Emerson noticeable by his absence - again

After hiding from his constiuents last week at the Ministerial Regional Office, and spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to fly out staffers to brief him while he hid at home the week prior, this week David Emerson hiked off to Ottawa to hide some more.

March 1 2006 VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980) – Noticeably absent from Tuesday’s Olympic flag-raising at Vancouver City Hall was Vancouver-Kingsway Tory MP David Emerson, even though the 2010 Games are part of his portfolio.

Emerson did send out a statement, saying the flag-raising ceremony is a proud Olympic tradition, but it doesn’t mention why he chose not to fly out from Ottawa for it.