Ed and Marie Stelmach are still on the job. But are they enjoying it? A persistent buzz says the First Couple of Alberta have had enough and are looking for a graceful way to slip out the side door.

Is the suggestion that Marie Stelmach has had it, even if Ed hasn't, fact or hopeful fiction? Who the heck knows? It's August and there's nothing much to report on but rumours here in the rainy New West.