Jack Knox: Two decades after shotgun wedding, VicPD's parents still searching for love
Had Manak found the money in his existing budget, Esquimalt would have been on the hook for 14.7 per cent of that cost, because that’s the township’s share of police-department spending. But because the budget cupboard was bare, and because the $76,000 was for a service that benefited Victoria alone, Manak went only to Victoria for the extra funds. A minor matter, but illustrative given that Victoria and Esquimalt just went through their latest round of couples counselling. They have been doing so since 2002, when the provincial government ordered the shotgun marriage of the two munici...
Source: timescolonist.com
