Posts by JLM
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This thread on the Standard about the Dunedin race shows the dangers of swallowing unattributed voting recommendations wholesale
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Thanks, you reminded me to put a library hold on Reading on the Farm, which I intended to do after hearing that, yes, fascinating, interview with Kim Hill.
Extra interest for me growing up near Masterton, where my oldest sister taught at Lydia's school for a couple of years, and always liked to take credit for sparking her interest in English, probably quite incorrectly. Ask her if she remembers Miss Bragg.
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Interesting, thanks, Paul. I wondered what the Vote out Hudson stickers were about.
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Kyle, it used to be my heuristic to vote for anyone who mentioned cycling in their blurb. Unfortunately now, most of them do. Attitudes of Dunedin candiates to active transport issues here, which might sort out those who are serious a little better.
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I don't know the inner machinations of the Council, except for knowing Hudson is chair of the DCC holding company, which has done quite nicely up till the current debacle. I just know in my dealings with him he has struck me as a non-egotistical individual who is capable of changing his mind when presented with the right information. That's enough for me.
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Finally my good friend Geraldine Tait is running for council in the Waikouaiti/Waitati/Port Chalmers/Ravensbourne ward she's a feisty independent local activist and I hope she wins
With you on all those points, Paul. She's on the Community Vision ticket, which is a local left/green coalition, running strongly on a recycled shoestring.
I can't vote for Central Ward candidates, but if I could I'd vote for them, plus a few Greater Dunedin candidates - Jinty, Shane and Sam, and Paul Hudson, and maybe a couple of the other current crop of Councillors. And Hawkins/Cull, 1/2 for Mayor
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Ms p, as a pioneer librarian in that establishment, that's good news. It's even possible that I may have catalogued some of those books on the floor. Scary thought.
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With no mains water it's handy having the river so close, you can fetch a bucketful to flush your toilet.
Did I hear Bob Parker say on morning report this morning that it was alright to flush your toilet now, even though with broken sewers a lot of the product was likely to end up in the rivers?
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Emma, I thought your description of "like a nagging toddler" was priceless. Do you still think that, or have they grown up a bit?
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@ David Searle, thanks for strolling out from the non-wreckage and adding your voice. Would be nice to hear from more "long-time readers, first time posters".