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St. Ann Municipal Corporation Office of the Contractor General November 2017
MR. LAKE:
The answer to that is yes. Although
she hasn't attended meetings for a very
long time.
CHAIRMAN:
Now, Mrs. Joan McDonald appeared
before me on a number of occasions
with her attorney. She, Mrs. Joan
McDonald alleges that you Mr.
Richard Lake met with her prior to her
appearance knowing well that she was
about to appear before me. Mrs.
McDonald suggests that during that
meeting you suggested certain things
that she should not say to me. To be
more specific: "He said I can't say
that". And just to put this very long
question in some context. She was
seeking to prepare herself to answer
questions in terms of subcontracts that
had been given out to persons and
more particularly, a cheque payment
she received.
And finally, what she did with the
cheque payment, how she treated with
it.
Yes sir, it's a very long question before
I ask it, I am going to get a copy of the
transcript. Mr. Robinson as I
indicated
the
procedure
here
especially is that, in relation to any