Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Tim Darlington,
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Public transport, education, healthcare, sewers, that kind of thing.
I don't see how facilitating people to practice holding a plate and a glass of cheap wine one-handed while swapping business cards is essential infrastructure.
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Prosecutions and decent fine or two, and you have to suspect everyone would fall into line fairly quickly
Or they'd greet potential donors with a: "Donation? Well thanks old boy, but frankly we tend to avoid those nowadays, too much paperwork. Here, I'll leave you the details for the Business Roundtable - they'll be sure to put your money to good use"
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I don't doubt the economic value of a big, high-quality convention centre
I do. If a commercial enterprise is genuinely viable, then it should be able to happen at a profit within our existing legal framework. If it requires taxpayer funding and legal facilitation it isn't viable.
We don't have a car factory, IKEA store or spaceport in New Zealand. Maybe giant convention centres are another thing that just doesn't work here.
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Legal Beagle: $420,259.33, in reply to Konrad Kurta,
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The "donor" in question had finished his innings. Dead people aren't usually scared of a lot, really.
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Legal Beagle: $420,259.33, in reply to Paul Campbell,
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Even better, every party donation should be accompanied by a photo of both sides of the credit card with the donor's name, address and PIN, available for public browsing.
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Legal Beagle: $420,259.33, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
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tens of thousands of incorporated societies and registered charities in this country whose volunteers have to put in the time and effort to obey the law
I'd be interested what the average number of technical breaches of the law is for such organisations. The only one I've been involved with has certainly made quite few.
Anyway, while you get all uptight about this, what about various (then and current) SOEs (Mighty River, Genesis, Solid Energy) funding Business NZ to spout NACT propaganda on the taxpayers dollar. All perfectly legal, apparently.
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The received wisdom is very much that it is
I don't think I'd use Whalespunk as my lawyer, thank you..
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland,
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It isn't really valid to say that exports are the only important sector of the economy.
If we had a total autarchy, except that we exported a small amount of cheese, would the cheese sector be "most" of that economy?
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland, in reply to George Darroch,
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I thought that was Christchurch, but then further research suggested both were a myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_shuttle_landing_sites#Transoceanic_Abort_Landing_Sites
(Auckland has the longer runway though)
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland, in reply to FletcherB,
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I'd tell them that David Farrar would make an excellent mayor and would find the role a great opportunity to meet girls.