Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The unstable Supercity, in reply to bob daktari,
this will soon by scuppered by tenders having to be open to all TPPA signatories now
It's one of the most costly aspects of TPP - permanently removing the ability of small local companies to grow through local contracts because giant foreign firms appear a safer or cheaper bet and are not able to be excluded.
Good luck growing the next Datacom, Orion or Xero - the IT companies Joyce name-dropped when extolling the virtues of said trade agreement because it is true they will do better export business. Conveniently ignores what happens in the other direction and hence the long-term sustainability of the industry. Many industries. #duncery
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Hard News: The unstable Supercity, in reply to Russell Brown,
and from a comment on today's Standard post:
The finance department should have had its files raided and audited years back. CFO Andrew McKenzie resigned in mid 2014. The CFO was the head of council IT as there was no CIO. Only a HoIT which was Mike Foley
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Hard News: The flagging referendum, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
have carnal relations with a New Zealander?
that'd be one charming fleg
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Legal Beagle: The flag referendum:…, in reply to izogi,
it most likely would have gone towards paying off government debt
not yet, under this govt. Still racking it up in our names.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Marc C,
So if this may be unfair to young people, is it then not also unfair to all others, that have to work, study and do other chores?
Yes. The retired and the wealthy do tend to have better options.
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Hard News: The flagging referendum, in reply to Russell Brown,
Those who voted for no change just to disappoint John Key
they do all love trotting out that line.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Marc C,
nobody stopped the younger persons that were concerned to attend, so why did they not make the effort?
most people are busy on weekday afternoons.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Marc C,
why did Council not do all this capacity modeling before drawing up and notifying the plan, and come with such late zoning changes just before the whole hearings are about to come to a close?
The panel moved the goalposts. The modelling was revisited accordingly. The change was not governed or communicated properly.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Marc C,
they would be shut out of housing near the city and near centres
What's non-factual about that? It was a general statement, not a response to any particular suburb's zoning,
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Marketing dude Simon Pound is unimpressed.
One last thought: can you imagine changing the national anthem and having no musicians?
That is what we did here.
We tried to change the flag with no-one with a fucking clue about flags or design anywhere in the mix and we got exactly what we deserved.
.. for some value of "we".
Let the referendum answer that.
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