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Pipeline Whistleblowing: Getting the Ethics Right
It was reported recently that an engineer for TransCanada, Evan Vokes, has now gone public with claims that the pipeline company has been lax in the standards it applies to having its pipelines inspected.
Whistleblowing is among the most complex ethical issues in the world of business. Whistleblowers are people who demonstrate that there is — there must be — a limit to the loyalty of even a dedicated employee. Whistleblowers go outside the boundaries of their organization to report actual or immanent wrongdoing. They often prevent grievous harm, but in doing so they inevitably impugn the character of their organizations, and sometimes of their co-workers. And of course, there's always the worry that the self-appointed whistleblower is actually just a malcontent bent on revenge. But such cases aside, whistleblowers perform an essential public service.
A few points are worth making about the TransCanada case in particular.
The first is that, at least as the story is told by the CBC, Vokes is the perfect whistleblower. He's got the relevant expertise (he's both a welder and an engineer) and he's got a reputation for honesty and integrity. Further, Vokes carried out the whistleblowing properly: he proceeded in perfect ethics-textbook fashion by first making his concerns known to his superiors, and then escalating up chain of command. Only when it became clear that internal channels weren't working did he go outside of the company to bring his concerns to the relevant regulatory agency.
Second, the fact that Vokes felt the need to blow the whistle suggests a failure of leadership within the company. According the the CBC's report, Vokes made his concerns clear all the way up the corporate hierarchy, and everyone "right up to the chief executive officer refused to act on his complaints." A
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This is the prime example of how to report unethical behavior, In you own companies you work with you need to know the proper reporting proceures that are in place and use them.
The question here is : Is whistle blowing an good or bad?
What i feel:- What Vokes has done is ethically correct. He followed the proper channel, which is to approach his manager, seniors and that companies head.
He was dissatisfied with the overall support he received from the company, which is when he decided to go a head with whistleblowing.
I would start with a question as to the need to justify. The need to justify does not arise unless there is a reason to believe it wrong. This opens the conversation as to the reason of whistle blowing.
In the blog Chris acknowledges whistle blowing as a complex ethical choice made by an employee. It might be pushing it a bit too much in branding Vokes as a perfect whistleblower. However he has demonstrated many traits which can justifiably be branded as act of moral whistle blowing. So the question of need to justify, from Vokes perspective, is the reason to believe something as morally right or morally wrong.
Chris has rightly pointed out the position of Vokes and his approach before going public as a whistle blower. Actions and approach of Vokes is very much in line with the theory of complicity (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). This is demonstrated by the facts in the blog that Vokes has moral reasoning to go public as:
His revelations were in line with his area of expertise
He was working voluntarily as an engineer
He believed that TransCanada are doing serious moral wrong
His belief that his non-disclosure might affect the members of public in future
However my point of view changes from here for Vokes as not a model whistle blower. Standard theory of acceptable whistle blowing requires the whistle blower to identify serious harm to public and requires believing that the act of whistle blowing would prevent reasonable harm in future (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). There is evidence indicating that as per governing agency NEB the pipeline "do not represent immediate threats to the safety of people or the environment". Also as a result of Vokes's act the pipeline was shut down temporarily and it resulted in financial loss to the company (CBC News, 2012).
To a certain degree it is also right to say "a limit to loyalty of even a dedicated employee". Again I am with Chris to a larger extent but would still not call Vokes as a perfect whistle blower on scale of loyalty. Vokes's actions are in line with standard theory of acceptable whistle blowing by the facts that:
He exhausted all the internal procedures within TransCanada
Reported potential harm to his immediate superiors and the harm to public
According to Ronald Duska there are many authors to believe that ultimate aim of the company is to make profit and not an emotional relationship where you can expect loyalty. Money is what ties the companies together and not loyalty as a basis of binding (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). This argument is also supported by Kant's categorical imperative that there should be the duty and respect for law, which apparently was done by Vokes. Kant also advocated to make it a universal law to not to use others as means to meet your ends (Wikipedia, 2012). Combining this with the fact that money is what ties the company together then Vokes did the right thing by blowing the whistle and even if he is called as disloyal he is morally justified as he believed TransCanada comprising public safety for their own good.
Strictly from my perspective I would not brand Vokes as loyal or disloyal branding him as a perfect whistle blower. If I place myself in Vokes's shoes I see upon me paradoxes of burden, harm, missing harm and preventing the harm (Davis, 1996). As Vokes I have a strong reason to argue that my obligation was derived from my involvement as an engineer and so to blow the whistle to prevent potential harm. However it is questionable from here if due to my personal belief system I am automatically avoiding the paradoxes of preventing and missing the harm. From a Utilitarian ethics maxim of greatest happiness, Vokes compromised his duty of loyalty to the company and public and his act did not eventually result in greater happiness (Wikipedia, 2012). The evidences that pipeline was found safe at that time of inspection by NEB and that it was temporarily closed. However, later on, such inspections by independent contractors were made compulsory for such businesses increasing the overall cost of operations. Ethicist Sisela Bok and author Norman Bowie considers such act of whistle blowing as an act of disloyalty. Both Bok and Bowie say that such act of disloyalty can be supported only if the greater public good is done (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). But in reality did Vokes act of disloyalty override and do a greater public good?
Chris is right in sayings that "whistle blowers perform an essential public service" however such an act cannot be encouraged as a universal law and would not fit many criteria of virtue ethics. Even though if we follow footsteps of Vokes in terms of his engagement at work and pointing the leadership failure then also the virtue of having insider information can be misused by a whistle blower as an act of revenge or personal greed. The consequences could lead to major economic loss such as financial loss to corporation, job loss of employees, lack of trust within the company, spying and corporate espionage (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). The cost to whistle blow and the cost to the society should both be considered at the same time.
To conclude and keeping Vokes in perspective I would say it is a question about paradox of knowledge. Knowledge for Vokes was what he believed due to his role as an engineer. However it has to be justified that both in future and at present the belief was justified and true in nature. The belief that my current belief cannot be proven wrong in future. This also answers the issue of loyalty as to whether to show if we know anything or not. Hence Vokes fits right in most of the paradoxes but still falls short of being called as a perfect whistle blower referee to stop the game.
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In your blog you say that even the most dedicated that there must be a limit to the amount of loyalty that an employee has towards the business. I would argue that there should be no reason why any employee should have any loyalty to the company they work for. A business exists is to make profit because if they aren't making a profit the business will eventually cease to exist. The only exception where an employee might be loyal is where they have an interest in the business, for example a family business where there is sentimental value or tradition. Loyalty is reciprocal and in my experience is not reciprocated by any business. For example if a business can make more profit or less loss from making some of their employees redundant or firing them they would without a question.
Vokes demonstrates this quite clearly as he has done everything right as he could've just blown the whistle without even going to his superiors. The fact that he has gone up the hierarchy in his company to bring these issues to light and nothing was done about it to me shows how disloyal a company can be. As this is internal whistle blowing it would've been in the best interest of the company to investigate such claims at this point and dealt with it rather than having it go public where claims of substandard pipeline inspections would have a negative impact on the company.
I would also question the ethics of those that did nothing when they were informed by Vokes of these issues. Once Vokes had raised these issues with his superiors it should've been the ethical duty of the company and those that had been informed to make sure that the standards were being met as it would be their responsibility to ensure a safe work place and clean environment. The fact that external whistle blowing was needed in this case reflects badly on all those that were informed and Trans Canada as a company.
In this case I would say that not only did Vokes do everything right but he also had a ethical duty to whistle blow as the standards ensure a safe place to work and would also protect the environment from possible harmful pollutants that may flow through the pipeline. In fact I would say that Vokes has shown loyalty, by going to his superiors first so that they could have a chance to investigate his claims before he went public. Vokes may have loyalty to his fellow work mate but even here I think it would be more a sense of ethical duty in that if the means to a safer work place was to whistle blow then this would increase happiness or decrease suffering overall and is therefore justified.
This is also supported by Ronald Duska's claim that loyalty is an emotional response to another person, whereas the only obligation an employee has to their employer is a contractual one and no loyalty owed. "Duska's claim is that one can have obligations of loyalty to, and expect loyalty from, real people with whom one has personal relationships, such as friends and family."2 An employer (business is not something you can have a personal relationship with and by Duska's claim there would be no loyalty owed.
From the point of the employer they would want to instill as big a sense of loyalty as possible to its employees. As Paul R. Lawrence says "Ideally, we would want one sentiment to be dominant in all employees from top to bottom, namely a complete loyalty to the organizational purpose."1 This would obviously be of benefit to any organization if everyone was committed to the organization purpose as productivity would increase as employees would be willing to work longer, sacrificing their own time for the good of the business, there would also be less turnover in staff which would benefit in retaining the intellectual property that individuals hold in relation to their roles.
In conclusion I would say there is no loyalty between employer and employee as it is merely a contract between two parties and therefore no loyalty exists between them. The only obligations each would have to the other are stipulated within the employment contract.
1. Paul R. Lawrence, The Changing of Organizational Behavior Patterns: A Case Study of Decentralization (Boston Division of Research, Harvard Business School, 1958(, 208, as quoted in Ken
2. The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. (2012). Module Two. In 71203 Business ethics. Lower Hutt, NZ: Scholes. -
What is loyalty in regards to the loyalty a person has for their employer? What does an employer expect in the way of loyalty from its employees? These questions are very complicated as there is not one correct answer for either. The general statement you have made regarding the limit to the amount of loyalty a person has for their employer demonstrated by whistle-blowers is a very one sided view. A whistleblower that has made the attempt to contain the issue internally which is the case within the TransCanada situation, should be viewed as a loyal employee. Considering internal whistle-blowing would normally be a positive thing for a company as it is within their best interests to take an opportunity to find out about and deal with any problems that could cause harm to the company if disclosed (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). The internal whistle-blower should be seen to be protecting the primary business function of profit making as the issue the whistle-blower is most often raising could cause potential harm to the business in many different ways often creating profit loss to occur. The blowing of the whistle internally should be seen to be acting according to the contractual agreement made between both employee and employer as the employee is only fulfilling their work conditions by reporting any issue affecting good work to be produced. Within any contractual agreement made there would be no mention of loyalty and should not be a specific expected, if not given. "It is important to recognize that in any relationship which demands loyalty the relationship works both ways and involves mutual agreement" (Duska, R. F., 1990, p.144) which has not occurred within the TransCanada situation as the employer has shown no loyalty to their employee by ignoring their concerns. The ignorance towards whistle-blowers can be very crutial proven by many situations including the disaster of the Pike River Mine. Internal whistle-blowing had occurred in this particular situation in a very large scale in a very short amount of time (Department of Internal Affairs, 2010). Ignorance of the whistle blowing lead to a massive tragedy of 29 lives being lost. This tragedy could easily have been avoided. The leak of information to an external source would no doubt have done a lot more good than the internal attempt which gives external whistle-blowing a more positive light. Applying Kantian moral theory to the TransCanada situation shows that the agent should take the whistle-blowing to an external source. It could be passed as universal law to speak out about the situation as well as telling the truth which is also respecting people as ends in themselves. The Utilitarian approach would also support external whistle-blowing in the TransCanada situation. Though the company would suffer financial losses and be forced to reduce employees the greater good would be achieved by preventing harm to people living around the pipeline. Not speaking out about the situation would be seen as immoral. Without an ideal relationship reflecting loyalty and loyalty uncovered within the contractual agreement there becomes no obligation to keep the whistle-blowing within the business when unheard. The need to go to the extent of external whistle-blowing shows that the business itself has no loyalty towards their employee as the privacy of the employee becomes jeopardized, the very real possibility of retaliation becomes a threat, as well as the pure fact that the business should never want an employee to suffer through a situation of choosing between honesty and ignorance. Taking all of this into account shows that a whistle-blower attempting to deal with a situation internally is loyal to the employer they work for by trying to protect the business from harm or financial loss. But forced to blow the whistle externally shows loyalty for those possibly affected as the correct actions have not been taken by those in positions to cure the situation. The action becomes a moral action. The only disloyalty being internal or external whistle-blowing is held by the employer. The loyalty limit does not exist for the employee blowing the whistle.
Duska, R. F. (1990). Whistle blowing and employee loyalty. In J. R. Desjardins & J. J.McCall (Eds.), Contemporary issues in business ethics (2nd ed., pp. 142-147). Belmont CA: Wadsworth.
Department of Internal Affairs. (2010). Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy. Retrieved on 2 February 2013 from http://pikeriver.royalcommission.govt.nz/Volume-One—Overview
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Dining Out For Life, a citywide fundraiser held on Thursday, April 25, 2013, gives northern Nevadans an appetizing way to fight HIV, just by dining out. On this day, 30 participating restaurants will donate a portion of their sales to Northern Nevada HOPES, Reno's nonprofit HIV service organization and community health center.
It's wall that will stop you in your tracks. The Fallen heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan have been immortalized in a traveling exhibit that started in Carson City. It's called 'Always Lost: A Meditation on War,' and the goal is to bring an impersonal war back home. Western Nevada College is making a national effort to help us remember those heroes.


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- Collette Osuna said...
LOVE LOVE your sparkly top...you look gorgeous:)
Statements in Fashion Blog - September 24, 2010 at 5:56 AM
- janettaylor said...
Pretty smile! U look like beautiful! :)
♥ - September 24, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Have an amazing birthday weekend!
- September 24, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Closet Fashionista said...
Cute! I love the outfit!
my plans:
read harry potter
get my sister a bday present
celebrate her bday
visit my grandma on sunday with the rest of the fam...
relax :)
http://aclosetfashionista.blogspot.com/ - September 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Erika @ ~TiptoeButterfly~ said...
i LOVE the smell of lavender but i couldn't consume it, i just equate the smell to scent and not food ..
outfit looks great love! - September 24, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- Cara said...
I am so ready for the weekend too! Have a great bday!
- September 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Sist and Sist said...
I love this outfit!!!!!
- September 24, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Jaime @ La vie...J'aime said...
Fab look! Enjoy your bday brunch!! :)
- September 24, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- fshnonmymind said...
I never thought the weekend would get here!!! Nothing exciting for me, just a kid's bday party, cleaning and maybe some mall browsing time. Oh, and watching more Lost (yes, I just now watching that show). :)
Have a great weekend!!! And I love that you paired sequins with your cargo jeans. - September 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Samantha said...
I love that blouse!! So pretty! That sounds like a great weekend! I'm thinking something along similar lines of relaxing, baking something with apples, and maybe taking my nana to get pumpkins : ) Have a lovely weekend!
http://sincerelysamantha.com - September 24, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Best Foot Forward said...
Love this outfit! And the lighting of these pictures complements it so well! Do you take your own pictures using a self-timer or does someone else take your pictures?
- September 24, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Style Funkshion said...
Happy birthday! Love the wrapped pearls!
- September 24, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- aracho86 said...
Very cool lighting for the shirt :)
- September 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Erica said...
i love the pearls you added to the outfit too!
- September 24, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Nicole Marie said...
lots of lesson planning! and hitting up the polk st blues st fair!
- September 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Jessica said...
loved your outfit last night!! have a super fun birthday...I KNEW we should have gotten dessert last night! xoxo
- September 24, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Kastles said...
You look adorable! I love the mixing of the pale pink sequins with the green cargos. I saw a lot of those colors together for Spring 2011 as well. I am glad to stumble upon your blog and find a lover of leopard&cheetah print as well. I am obsessed.
- September 24, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- nicolette said...
the blouse is absolutely GORGEOUS.
- September 24, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Alyssa / A Muse a Day said...
Do we share a birthday?? Mine is this weekend too...Sunday. My plans for the weekend include farmers market, lunch and pedicures with my mom tomorrow during the day, dinner and drinks with my girlfriends tomorrow night, and then brunch, baking cupcakes and going to pick pumpkins with my boyfriend on Sunday. Hope you have a fantastic bday!
- September 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Valerie said...
Aww, does it get any cuter than this?? Another fabulous outfit, Alicia! I can't get enough of the sequins for day look. And happy birthday!!! Enjoy your fabulous day and bday brunch. Sounds like a great weekend.
Valerie - September 24, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- ELIZABETH said...
You sparkle here! Both your shirt and your smile!
- September 24, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- plentyforpennies said...
Hmmm...tried this shirt on yesterday at JCrew in the olive color but put it back...now you're making me want it again...looks fab on you!
www.plentyforpennies.blogspot.com - September 24, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Pink said...
love your toP!!
check out my new post at http://thetalesofselfindulgence.blogspot.com - September 24, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- bananas. said...
lavender lemonade...yum! i say do it!
have fun at your birthday brunch. keep that sparkle shining through into the weekend! - September 24, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Last night was so fun! Obvi I loved your outfit! Have a great b-day weekend! Sorry I'll miss brunch on Sunday! :( But we'll def celebrate next week! Whoohooo!
- September 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- RosaLovesDC said...
I love the JCrew top!
I have been sick so I am just gonna relax and hopefully I will feel better on Sunday so I can enjoy brunch with my friends at our favorite place in DC.
Happy Bday! - September 24, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- this free bird said...
Oh Alicia this is just sparkly perfection!! Enjoy your special day and make it an entire weekend of lavender lemonade and whatever you feel like.
Carrie - September 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM
- Dina's Days said...
Happy birthday! I will be celebrating my birthday as well!
- September 25, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- la petite fashionista said...
you look unbelievable in the sequins & skinny cargos Alicia! I tried on the JBrands the other day at one of my fave local boutiques & about fell in love; now I just need to get myself to splurge on them!
- September 26, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Lane :) said...
sequins and skiiny cargos! oh, its just amazing. :)
- September 26, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Tasha said...
You look amazing! I love that leopard print skirt! And what a great deal!
All the food looks delicious!
Be sure to check out my giveaway:
http://showstopper22.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-1st-giveaway.html - September 27, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Miss Mae said...
Amazing Shirt! I love it!
- September 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM
- Roxy Te said...
I absolutely adore your outfit! You're glowing!
- October 1, 2010 at 4:59 PM
- Miss Nicole said...
Wow, Leash you look gorgeous in these pics! You are glowing. :) Love that "magic hour" in SF....either that or it's the power of the "libraness" shining through, haha!
- October 23, 2010 at 10:27 PM


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Taking the bait: Get hooked on fly fishing at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
Fly Fish Texas brings together people who love fly-fishing and those who want to learn about it. Misa Ishimura, left, travels all the way from Lakeview, Ark., to teach casting. - Photo courtesy of Larry D. Hodge, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
By Zach Markovic,
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 7:14 PM CST
As the area slowly makes its way out of winter, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department invites Sunnyvale and Dallas County residents out on March 9 to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center as Fly Fish Texas returns.
The goal of the show is to teach visitors to tie a fly, cast a fly - and catch a fish with it - all in one day, with the focus on fly fishing in Dallas County urban creeks. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Fly Fish Texas activities are free with regular paid admission to the center.
Fly Fish Texas emphasizes hands-on learning and immediate application of newly acquired skills. Visitors can collect aquatic insects from the center's streams, tie a fly to imitate one of those insects under the supervision of a skilled tier, learn to cast it from a casting instructor certified by the Federation of Fly Fishers, then use it to catch a rainbow trout, catfish or sunfish from one of TFFC's stocked ponds or streams.
Throughout the day, experienced fly-tiers will be demonstrating and teaching fly-tying in the Anglers Pavilion on a one-on-one basis. In addition, group instruction in beginning fly-tying will be offered in the Hart-Morris Conservation Center. Both are offered on a walk-up basis.
Beginning casting instruction will take place all day in the Conservation Center parking lot, again on a walk-up basis. Other sessions will teach single-hand and Spey rod casting at scheduled times.
Vendors will be displaying and selling fly-fishing gear, and seminars will brief visitors on where and how to fly-fish in Texas fresh and salt waters for a variety of species.
Featured presentations include fly-fishing the Llano River in Texas, trout fishing in Colorado, fly-fishing urban creeks in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, fly-fishing for carp, flies and tactics for spring bass and fly-fishing Texas bays for red drum and speckled seatrout.
While most activities at Fly Fish Texas are offered on a walk-up basis, others are scheduled. For a complete schedule of activities and seminars plus a video of the event, visit
and click on the Fly Fish Texas link.
Food service will be available onsite, or attendees may bring a picnic.
Event sponsors include Sabine River Authority, Best Western-Royal Mountain Inn, Holiday Inn Express-Athens, Super 8-Athens, Temple Fork Outfitters, Orvis-Dallas, Cripple Creek Bar-B-Que, First State Bank, Red Hat Rentals, Wulf Outdoor Sports and Friends of TFFC.
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Marc Weber, The Province
Published: Saturday, February 16, 2013Mid-season signings are all but off the table for the Whitecaps after two years of failed summer experiments. The club, though, is poised to make a pre-season splash.
In a move first reported by website Prost Amerika and confirmed by The Province, the Caps are close to finalizing a deal to bring longtime West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker to Vancouver.
The 28-year-old Londoner is a free agent after a short, unmemorable stint at Championship side Ipswich Town, where he signed for three months in order to regain fitness.
Aston Villa's English midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker (L) defends against Hull City's Hungarian midfielder Peter Halmosi during their English Premier League football match at The Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull, north east England on December 30, 2008.
Email to a friendPrinter friendlyAccording to Reo-Coker's agent, Richard Trafford, talks with MLS have been going on for six weeks but the league's unique discovery rules have delayed the move.
The Caps' Cascadia rivals, the Portland Timbers, had first rights to sign Reo-Coker to an MLS contract but weren't making him an offer, Trafford said. He added that Reo-Coker wanted to play for Vancouver.
"Martin [Rennie] did such a good job of selling the club to him," Trafford said of the Caps' coach in a phone interview from New York, where he was negotiating with league officials. "It looks like the player will come."
Vancouver and Portland have since reached an agreement, sources told The Province, paving the way for Reo-Coker, MLS and the Caps to complete a deal.
In Reo-Coker, the Whitecaps would be gaining a hard-nosed, hard-working player with considerable experience at the highest level.
He played more than 100 games each for West Ham and Aston Villa, then spent time with Bolton.
He captained all of those teams, as well as Wimbledon as a teenager and England's U-21 squad. He was a standby for England's 2006 World Cup squad.
But Reo-Coker's reputation is more complex.
Alan Curbishley tabbed him as part of the spoiled "Baby Bentley" culture responsible for West Ham's woes in 2007. In some circles, he earned the nickname Nigel Mediocre.
At Villa in 2009, Reo-Coker was reportedly involved in a training ground wrestling match with coach Martin O'Neill, though O'Neill called it a "strong verbal disagreement."
And at Bolton, Reo-Coker exercised a contract option to leave after they were relegated in 2012, which left some fans sour.
Whether or not concerns over Reo-Coker's attitude are justified or exaggerated, Rennie always sees the positive in people and he's shown a desire to work with interesting characters.
Rennie went hard last summer after defender Andy O'Brien, who'd battled depression and been lambasted for his play at Leeds United. O'Brien was the Caps' best player down the stretch.
Fiery Scottish signing Barry Robson, meanwhile, failed to settle in Vancouver and was an easy target for fans and media with his arm-waving antics.
Easing Reo-Coker's transition, if the deal is finalized, is the fact he'll be coming in at the start of the season and not in the summer, when fitness issues are exacerbated by the difference in the European and North American soccer calendars.
Robson and fellow Scot Kenny Miller faced that challenge last year and Caps' president Bobby Lenarduzzi has stated the club will generally avoid mid-season signings.


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We are law-abiding neighbors,
And do what we're asked to do.
But the rules on garden décor
Are far too extreme in our view.
We received a letter scolding us -
We did something we should not.
We placed in the front of our house
An occasional errant flower pot.
Container gardening as I see it
Is hardly equivalent to
A pink flamingo or garden gnome,
Though I think those are okay too.
In a place where nearly every house
Looks almost identical to the eye
To someone walking down the street
Or simply to someone driving by,
Or to me who has been known
To approach the driveway in my car,
Wondering why the garage door won't open.
Did I push the button from too afar?
Then I suddenly look to the right,
And to my surprise I find
Our neighbor's garage door is open.
Why, I think that house is mine!
Because Because we have small garages
With little extra space on the floor,
There is very little negotiating room,
Once two cars are inside the door
Yet, we're required to keep our trash cans
Inside the garage where our cars dwell,
And in the heat of every summer,
It creates quite an unpleasant smell!
So maybe you can understand
Why there's a flower pot near our stoop
Where we can deposit as we pass by
Our daily bags of doggy poop.
The other flower pots lie dormant
But will come to life in the spring,
Waking from their long winters' nap,
Hues of vibrant colors to bring.
I know it's hard to standardize
And to make one rule fit all,
So that fairness is universal,
And nothing's left to judgment call.
But freedom of expression
We Americans hold very dear.
Why do we need to be so uniform?
What exactly do you fear?
Individual expression
Helps to make one's house one's own.
Adding a personal touch
Turns a house into a home.
"Stepfordizing" neighborhoods
Lacks character and appeal.
Would allowing more flexibility
Really be such a terrible deal?
Purple houses or pink flamingos -
Perhaps that could be understood,
But flower pots - a violation?
How is that for the greater good?
5:59 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Doesnt surprise me about Bulle Rock, as it really is not the most desirable place to live as was hyped in Harford County. The monthly HOA fees border on gouging as fees continue to rise absorbently, with no end in sight. I would never encourage anyone to move to Bulle Rock.
Steve Oleszczuk
8:11 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Gouging like the taxes we pay To the City of Havre de Grace for nothing????????
John Krause
5:34 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Would you care to provide the facts on the gouging of HOA fees and how much they have gone up in the past few years? Spoken as a resident or based on what someone else has told you?
It is my opinion that you get what you pay for in life and I have been on both sides of the HOA discussion.
What would you consider the most desirable place to live in Harford County and then tell me what you have to pay to get it. The two normally go hand in hand.
Nothing in life is free and quality of life and community mean a lot to many people here.
educated consumer in Bel Air
11:53 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
absorbently? Is there an excess of water in Bulle Rock? I think you mean exorbitantly.
spelling, my dear, spelling. you don't sound nearly as intelligent as you think you do when you mispell/misuse words.
8:11 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
We needed to move to Md because of work. Came to see Bulle Rock, among some other houses in Aberdeen; we picked Bulle Rock. It is absolutely ridiculous, all the rules and the HOA (of course you find out, AFTER you got a mortgage payment) HOA do not want you to plant 'anything' either only in your backyard.
John Krause
5:40 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Did you really think a community of this size didn't have rules to keep things in order and looking as good as it does. Most residents have no idea what it takes to manage a community of this size and scale to keep everyone happy. It is quite a task and no matter what you do, someone will not be happy. Just the nature of the beast as they say.
How many rules really keep you from being happy here. Think about no rules and what happens when you live next to that neighbor who does all of those things the rules help to control.
I can only say that if too many rules were critical to your decision, the information was available for you to review.
9:10 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
When you bought your house, you were supposed to have been given a copy of the HOA Rules and Regulations, well before you sign a Mortgage or go into settlement. This is Maryland State Real Estate Law. There is a form that you must sign, before you enter into settlement, that states that you have read and fully understand the covenants of the HOA of which you are about to become a member of. IF it did not happen this way, and you DID NOT sign this form, I would suggest contacting an attorney who could pursue this matter further. However, if you did sign this form, and you were given the opportunity to agree or disagree with these covenants, then you are the only one responsible for buying this property under these conditions. The covenants of an HOA serve a meaningful purpose. It helps to keep your property value up, it stops those who would want to make their home into a business place from happening, and services like Trash Pickup can be gotten at a lower rate due to the bulk of an entire community subscription. Landscaping crews are paid, streets are paved, street lights, parking lot striping, clean-up crews in the Spring, and many other functions of an HOA help to keep your community in top shape.
Patricia Didden
8:40 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Read the rules. Knew before we moved in. Our choice. Love it. You should put your energy into hoping more houses sell. What did you think when you moved into an HOA?
Pennye Perez
10:17 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thanks for your comments. I, for one, have spent a considerable amount of time reading the codes and subsequent amendments. When we moved here in 2007, revisions to codes were difficult to find and to track. The current management has done a far better job of organizing the documents and posting updates on the Bulle Rock web site. The original wording stated that "No tent, trailer, decorative lawn ornament, fence, shack, barn, pen, kennel, dog house, stable, storage shed or temporary structure of any kind which is visible from the street or another Living Unit may be erected . . ." That left in question the definition of a "decorative lawn ornament." The code was recently amended to further state "...exterior decorative objects are not permitted in the lawn or landscaped planting beds in front and side yards." Thus, my flower pots are now in violation. My point is not to argue that we don't need rules. My point is to raise awareness that overly restrictive rules serve no purpose and may, in fact, as some of you have indicated, deter sales. Overall, Bulle Rock is a pretty great place to live.
Steve Oleszczuk
4:55 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Very Well said Patricia. The only down fall of Bulle Rock is being part of the backwards city of Harve De Grace.
9:43 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
All I can say is . . . you knew the rules when you moved in! If you did not, you certianly should have asked. You can not expect them to change the rules for you, because you dont like them. Personally I would NEVER live anywhere with an HOA. I dont see the hype in being charged extra to have people tell you what to do with your own property . . . . But thats just me. If you dont like it MOVE OUT :)
3:33 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
From the response it seems as though the rules were changed AFTER they moved into the neighborhood. And for those of you who scream ZOMG!!!11!!! Teh HOA's are ruining everything!1!111!!! Go ahead and move to Houston where they don't even have zoning. Your neighbor can open a strip club or convenience store next door to your house and you have zero redress. Or go to Cecil County where there are many roads with a nice, well maintained house and next door is some hillbilly with their washing machine in the front yard. Lovingly accompanied by the last three cars belonging to the family, carefully balanced on cinder blocks.
4:16 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Also I do think its very unsanitary to have to leave your trash in a garage as was mentioned in the post. Thats gross. It may help to compost and recycle . . . if they allow you to do so. I'm guessing it would be a big NO on the compost bin?!
2:18 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Steve, if you are going to insult the city you so willingly moved to, please learn to spell it correctly. Bulle Rock CHOSE to keep their gates up, so they forfeited city services. You are certainly free to leave this backwards city.
Poop 4 you HOA
10:21 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
We did move and you never own the property.
Steve Oleszczuk
11:47 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
John what would even be better if Bulle Rock, unannexed its self. Leaving the city without all that tax revenue that the get for NOTHING!!!!!!!!
Ron Coleman
5:02 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ Andrew....You are 1000% correct. If You dont't have rules you will have trash. Bottom line.
Pennye Perez
10:04 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
We all need rules to keep us from running amuck. What we don't need are overreaching regulations that squelch any expression of individuality. The rules at Bulle Rock have become more restrictive since we purchased our home. Initially, it was understood that one could put any exterior decorative objects in the rear yard as long as they were not placed on the lawn (for maintenance purposes) and were out of sight from the front of the home. Now any such objects are limited to "three (3) in number, do not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in height, have a diameter no greater than eighteen (18) inches and not in an area subject to lawn maintenance." There goes my idea of installing that 29' Roman Chariot Fountain. (kidding, of course)
3:06 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Pennye the original rules did not alow any. It was changed to 3. Read the rules.
Pennye Perez
4:22 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Steve, notice that I said, "It was understood." You are correct that the written language prohibited ornaments, structures, etc. which are visible from the street or another Living Unit. Visible from "another Living Unit" pretty much encompasses all backyards in the whole neighborhood. However, until they put in the specific language regarding measurements, it was my understanding that this was not strictly enforced. If I am wrong, I stand corrected.
John Krause
5:46 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Read it again and you will see that the quantity of 3 is "without" any special permission. If you would like anything else in the yard, you just need to submit it and have it approved. A simple and quick process.
It really isn't as much about restriction as it is management. Look closely at the house at house just outside the gate with the entire yard filled with enough things to make it look like a junkyard. I'd rather have a few restrictions than live next to that.
Enjoy the good things about being here because there are many!
Pennye Perez
6:19 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
John, I have read the rule so many times that I will soon be able to quote it verbatim. I understand the rule. I just don't agree with it. There are indeed many wonderful things about Bulle Rock that I enjoy. I have also sat on an HOA board, albeit smaller, and in my professional life I manage 50 people, so I am well aware you can't please everyone. I think we will just have to agree to disagree on this one.
Angie Cramer
10:23 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
I think that the majority of those of us who chose Bulle Rock home ownership (we had our house built here in 2006), we get frustrated by the focus on what would appear to be the inane, while there are other glaring infractions and violations by those who live here but are not homeowners. We also "knew" the rules before purchasing, however, they keep changing and it's hard to keep up. I like having an HOA to keep the community "managed" because I don't want to live next door to a strip club or cars up on blocks. However, I don't like having to remember whether it's an odd or even month, nor whether my pansies in the front yard will invite a letter of tsk, tsk. There are bigger fish to fry in this community, and I for one, am willing to live here because this is my dream home and I wouldn't dare want to leave it, so I put up with it, and for the most part, keep my mouth shut.
Pennye Perez
6:07 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Amen to that. I wholeheartedly agree. I too have kept my mouth shut until now. Being reprimanded for flower pots sent me over the edge.
1:44 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
If you want to see what happens when an HOA doesn't have rules, go look at the older areas in the Hollywood community in Aberdeen. Looks like a mess.
Pennye Perez
2:50 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Thanks. I repeat. I am not against rules. I am just against this one particular rule which I think is too restrictive. If a person wants to put a garden flag, a wind chime, or a gnome, or a some other garden decoration in their front yard mulch, they should be allowed to do so. I have seen these very items in front yards in our community from time to time. I have none of these. I don't consider a flower pot a garden ornament. A gnome or a garden crystal ball is a garden ornament. A flower pot is simply a container garden for flowers. I only have 3 or 4 flower pots that I fill with flowers in the spring. Mulching around them should be no more of a problem than mulching around plants. Since we are not allowed to have separate storage sheds, finding space for them in our small double garage is a problem. I did not realize that my flower pots were in violation until I got the letter. I didn't knowingly violate the rule, but now that I have, I am simply voicing my opinion. Many people like to summer their indoor plants outdoors during the spring and summer. They place them on their outdoor decks or patios. If these plants are in the open and not out of sight within a closed courtyard, are they in violation if they don't meet the measurement rule?
Pennye Perez
6:54 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
The purpose of this blog is to raise awareness and determine if there is enough consensus to move forward. I haven't shed one tear.
11:36 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013
You can have HOA rules changed, but it takes a 2/3 vote of the entire HOA community. If you can get 2/3 of your community to agree on anything, I want to vote you into office as the new leader of the free world. It is an impossible task.
9:16 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
The Rules of the community may sound harsh or ridiculous to some. Yet, the purchase of a home is one of life's most recognized personal achievements. If you stop to think about it, wouldn't you want to make sure your property and community remains in the same appealing condition that enticed you to purchase and reside there also? It is unfortunate that some rules may seem too stern, but if one rule is bent, then another can follow, and another. It has been my experience that if you bend-the-rules, someone will take that as a Free For All sign, and begin other paths of their own that will only deteriorate the entire spirit of an HOA. An HOA is not your enemy, it is a tool and structure that is meant to protect your, and everyone who purchases within your community, investment.
Ron Coleman
3:13 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
This has turned in to being a mean patch for some reason. The lady was just making statement. Also, it's funny the grammar police showed up. Lol. Look at what you're typing before you put people down. Mr. Educator. Capitalization. You should try it.
Pennye Perez
3:29 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Thanks, Ron. I agree. This has turned into a mean patch rather than a productive discussion. I didn't even make the "absorbently" comment, but I understood what that person was trying to say.
8:30 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
I agree with Ron and Pennye in the tone of the patch on this topic. I miswrote the word by mistake and should have recognized it. It is fine to disagree, but when personal attacks are made then the intent changes. Pennye made some very good points in her comment, and I appaude her for giving her opinion.
Fred Cullum
11:01 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Maybe this blogs and even the news stories should have a cut off period for comments. It seems that the longer it goes and the more comments there are, things usually turn ugly. Many of the stories have hundreds of comments from the same handful of people re-hashing the same comments over and over.
Pennye Perez
12:21 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
I agree. We don't need to beat a dead horse. I think anyone who reads The Patch and wishes to comment one way or the other on this topic has already done so. Thanks to everyone for their comments.
George Helm
11:47 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Lived in Houston for 15 years and had to come to Md. because of a job transfer. Houston and Texas has it all over Maryland hands down!
Kelly Laubner
12:51 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
I also wanted to say that I loved the choice of voicing your opinion in poetry.
Pennye Perez
11:07 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Thanks, Kelly. It was an attempt on my part to infuse a little humor into an expression of frustration.