Last week, Jimmy Pattison was in town to open the new Save-On Foods. …Yet if you criticize Jimmy and the failed economic model he represents, the air goes out of the room. I’m all for celebrating success in business… but in the meantime, I’m just wondering what product Jimmy Pattison ever brought to the world? …You become a billionaire when you dominate a regional economy, just like how Canfor dominates Prince George forestry. …What I do know is he plays a sophisticated political game. He pilfers the wealth of the provincial hinterland to butter up the metropolitan, big-city elite with board chair positions and big donations and status. …Even in a place like Prince George, where we feel the impacts of an economy rigged in Pattison’s favour with every mill shut down.