Lies or Just Bad Communication?

Cracker highlighted that the information we are given regarding Council allocated RWC tickets ‘Doesn’t Quite Gel’.  Today’s letter to the editor in the Southland Times gives us more information:

The council has passed on, at cost,eight of the 12 tickets mentionedby your correspondent.The council intends to do the same with the remaining four tickets,which means that there will be no cost to the ratepayers.

In early August they had been ‘returned to the promoter’ according to Cr Boniface, now in early September, eight have been sold.

At least do me the service of remembering your lies!  Whatever…

A front page statement peaked my interest also:

Motel Association of New Zealand Southland president Denise Lusby said motels in Invercargill were almost booked out for the second World Cup game in the city next Wednesday, with a few more rooms available during the first and third games.

Interesting that the council and Venture Southland supported, funded, lauded, promoted event hasn’t filled up accommodation.  I know a locally run event, that was refused already budgeted Destinational Marketing funds from council, that does book out the town to the extent that no more flights could be organised because there was nowhere for them to stay.

Cr Sycamore questioned me, why council should support an event that promotes a product most residents can’t afford?

I hope those are ringing in his ears now denying $50k to one event and funding a comparable (if not lesser) event $105k.

 

FIFA now

Well they’ve funded Hockey and Rugby, now it seems it’s soccer’s turn.  At least one Cr questioned it, Cr Abbott, a man after my own heart and one of the few that are truly representatives for the community.  From the minutes of the Finance and Policy meeting (August 23);

And this is news to me and I’m a regular reader

Investors are they?

And while we’re on Finance and Policy.  What happened here?

So it's being moved to the Extraordinary meeting...

Then why do we still have it in PE later in the meeting?

Obviously just going through the motions and reading off the agenda rather than remember the motion you made 2 hours earlier.

 

 

Repeal the Anti Smacking Law NOW…

…..so I can smack the Youth Council upstarts round the ears!

I don’t care if you don’t care about history but maybe every bugger that died, fought and struggled to provide you the liberties you have now, do.  Be it democracy, women’s rights, social welfare or protection from oppression, you don’t deserve it!

I realise you were referring to Anniversary day but such disregard for history shows you have no respect for the work involved in creating the community you benefit from everyday.

So you want the day off with no regard to what you are celebrating?  Well enjoy your drinks (at 18)and remember your history, and the people that fought and died before they were legally allowed to purchase alcohol!!! FFS!

For God’s sake

I’m sorry but Event Funding should not be ‘negotiations’, more like, cap-in-hand begging, pleading, at best it could be pointing out what service you are providing on behalf of council but in no way should it be negotiations.

Give us a break