A SUNSHINE COAST mayor had an affair with disgraced former Labor MP Keith
Wright and desk top sex with Queensland National Party frontbencher Vince
Lester, her former lover told a court today.
Maroochy Mayor Alison Grosse's former lover Rob Purvis, whom she is suing
for $250,000 in damages over allegations he stalked her for eight years,
told the Brisbane District Court Mr Lester was "on and off" with Ms Grosse
for a long time.
Mr Purvis alleged Ms Grosse once revealed she spent a night with Mr Lester
at the upmarket Brisbane Crest Hotel and the pair flew to Canberra together
and spent two nights.
"She was on his desk top, that's what she told me," Mr Purvis told the court.
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Condoleezza Rice Feature
Article: How our National Security
Advisor finds strength to defend us
ChristianityToday.com/cr
Being a "deeply religious person" has helped Rice rise to the challenge of
serving a nation that has been shaken to its foundations by terrorism and
international conflict. And that has meant turning frequently to prayer—and
not the kind laced with a "laundry lists of requests." When she needs
"guidance and strength of conviction," says Rice, she often reads Romans 5,
"which essentially says, Glory also in tribulation, because tribulation
breeds perseverance and perseverance patience, and with patience comes
hope. And hope is never disappointed, because of faith in the glory of God."
"When I'm concerned about something, I figure out a plan of action, and
then I give it to God," she told Essence magazine earlier this year. "I
just ask to be carried through it. God's never failed me yet."
"America will find that she is a wise person," George W. Bush said when he
selected Rice in December 2000. "I trust her judgment."
