Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Steve Barnes,
If you just happen, through right if inheritance, own a bit of land that could be developed then why should the onus be on you to provide infrastructure
So water/sewerage/road/electricity/internet connections from the closest current network are someone else's responsibility?
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Hard News: Friday Music: The First Time, in reply to Henry Barnard,
early WWOOF
Unwilling Workers, prehaps
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Not asking who should do it, just who you understand does right now.
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Steve Barnes,
The true cost of Watercare’s services do not include infrastructure costs other than maintenance
Who pays to build any new water and sewage lines across the region, not just within a subdivision to which development levies may apply?
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Swan,
Why should a 'fair' return on capital be the same for a profit-seeking private business as a public monopoly?
If Watercare could inflate their prices for all their customers then they could reduce them for developers, sure. How that's good for anyone else is unclear.
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Hard News: Housing: the Feudal Model, in reply to Swan,
You seriously think Watercare's capital costs aren't built into their prices?
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Best crowd engagement would be that Grooverider gig, Derrick May in K'Rd , and Michael Franti acoustic in a tiny cafe on upper Queen St. Oh, and Chris Knox as MC at the Flying Nun anniversary gig at The Powerstation (no earbleeds).
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Deepest sounds would be Grooverider at The Box and sundry other d'n'b gigs.
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contrastingly, biggest sound system ever (but used responsibly) would have to be U2's Zooropa tour at Western Springs in the early 90s. Giant beast run at less than half capacity as I recall. Big Audio Dynamite sounded awesome on it beforehand.
By then I'd seen a whole lot of brilliant locals in small venues but this was huge pop done proper. And the biggest screens in NZ.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The First Time, in reply to Alan Perrott,
ringing for days