Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local free june 2000 Ford wholesale Black value 1999 11 to choose from Best program car Deal in Hie province look at this equipment Power Remote aluminium Black Book 9176o As Low As Down Oft 1998 explorer limited cd out my of top of the line beleaguered lotteries corp dealt fresh hand new Mac Boss a career bureaucrat with reputation for getting Job done by Doug Narne so whats not to like about being in charge of Manitoba lotteries Winston Hodgins is finding until last the 30year vet eran of the provincial bureaucracy was toiling away in relative anonymity As Deputy minister for intergovernmental on he began the Unen viable task of rebuilding the foundation of macs gambling the last Guy to sit in the presidents chair went on stress leave for five months before being humiliated by a Public firing and a storm of three other senior managers followed him into unemployment last after a decade of near fanatical the last six months have seen macs problems Laid Bare by the dissected by the provincial auditor and flayed by its own Board of its not the place youd expect a career bureaucrat with a cosy Job and a solid reputation to be looking for in said until he took Over As president of his idea of gambling was buying the occasional lotto i classify myself As a he said in a recent this All developed very quickly it will be an interesting the last few Days have been a crash course on the Complex world of the gov Ern Mentrin gaming including Tours of macs Crown jewels club Regent and the Mcphillips Street Sta the last Guy to sit in the presidents chair went on stress months before being humiliated by a Public it was not by Accident that Premier Gary doer personally sought out a relatively Low profile bureaucrat to stick in the lotteries hot after the tenure of former president Bill doer was looking for not a High we wanted someone who has a Rock solid reputation and was above political doer Hes known for being Cool under pressure and he gets the Job Hodgins has also worked for the tories and the so he slipped behind the Helm of Mac without a whisper of controversy and no allegations of patronage from the those who know Hodgins describe him As being a near opposite of his while Funk named the Mcphillips Street station restaurant Micheles after his and former acting president Peter Hak named the bar Dixie after his Hodgins has happily toiled away in bureaucratic anonymity his entire Hodgins grew up in a town South of Killarney so Small it Doest even get its own listing in the phone he earned degrees in science and Commerce at the University of Manitoba before joining the civil Hodgins is expected to be at Mac for Only six to eight but he is under tremendous pressure to get the highly profitable corporation Back on track the government cannot afford to see its biggest Cash cow firing on any thing Short of All there is no question that there Are some serious issues that need to be dealt Hodgins its not anything i Haven seen but it May just take a Little bit longer to Deal Ken Violiotti free press Hodgins above is described As being a near opposite of his Mac chairwoman Bev Suek said the corporation is unlike any other depart ment in and requires a Spe Cial touch to manage we cant just be Rule she we have to be creative and exciting As Hodgins said his priorities will be to improve morale and hire people to fill vacant management he said the intense scrutiny Mac has been under has driven morale to Rock Bot Tom its had a very significant effect on the he if you Are under a Micro it is going to have an Hodgins has already taken some Small while his predecessor was described As the head of a we wanted someone who has a Roc solid reputation and was above political reproach Premier doer secretive group of managers intent on rewarding themselves with Hod gins is trying to mend fences by attend ing a staff Barbecue and playing in a baseball tour he said new financial management controls will put a Stop to practices that saw Vic presidents run up a expense Bill Over two allegations of favouritism in awarding jobs will be cleared up by posting positions and putting new human resources policies in Hodgins has not yet decided whether he will seek to stay in the or head Back to the civil ser vice when his term i think youd better ask me about that in six he 4 1998w1ndsurgl a front rear pal Quad a privacy Glass 4 a p3v430 Sau Kici 1999 Ford Al 50 sum cab 4 Power Box liner stack Book is 13d our in of bucket i console and Sau Muci Soo buy of the week 1999 explorer xii4 door a i Power windows c if Alloy i much More 34 am Tamaar Kford 3636 Portage 8373636 toll Froe 8007820079 in the the Al new Waverley at Bishop Grandin Waverley at Bishop grand in vans 100 vans to choose from immediate Sale no models and options caravans grand caravans town it country vans caravans loaded Waverley at Bishop 6616337 in the Auto mall ;