Posts by merc
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Client state, or more properly a Vassal state.
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When the Crown undermines Council, democracy fails.
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500k on fireworks, 90k on a hospital, donation style that Banks did not forget.
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Government Warning, we are addicted to gambling,
''We want to get a good deal on behalf of the Crown and in terms of what's appropriate and so does, obviously, SkyCity on behalf of its shareholders,'' Joyce said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/6284932/SkyCity-pokies-deal-to-go-ahead
On thread I think because I am wondering about the lobby dollars. -
Not just Christchurch, we here whisper quietly to ourselves that we are badly served by unintelligent though crafty nabobs who feather their nests with the sham thin coated veneer of public goodwill. Least we attract their opprobrium, their malevolent gaze ;-)
Clean and safe, how hard is it? -
Thanks Joe, I see.
Re corporatised councils.
Why were they made to function like this? Who monitors outcomes? Who benefits - against what criteria?
I find this interesting, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/small-business/news/article.cfm?c_id=85&objectid=10779299 in so much as a CRI finds this data, but what happens next? And what is value?
Silly question I know, but what is value adjudged to be by council and Govt. i.e. the Crown. As far as I can see, value is not adjudged to be what's good for who they call in that PP, The Public, it's some other opaque thing that we can't get to know about.
Until I know for example what a "liveable city" (Auckland council) means, how can I evaluate it's progress?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6279890/Homeowners-band-together-to-fight-eviction
Another good example by The Press regarding the us and them approach from CCC,"It's their land up there the rocks are sitting on, not mine. No-one can get on with their lives. Why are they leaving us hanging?"
It's the simple questions that are the best.
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I think I get what you mean. I find that PP really low level, more about working the job. As for the Press, I don't know if they have nepotism there.
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Snap http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6279815/EQC-bosses-point-finger-at-Press
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Government Warning Stickers please.
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"There are a number of prospects open to me that I am not at liberty to disclose.''
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/6270310/Council-CEO-to-quit
Quit.