Norman Withers for Mayor
From:
Brian Sandle
Date:
Apr 13 03:17 UTC
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paul scott wrote:
> Well now, there are three separate companies and corporate identities set up
to process this foppery, and they will effectively make sure that certain
Councillors’ salaries are bloated up, and make sure that no responsibility for
anything lies with Council.
>
> This is is debt for your children and the new working class who are to be
placed inside the four avenues, and co-operate over wheelie bins and pay the
surcharges.
>
>
Looking back to my topic
Agree? (by Oct 31) with Regional Policy Statement Changes
My article then covered some of the issues, and you Mark & Kevyn left
many of my comments not responded to.
I worry somewhat about your annoyance with rules. I think they can help
to avoid people being crammed in by market forces. But they need to be
well discussed. Dare I say we ought to discuss these matters while we
still can. Sometimes local government people are working hard to
moderate the market forces that our society currently runs on. Bob gives
people a feel-good about some issues just in the same way they will
watch new car TV ads but opnly 5% or less will ever go in one, let alone
own one. So they vote for him. That is one theory.
Is Christchurch, New Zealand, going to continue to support commodifying
of our economy, moving on to the human resource? Then is the market
going to cast off that commodity, having taken the cut, building high
density housing or whatever? Are we getting ready for a seige society,
with lots of money going to security industry, private prisons,
psychological counselling?
When Norm Withers said to me at a hearing that the St Albans pool was
very leaky and had no reinforcing, he was not answering my point that
earlier maintenance would be in order for many facilities- the subject
of my Draft Annual Plan presentation last year.
The corporates persuade funds to be given for intial construction but
not maintenance, whether it is parks or whatever.
So much rates money has been going on changing roads around New Brighton
and cutting big trees but little on selling the yachting, rowing,
sailboarding, landyachting, surfing, variable intensity exercise
dune-top walks, disabled archery, doing fun things in the back yard,
kites, art galleries, drama, tree-trapeze possibilities. It is not good
enough to think the change of roads will attract high rise developers
which will bring in gentrification to fix matters. A more direct
approach is in order.