Larry's charges?

An interesting turn of events here in the nation's capital. Mayor Larry was being investigated by the OPP for trying to entice a fellow mayoralty candidate to drop out the race. Up until now the big slam against His Honour was the $30,000 he purportedly offered to the diminutive Terry. Of lesser importance was an apparent offer to get him a seat on the Parole Board.

The charges are in and they read as follows:

1.  Pretending to have influence with the government or
   a minister, contrary to Section 121(1)(d)(ii); and
2.  Negotiating an appointment contrary to Section 125(b)

Seems that the $30 grand issue has disappeared.

What is most interesting is the second of the two charges. Mayor Larry, it is alleged, negotiated an appointment. Even though the negotiation ended with a obvious no (because Terry did not get an appointment), who did Larry negotiate with? The Eastern Ontario Con responsible for patronage, or whatever new term that the Cons have for patronage, was John "the screamer" Baird, the illustrious Minister of the Environment. He says he never discussed the issue with Mayor Larry. If Baird is telling the truth, I wonder who Larry did negotiate with?

By the way, before John became Minister of Green Stuff, he was the President of the Treasury Board. He was in that position when the Mayor Larry misunderstanding was alleged to have take place. Who, I wonder, was the Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. It is not possible that it could have been Ottawa Con Pierre P, whose name has obliquely been linked to this misunderstanding.

Hhmm?