Email: Standard cop-out

Julie Smith states 'I have seen no evidence to suggest that Jackie Lewis deliberately misled the Ombudsman Committee'. (Boss did not deliberately mislead.)

This is a standard cop-out for politicians (and others). I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a lie. It does, however, indicate that nothing has been done to find evidence. It's really stating 'what I don't see I won't worry about'.

At the moment I have no evidence that two plus two equals four. It's not until I get my beans out that I can check.

Bill Ridgeway