Pundits on Dix

“Sort of like a used-car dealer rolling back the odometer. One could not ask for a more vivid snapshot of the Clark government’s modus operandi.” – Mike Smyth, Mar 25/99

“Dix said yesterday that he was fired because the NDP is so low in the polls. For some reason, he’s getting an estimated $60,000 severance package after being fired for cause. Nice deal. Try to find one like that in the real world.” – Mike Smyth, The Province, Mar 25/99

“Clark takes a lie detector test. Adrian Dix, his closest political advisor, fakes up a memo to file that would clear the boss, rolling the office date stamp back to hide when it was typed. It’s pathetic, but at least it’s over….” – Paul Willcocks, Notes from the Halls of Power, Alaska Highway News, Nov 25/02

“[Adrian Dix] ‘faked a memo’ in a spectacularly unsuccessful effort to cover his boss’s butt in the Pilarinos caper.” – Les Leyne, Times Colonist, May 10/05

“One of the more convenient documents ever produced by a government in trouble is the single sheet of paper released by Premier Glen Clark this week in support of his claim that he had nothing to do with the awarding of a dubious casino licence in Burnaby. The document is a memo, produced by the premier’s chief political adviser, Adrian Dix, saying that Mr. Clark had specifically directed him to ‘ensure that he take no part in any aspect of the decision on Burnaby casinos.’ On the face of it, this substantiates the premier’s story. On closer examination . . . the memo is fascinating in every way.” – Vancouver Sun Editorial, Mar 5/99