Last year's Non-Partisan Association annual report - which summarized the civic party's achievements after one year in office - wasn't exactly an unequivocal success for Mayor Sam Sullivan and his team. The Vancouver Courier's Allen Garr described the report as an example of "pseudology" or the practice of making false statements. As part of his evidence for making that allegation, Mr. Garr wrote "on page 4 of the NPA document under budget ‘highlights,' there's a note on ‘significant new funding' for the Vancouver Police Department" - funding that "Sullivan along with the majority of his caucus voted against." So how much did the association pay to get beat up by the press you may wonder? Well, Public Eye has learned, the total price tag (including printing) was...er...more than $6,000 - with the cost being born by the association and Sullivan donors.