In the interests of showing you the tragic trajectory of debt that the Kempthorne -- King -- Bryant dynasty has Tasman District Council on I asked Council staff the following question: Could I have a printout of the debt figures for the last 25 tears and the next 10 years? Dean McNamara This was to demonstrate how the once strong balance sheet of the Council has … [Read More...]
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Misquotes And Other Lies
It was very nice of Stuff to include me in their nationwide hit-pieces against those protesting against this Government's "two classes of society." Clearly an … [Read More...]
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I am back …
Hello again. Sorry I have been quiet this past year. There is a reason for it, but I am not allowed to tell you. At least not until the dam debt blows out another … [Read More...]
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3 Waters Reform and More
Water continues to cause concern around the region. I have had some 500 emails calling for our Council to reject the Government’s Three Waters reform package. Oddly, not a single email in support. Incidentally, I use the term Three Waters rather than Three … [Read More...]
The Long and Short of it
Tasman District Council has locked in the new Long Term Plan (LTP) for the next ten years (reviewed in 3 years). It locks you in to more debt and more rate increases, which is interesting given that I ran against a deputy mayor with twenty years experience who … [Read More...]
QUESTIONS to be answered – in my mind at least
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More ████ More Debt
You elected more of the same, and they delivered for you. I ran for mayor against a deputy mayor with 20 years of experience that told the residents of Tasman that he believed he could keep within our debt cap and rates cap by making the hard decisions. … [Read More...]
Council Health Check
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Spend Spend Spend
The impact of the Government’s response to COVID-19 is beginning to be felt around the country with much more still to come as the wage subsidy is yet to run out and still no sign of a business as usual call from the Government. In the current Long Term … [Read More...]
Spin Doctoring
Dr Spin goes to work in the Council Newsline again this week (8 May 2020). See if you can spot the trend. On the Motueka Library project: On the topic of permanently chlorinating all water supplies: Obviously, we are a council that likes to assess … [Read More...]