hawkesbaycouncilwatch

The feds are tearing their hair out.

The head of federated farmers must be wondering what on earth has happened on the political scene with National snubbing the primary sector left right and centre. To make matters worse the Nats are in bed with the Maori Party in  a way that could never have been contemplated pre election.

Left wing commentator Colin James is cheering the Nats on and putting the boot into the Feds by suggesting in his Press column that it is right for the Nats to ignore the farming sector and that we are all doomed if we don’t follow an ETS that will cripple the country.

It is Do Nicholson that is right.The Nats have lost their way after one year unless they are playing some new game that we haven’t yet figured out.

Hastings District Council seems intent on having a logo to promote their own pocket in Hawkes Bay.A logo to separate them from the state of Napier.

But.This ongoing fascination with a brand is costing ratepayers a fortune.

What irks many ratepayers is the apparent strong desire by the council to ignore the well established brand that was tried and proven and is relivant  today  “the fruitbowl of New Zealand”.

It is a name that has stuck and Hastings should make the most of it.

At the september meeting of the Hastings District Council the Sports Park Trust was asked to come back in October with justification for wanting to bring forward expenditure on the next stage..

Forward to the October meeting and what happened ??

Nothing. No explanation. Extraordinary!!!

It explains why the Mayor should not be chair of the trust as well as Mayor.

There are certainly more people questioning the decision to make Auckland a Super City.

This great desire to kill local democracy will not be stopped and when one listens to some of those involved in making it happen alarm bells ring.

On Laidlaws show a story included comments from a Mr Askwith, a pommie import from what appears to be the local government sector in the UK.

Comments he made such as Invercargill farmers don’t realise that Auckland  is so important to them and that the Mayor of this super city should be able to veto anything, are really quite scary. He also stated that they will replace seven muppets (mayors) for one, was a condescending and insulting comment.

Go back to the UK Mr Askwith. We don’t need you here.