\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing David Penberthy chooses to make derogatory attacks about me simply because I have a different position to the government on legislation currently before parliament. Penberthy\u2019s impression that I alone am blocking shop trading hours and rate capping is simply not true\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cSA Best went to the state election with a clear policy\u2026 and one in five South Australians voted for us\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cI will always accept balanced criticism, however Penberthy\u2019s personal attack on Ms Bonaros as being silent and invisible was appalling and unwarranted. Connie has only recently returned to work from extended compassionate leave following the passing of a close family member. All of the above would\u2019ve been disclosed to Penberthy had he taken the time to contact me personally.\u201d Frank Pangallo MLC<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nBut Penbo said he had been in contact with Mr Pangallo and said the upper house member had \u201cturned into a whinging politician in record time\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a back and forth text message exchange that I quoted at length in the article I wrote last Friday\u2026 which was the basis for the whole point of the article.<\/h3>\n\u201cThe article was a pretty standard one about the question of a parliamentary mandate\u2026 I acknowledge that some people say that Frank Pangallo has a mandate too because these are the policies he took to the polls, but most people I know — and certainly based on the feedback I got to the article — were saying what\u2019s the point of electing governments if the whole thing is going to come down to a gaggle of people in the upper house?<\/h3>\n\u201cWhat I am most amused by — no one\u2019s ever accused Frank Pangallo of being Woodward and Bernstein rolled into one. Frank\u2019s shtick as a journo was chasing dodgy car salesmen down the street, so it\u2019s nice to get a free lecture from him about how to go about your journalism. The idea of this being a derogatory attack — how quickly they forget. He\u2019s turned into a whinging politician in record time.<\/h3>\n\u201cAs for Connie Bonaros who has done absolutely nothing as far as I\u2019ve been able to tell, I haven\u2019t seen her hold a press conference or anything since the election\u2026 it\u2019s extremely sad that she\u2019s had a family tragedy, but by my count the election was in March, so what other job gives you four-and-a-half months of bereavement leave? \u2026 But the point was more about him usurping her status as the number one person on the ticket.<\/h3>\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take them long to develop a glass jaw even if they have spent their entire life working as journalists, then minutes within being elected deign to tell us all how to do our jobs.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n