Norman Withers for Mayor
From:
Jimmy Hamilton
Date:
May 07 20:27 UTC
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Hi Paul,
Mayor Parker has had a pretty mixed performance so far. He's done
some good things around boy racers in particular. But it seems
perverse to me that Mayor Parker is happy to spend $3 million to
purchase the rights of an Auckland suburb's garden show, and wax
lyrical about spending half a billion on light rail, while at the same
time putting up the rents of our poorest and most vulnerable Council
Housing tenants by 24%.
Jimmy
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:21 PM, paul scott <<email obscured>> wrote:
> By writing here, I am aware that my criticism of 'Slick Bob' Mayor
> comes up to the front of the recent topics list, but we can also see quality
Green posts here; and it is where I have learned more political reality than I
could have possibly imagined. I hope I will be forgiven for continued
belligerence.
>
> Well ... Slick Bob ... 'knee jerk' is at it again.
> Stung by criticism that didn't come Garry Moore's way until his third term,
> Bob has moved further into Central Politics ... as I warned you is his
intention.
>
> Yet again posing himself in an opportunity for publicity, he promotes a
light train set
> to Rangiora, Lyttelton and so on .. Knee Jerk Bob has used the purchase by
NZ GOVT of the train set to promote himself again.
>
> Lets look at the facts.
>
> Ken Lawn from Regional Council Canterbury states clearly that a civilian
train service Railway from Rangiora, Kaiapoi area to Central station will cost
$250 million.
> Nahh .. read $500 million cost.
> Presently there are 11,000 people each in Rangiora, and Kaiapoi.
> Cost to you my friend is $NZ 500,000,000 divided by say 50,000
> [ future population of Rangiora and Kaiapoi = 50,000]
> Thats $10,000 per citizen.
> Cost to NZ is $10,000 for each possible train set traveller.
>
> Do you think old Knee jerk slick Bob has a chance in NZ NAT GOVT 2011 what
do you think.
>
> But there is another problem dudes.
>
> Our Railways lines are narrow guage. Based I think based on the half length
of a horses leg in 1867.
> It doesn't work .. it can not work for modern transport ,
> and that is why Toll $AUD pulled out.
>
> Regional transport manager Jill Atkinson states clearly that the figures
are
> "telephone number costs"
>
> She says
> " the question is could ratepayers bear the costs of this, and the answer is
probably no"
>
> To pull our railways into the modern world will take many $NZ bilions.
>
> Maybe we should front it ..but Bob, old slick knee jerk Bob will be well
gone ..
>
> paul scott
>
>
> paul scott
> North avon,
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>
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