Posts by Sacha
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Legal Beagle: Johndotbanks - the law is…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
any offending he engaged in was so minor that it is considered of a type we don't bother about after six months
Which tells us what our Parliament believes is important.
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Hard News: John Banks: The volunteer did…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Noticed Key on TV1 (or TV3?) news saying his test for a Minister involved "ethics" as well as law. The word must mean something different to a wideboy money trader, I guess.
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Lawyer Andrew Geddis is unsurprised by the legal outcome, but summarises the implications of Banks' behaviour (emphasis in original):
We know John Banks went around wealthy people and companies getting donations in the five figures. The Police clearly are of the opinion he did so in full knowledge they were giving him this significant support. But he then signed a document purporting to accurately declare who had given him the money for his campaign apparently without even reading it, but simply after asking the volunteer who put it together "you're sure this is accurate?"
OK. This story gets him off the hook legally. But, you know ... this guy presently is a Minister of the Crown, holding responsibility for Regulatory Reform and Small Business, as well as being the Associate Minister of Commerce and Associate Minister of Education.
And he doesn't even read the things that get put in front of him.
Apparently it doesn't take ethics or even basic competence to be a Minister these days. Epsom must be proud.
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Hard News: John Banks: The volunteer did…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
This is the form Banks filled out
Nope. We're talking about the 2010 Local Body elections, not the national ones the following year.
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I would also welcome another agency than the Police making decisions about prosecution, given their repeated failure over many years to reflect the most basic common sense over whether there is enough evidence to bother lodging a case with the courts. It's not their job to establish liability to a high standard of proof, merely the presence of evidence that could be tested in court.
When someone can knowingly be handed an envelope and sign a legal document stating otherwise, then claim to be innocent and get away with it, something is seriously wrong with the law, its enforcement or both.
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Hard News: It's not funny because it's…, in reply to merc,
LOL
if that's your response to a professional consensus, we'd best not talk about climate change.
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Hard News: It's not funny because it's…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
latency?
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Hard News: It's not funny because it's…, in reply to merc,
wonder whether we haven't been sold a huge technology dummy
experts seem in agreement it's a good idea
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Hard News: It's not funny because it's…, in reply to Islander,
but that's not the same as wireless for the last part
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Hard News: It's not funny because it's…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
wireless of some kind for the "last 20m"
not nearly the same performance as fibre, is it?