Posts by Sacha
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Joe Wylie,
At a national level. That's where the power grab can most readily be nipped in the bud. And could have been in 2011.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
Agree all that's going on. Just don't see the connection with your conclusion:
By throwing big numbers around and proposing huge projects most little ratepayers hopefully will switch off and let them do as they please.
I'd say there are two processes going on there. Surely the latter has more to do with the shameful lack of viable alternative representatives to vote for than big projects being thrust upon your city by wideboy deal-makers?
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Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Nora Leggs,
non-plussed
could it be something else like respect for death?
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Hebe,
What I don't understand is the insistence on big projects.
Ah, got you now. Yes, it's govt-scale contracting foisted on you via Brownlee and chums. Makes the pocket-lining more efficient.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
By throwing big numbers around and proposing huge projects most little ratepayers hopefully will switch off and let them do as they please. Worked for Len Brown in Auckland.
Not sure what you mean? Neighbourhood projects continue under Auckland's new structures. True that things like making local swimming pools free for children across the region will seem more immediately relevant for residents than ones with future payoffs like the crucial Core Rail Link or community development strategies with decade-scale timeframes. Building consents are already faster to get for those few who do that, I guess.
Most citizens just aren't that engaged and have other things in their lives to get on with. However that's not new or unique.
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Cheeseontoast also has the first Lorde publicity photo alongside that remix.
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Metro magazine's new Arts website reviews The Breath of the Volcano.
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Capture: Great Southern Land, in reply to JacksonP,
and you survived. #bravo
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must be just you, Grant
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Up Front: Card on the Table, in reply to Kumara Republic,
One has to wonder what exactly Card was doing in the US Democrat Party for years. Or was he just one of them in name only?
you'll recall where our own Prebble and Douglas found a home before forming ACT..