I attended the CCHL AGM on Friday. Several times the chair referred to their commitment to openness and the fact that this was the first time that CCHL had had a public meeting to announce their performance in the past year. That is another example of “without a knowledge of history you are … [Read more...]
Proposed sale of Assets – selling the family silver?
So, come along to the WEA on Monday evening at 7pm to hear a group of speakers inform you on why we should not sell our assets. It is time for us all to mobilise and to inform our elected reps that they are currently being led up a blind alley. Since the end of last year there has been a push by … [Read more...]
Garry writes on CCHL for The Star
In our front room’s a trunk. It carried my grandfather’s life possessions across the world to NZ. A reminder of the risks he took for us to have a better life than he experienced in Ireland. He stayed here and our family flourished. Every family has the same story with reminders of where they came … [Read more...]
Councillors are being led down a one-way path by CCC staff who want to sell assets
Recently in a behind closed doors meeting our elected Councillors were told that the estimated rates increase in the Long-Term Plan for next year will be 18%. They must resist this and push hard for a decent analysis of costs. In an article in the … [Read more...]