During the week I had an email from Kelvan Smith who demonstrated that he might have retired but he still reads the Tuesday Club notes! For clarification the bits in bold are what I wrote in the Tuesday Club notes last week. Here’s what Kelvan said: I was interested to read your “Global … [Read more...]
Central Government seldom understands Local Government
One thing which used to frustrate me as Mayor was the way Central Government strode all over Local Government when they decided to take certain action. Time and time again the costs of these decisions were passed onto Local Government to absorb. We have seen it blatantly exhibited here with Central … [Read more...]
The cricket old boys club are at it again:
If there’s one thing which hacks me off it’s a group which has an attitude of “divine right” to anything. When I was Mayor one of the groups which was almost impossible to please was the cricket community. They frequently reminded me that their game was the “Game of Kings”. They constantly moaned … [Read more...]
Local Body Election Forum
Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust are hosting the following Local Body Elections Forums over the next month They are as follows: CDHB Candidates Forum Wed 27 August from 11.45 am - 12.45pm @ 878 Avonside Drive|MC Hon Margaret Austin Mayoral Candidates Forum Wed 4 Sept from … [Read more...]
27 August Speaker: Helen Beaumont CCC
This week we have Helen Beaumont who is the head of Three Waters at CCC. Come along with your queries about water and when can we expect our cups of tea (or whatever your poison) will be chlorine free. We decided that we would ask CCC how they are going to address the challenges which this … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 27 August 2019
What we would look like if we needed to comply with traffic safety regulations... … [Read more...]
Two legal opinions
Also attached are two further emails: One is the Deloitte’s Report on Horizontal Infrastructure and the other is the legal opinion which we have already sent last Monday. I think we should be promoting this as much as possible to assist CCC. … [Read more...]
I was asked by a mate “what is the Global Settlement?”
The other night I was asked by somebody who had been at the meeting with Megan Woods “what is the Global Settlement?” I have been so deeply engrossed in the document I just made an assumption. That everybody had read it. Silly me. It is a 59-page document which is about as exciting as watching … [Read more...]
EQC has been plundered by successive Governments and this needs analysis:
Cam Preston writes:The 4th Labour Government, and others before it for political reasons, have been removing funds from EQC, which left it financially weakened at the time the earthquakes stuck.To record the immediate requirement of the Crown to return the money they plundered from the NZ public … [Read more...]
How much did the Government really spend in Canterbury?
In the Global Settlement document, the Crown claimed to have spent $14b in Canterbury. (Remember these figures aren’t just for Christchurch.) This appears to have been accepted by the negotiating team as correct. The CCC negotiator, Brendan Anstiss, supplied to us the Treasury document to show … [Read more...]