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With apologies to Shakespeare, British Columbians can reasonably yell, “A plague o’ all your houses!” at the three political parties caught up in the unprecedented mess at the B.C. legislature concerning the mysterious criminal investigation of legislative clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz, as well as their suspensions from their jobs.

To the list of those deserving public scorn, one can add Speaker Darryl Plecas, his “special adviser” Alan Mullen, and the police for the ridiculously secretive (and in some cases bumbling) way in which the issue has been handled — whatever that issue is.

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But if there is a pox on anyone, it’s the one being inflicted on the public, who are being kept in the dark about what is going at B.C.’s most important democratic institution.

Nearly two weeks after the story broke — when James and Lenz were unceremoniously and unnecessarily marched out of the legislature by Mullen and police — no official has told the public what the investigation is about. Even James and Lenz — both long-serving public officials with excellent reputations who have forcefully asserted that they have done nothing wrong — have not been told.