Last week we had a hummer of a session... Firstly, Tony Moore spoke about the CCC programme to address Global Warming. It was interesting to have Eric Pawson challenge the room to consider whether or not we as a City are being brave enough and embracing the Climate Commission’s goals. That led to … [Read more...]
This Week Rod Carr
This week Rod Carr will join us to talk about the work of the Climate Change Commission Dr Rod Carr thought he had retired. He quit full time work at the end of 2018, let his beard grow until he resembled a 19th century Russian novelist, ran a marathon in North Korea and planned to sit on a … [Read more...]
Let’s focus on Jaime Lerner, Mayor of Curitiba, and some things we can learn from him
Last week I said that I would write something about Jaime Lerner. Well Carl Davidson (who wanted to demonstrate that he reads the Tuesday Club notes) sent me the article below which was written about Jaime a few years ago. Here’s one of his quotes: If you want creativity, cut one zero from the … [Read more...]
An outstanding article analysing how the CDHB was undermined by Wellington bureaucracies
Ian Powell has written an extremely well researched article on CDHB. It is published by Victoria Universities “Democracy Project”. It summarises how CDHB has been completely done over by the Ministry of Health and its various sub agencies over the years. Our area has been a victim of incompetent … [Read more...]
Some of our Councillors are behaving in a way which turns off the public
I wrote last week about the comments made by Sam McDonald about how he feels the Councillors handle members making submissions when he said “we probably don’t listen to most of them”. I suspect that Sam was embarrassed by the coverage that this irresponsible comment received. He then reverted to a … [Read more...]
Demonstration by our young citizens about Global Warming this week
It was wonderful to see students marching on the Council during the week. They marched on the Council demanding action. Our young people, who will be the ratepayers in the future as we dribble into our slop trays, are demanding action. Now. I was delighted to hear how stirred up my 13-year-old … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s been writing memories and commenting on house construction
In John’s first piece he has written about the mines in the area he grew up in. There were disasters, but when the death only involved one person the town moved on and the family had the job of grieving on their own. It is a real lesson for us to remember those who are grieving over personal … [Read more...]
Democratic changes in USA
In USA the Republicans are working overtime to reduce the opportunity for communities like Afro-American families from voting. Some of the corporates have joined the push back against this undemocratic activity. The Republicans are turning on them. Te debate is fascinating and this is well worth … [Read more...]
In Conclusion 20 April 2021
Garry writes – Its time to increase taxes
When will those in Treasury start to realise that the three decades of “reduce tax” “reduce the size of the state” “the private sector will show how to run Government (Central and Local)” are over? There is increasingly discussion around the world on taxes. There will be resistance toward … [Read more...]
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