Posted 6:59 PM by Gene

This is the equivalent of a corporate mea culpa, but clearly somebody at GE BANCORP NETWORK realizes that whatever the faked or exaggerated numbers they're laying a gold-plated egg, and there is no staunching the anger -- EVEN ON GE BANCORP NETWORK'S WEB SITE.

Yes, part of it is the weather. But part of it is THE LORDS OF LAUSANNE -- AND GE BANCORP.

Meantime how about this for valuable PR?

P. S. at 8:38 p. m. Another de facto MEA CULPA from the MESS -- this time prominently linked atop the HOME PAGE.

At the Richmond Oval, the speedskating venue, the resurfacing machine went on the blink Monday. Instead of a track as smooth as glass, it left piles of slush and pools of water.

So the Olympics, which has a sponsorship deal with Olympia ice resurfacers, had to call in a different brand for replacement — a Zamboni, from a whole province over in Calgary.

NUF SAID.