American. The team was composed of white boys from privileged families studying at a prestigious university. She claimed that three of them raped her. Shown photos of the team -- and no one else -- she singled out three. One of them was was filmed at the time of the alleged rape withdrawing money from a bank machine. All of the team members voluntarily supplied DNA samples. None of them matched the five sperm samples found in her body. The prosecutor suppressed this evidence and proceeded with the case.
The stripper changed her story several times. The case created havoc. The students' lives were disrupted by charges that could have lead to long jail sentences. They (actually, their families) incurred heavy legal expenses. On campus, the lacrosse coach lost his job.
The tenacious prosecutor eventually gave up and his misconduct is currently under investigation.
Conrad Black is the privileged white boy in this case -- the object of envy and resentment.
The shareholders play the role of the stripper -- screwed -- not by Black, but by the new management that couldn't competently manage his former newspaper.
The prosecutors, in both cases, stuck their necks out too far for political reasons and, once there, couldn't retract without losing face.
Adu has been doing his research in the Toronto Star -- the newspaper for the uninformed who wish to remain that way.
The stripper changed her story several times. The case created havoc. The students' lives were disrupted by charges that could have lead to long jail sentences. They (actually, their families) incurred heavy legal expenses. On campus, the lacrosse coach lost his job.
The tenacious prosecutor eventually gave up and his misconduct is currently under investigation.
Conrad Black is the privileged white boy in this case -- the object of envy and resentment.
The shareholders play the role of the stripper -- screwed -- not by Black, but by the new management that couldn't competently manage his former newspaper.
The prosecutors, in both cases, stuck their necks out too far for political reasons and, once there, couldn't retract without losing face.
Adu has been doing his research in the Toronto Star -- the newspaper for the uninformed who wish to remain that way.
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0I loved your line: Toronto Star -- the newspaper for the uninformed who wish to remain that way. Beautiful.
But, having read Adu's article, find you're a little too harsh. Give people who lend their names to things a break.
As for Conrad... I don't know what to think.
But, having read Adu's article, find you're a little too harsh. Give people who lend their names to things a break.
As for Conrad... I don't know what to think.
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0Have a second look at Adu Raudkivi's article. Take note of the scurrilous insinuation and innuendo and, then, tell me specifically where I've been too harsh. I'm prepared to apologize to Adu if that's what he deserves.
Unfair criticism is simply wrong. Launched from anonymity, it's simply shameful.
Unfair criticism is simply wrong. Launched from anonymity, it's simply shameful.
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0Gawd... you write like John A. MacDonald.
As for your comment: [i]Unfair criticism is simply wrong. Launched from anonymity, it's simply shameful.[i]
What am I (or anybody) to make of it? I don't see a name, phone, or even e-mail address. Ahh! I get it you're anonymous and the sentence self-referential.
As for your comment: [i]Unfair criticism is simply wrong. Launched from anonymity, it's simply shameful.[i]
What am I (or anybody) to make of it? I don't see a name, phone, or even e-mail address. Ahh! I get it you're anonymous and the sentence self-referential.
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0#1. Conrad Black will be cleared of all charges against him.
#2. Adu Raudkivi will report the Conrad is as innocent as O.J.
#2. Adu Raudkivi will report the Conrad is as innocent as O.J.
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