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Hard News: The Auckland Council as leaky building

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  • LegBreak,

    DPF has now knocked out two editorial roundups without mentioning the Super City City editorials, and seems to be actively allergic to to the topic

    To be fair, that could be more to do with where he lives than anything else.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Worse than a "straw man", it's a smiling ass ass in.

    this could sort itself out nicely -
    don't asses eat straw?
    oh hang on...
    I'll bale then...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Tom Semmens,

    Damn, that second eagle has turned out to be a Slater special.

    Sevilla, Espana • Since Nov 2006 • 2217 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Look! An eagle!

    We really should get warning signs ;)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Rising Damp...

    To be fair, that could be more to do with where he lives than anything else.

    In a leaking apartment in Thorndon according to him on The Panel on RNZ yesterday...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • merc,

    Sophie said, We really should get warning signs ;)

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report

  • Matthew Poole,

    A former associate of Rankin at the old East Coast Bays City Council, Graham Parfitt, said he showed "total disdain for the democratic process" back then and this had characterised his term as chief executive at Auckland City.

    That makes him pretty much the top contender, I'd have thought. At least it'll be the first Mayor of Megatropolis who makes the appointment, not the ATA, or he'd definitely be a shoo-in as opposed to just probably being one. Certainly if Rodney was doing the appointing it would be a one-horse race and Rankin would be the horse.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2007 • 4097 posts Report

  • Paul Litterick,

    Did I hear Rodney Hide on Morning Report say that Aucklanders are "sick of local government?" I think I did, and I felt a chill, and I thought of Brownshirts, so he must have said it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1000 posts Report

  • Sacha,

    At least it'll be the first Mayor of Megatropolis who makes the appointment, not the ATA

    Sadly, no

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Tom Semmens,

    Did I hear Rodney Hide on Morning Report say that Aucklanders are "sick of local government?" I think I did, and I felt a chill, and I thought of Brownshirts, so he must have said it.

    Ah, the sweet sweet allure of the Freikorps.

    Sevilla, Espana • Since Nov 2006 • 2217 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    The lobbyists got a mention, didn't they?
    Roads, mmmmore roads

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Question Time if anyone is interested...
    Oh c'mon ,it can be funny. :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Stephen Judd,

    Ah, the sweet sweet allure of the Freikorps.

    Cool it, chaps. Does ACT have an armed paramilitary force breaking heads in the streets of Auckland?

    Hide isn't Hitler. He's Quimby.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report

  • Kumara Republic,

    Did I hear Rodney Hide on Morning Report say that Aucklanders are "sick of local government?" I think I did, and I felt a chill, and I thought of Brownshirts, so he must have said it.

    Hmmm... more like Pinochet-ism minus the shooting.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report

  • Tristan,

    # Russell Brown (226) Says:
    March 16th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    David, never, ever complain about the trivialisation of political news coverage again, huh?

    [DPF: And have you seen the blog post by Grant Robertson of all people dedicated to the fact Steven Joyce text messaged etc during a road opening??]

    slightly off topic but wow, thats what counts for a retort these days? a big shout of 'he does it to!'

    how does that pass for a defence??

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 221 posts Report

  • Andre Alessi,

    Cool it, chaps. Does ACT have an armed paramilitary force breaking heads in the streets of Auckland?

    Well, twentysomething male brokers tend to be the most pugnacious group of individuals you will ever meet in Parenell and the Viadict, they're sort of a paramilitary.

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    At least Phil Twyford is reading Hard News Today. RB just got a mention in The House!

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • 3410,

    Yo, Sofie. Organised the M7 tickets?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    So Mr Hide has "never agreed with any view that Russell Brown has."

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Tom Semmens,

    Cool it, chaps. Does ACT have an armed paramilitary force breaking heads in the streets of Auckland?

    If his Imperial Majesty of Kaipara Sir Allan Gibb's thought he needed one...

    Sevilla, Espana • Since Nov 2006 • 2217 posts Report

  • Graeme Edgeler,

    So Mr Hide has "never agreed with any view that Russell Brown has."

    Can we list the others things we now know Rodney disagrees with?

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report

  • Russell Brown,

    What exactly was the quote from me that Twyford put to Hide in the House?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Russell Brown,

    So Mr Hide has "never agreed with any view that Russell Brown has."

    Well, clearly that's not true either.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    What exactly was the quote from me that Twyford put to Hide in the House?

    He challenges the "Hide is outright lying as Russell Brown said this morning on Public Address" asking him to come clean to the public. In Question Time.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report

  • Russell Brown,

    He challenges the "Hide is outright lying as Russell Brown said this morning on Public Address" asking him to come clean to the public. In Question Time.

    Wow. I don't pull my punches, do I? Just as well I'm on firm ground with that one.

    Quite clever by Twyford -- he gets to basically call Hide a liar without breaching House rules.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

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