Posts by Joe Wylie
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Back in February, indignation over Town Clerk/CEO Marryatt's pay rise had over 4000 rallying outside Council HQ. Council management's response was to authorise an $80,000 "audit" of their own communications performance. Today Marryatt failed to attend a "workshop" where councillors who were never consulted on the decision to commission the "audit" had gathered to discuss its findings.
In January Mayor Parker cited Marryatt's increased workload from the "Share an Idea" exercise as justification for his pay rise. OK, it was a cruel noax, but we're past caring now, right?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to
the town waterfall
That waterfall is something else, right in town like that.
Best one yet Jos, sound & vision cooking there. -
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to
I think you can aim to have cheap, interesting spaces.
No $2 shops in Chch's pop-up pathway to Ballantynes. Even Trade Aid is too downmarket.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to
I mean, we had a plan for the Central City ages go, remember that? The council did it, and then the govt said, we're taking over . . .
Share an Idea, which many dutifully did. Perhaps some still feel that it was something other than a cynical hoax. Back in January Bob Parker cited Council CEO Tony Marryatt's increased workload from Share an Idea as justification for the pay rise that temporarily riled the punters.
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Legal Beagle: Johndotbanks - the law is…, in reply to
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to
I am filled with hope, as yet unrequited, that Act On Campus will bring their MP to his senses.
In their own strange fashion, whatever that may be.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to
A chunk from Koyaanisquatsi. Couldn't find the original with the Philip Glass soundtrack. -
Thank you Craig, much appreciated.
MM's ongoing generosity. Kindness, idealism, and towering common sense. -
Capture: Two Tripods, One Night, in reply to
Great stuff Nora, love the Friar & foliage.