Oh the many nicknames he has had - Napoleon, the stetson hat, duke, but in my view - just a regular thug, who as a former local Communist official became mayor of Ventspils in the early 1990's, which was a gold mine of the transit world at the time.
"Tad Aivars… Kā tikai viņš nav saukts - par Napoleonu, Hūti, Hercogu, bet manā skatījumā viņš ir vienkārši bandīts, kurš kā jau bijušais kompartijas sekretārs bija iekundējies juku laikos Ventspilī par mēru, kura bija Latvijas tranzīta zelta ādere.