Capture: Two Tales of a City
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Sacha, in reply to
At a national level. That's where the power grab can most readily be nipped in the bud. And could have been in 2011.
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Sasha, viable alternative representatives don't get a look in. Just take on board who runs the show and how they are connected. Try getting rid of Tony Maryatt who seems to be part of a wheeling and dealing network behind closed doors. He is the biggest bully who rules with an iron fist and basically along with Paker dictates what gets done . CERA is passing the buck so until a miracle happens they will sign us up to projects we can not afford, not yet not ever. Besides the illusion tourist will be flocking into Christchurch is nothing but hopeful thinking. Remember Queenstown has an international airport and tourists have now for years gone straight there whereas before, they had to touch down here.
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Back from the beauty parlor .
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Sacha, in reply to
nationally. not locally
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Hebe, in reply to
I'm not following your viewpoint....do you mean central govt could have restored democracy in Christchurch? That would be correct, but the CCC screwed up after the September 2010 quake: they did not understand what the implications of that quake series was for Christchurch city, which was well-documented to have many, many buildings and much land around the city that would be at risk in a big earthquake. Instead there was an insistence on business as usual, an overall policy direction that ensured many of the council employees on the ground were hamstrung in their efforts.
In short, the government had to act after February 22, 2011; the city as whole was on the brink of infrastructure collapse, and the CCC -- like probably almost every local government body in the country facing those circumstances -- did not have the resources over the short and medium term.
Where it was wrong -- and still is -- is the amount of uncontestable power resting with Cera and the Minister after the rescue stage and into the still-embryonic recovery stage. We've barely started; 30 years for the city to be whole again is what I'm hearing. How long before we get a real say in planning our city? Or has democracy vanished forever in Christchurch?
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If the Press's readers are as dumb as it appears to assume they are, do they deserve to live? A sometime insurance industry employee poses as a happy quake-affected homeowner, complete with borderline kiddie-pimped toddler. If it wasn't for the bubblehead corporate claptrap tone of the piece, and the fact that a couple of his victims recognised him, he just might have gotten away with it.
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Sacha, in reply to
I'm not following your viewpoint....do you mean central govt could have restored democracy in Christchurch?
I obviously need to be blunter. If opposition parties had put up a viable alternative in the 2011 national elections, some of the govt-induced problems affecting Chch now could have gone differently. Most of your issues can't be resolved locally unless the govt allows it. That's my point.
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Lilith __, in reply to
Sacha, it would be nice to think our democratic rights weren't limited to ticking a couple of boxes every 3 years. Our government is supposed to have due process to ensure we are consulted and considered at every stage. But the current government continues to abuse and ignore due process, and to act contrary to our interests as well as our wishes.
While the Opposition could be doing a much better job of holding the government to account, I think it's also down to all of us to make noise about the erosion of our democratic rights whenever and wherever it occurs.
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Sacha, in reply to
it would be nice to think our democratic rights weren't limited to ticking a couple of boxes every 3 years
They aren't, and competent political oppositions work accordingly. Expecting you locals to do all the heavy lifting seems more than rude.
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Francis from Argentina just voted into the office of pope. I know little creatures will be delighted as he is their patron saint.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
If the Press’s readers are as dumb as it appears to assume they are, do they deserve to live? A sometime insurance industry employee poses as a happy quake-affected homeowner, complete with borderline kiddie-pimped toddler. If it wasn’t for the bubblehead corporate claptrap tone of the piece, and the fact that a couple of his victims recognised him, he just might have gotten away with it.
My thoughts exactly. It came across as too Stepford-ish to be taken seriously.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
I know little creatures will be delighted as he is their patron saint.
I’m guessing that Stella’s friend may be similar to your little dogs but without the salon visits ;)
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Yes they have the cutest little faces.
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Deep Red he sure did. Now his castle of cards is starting to falter he is indeed trying to blame all that is to come on people that might not be able to retaliate. What a piece of work.
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CTV Site
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Installation on Madras Street.
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2013 a good year for pears in Canterbury.
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Ready for winter.
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Roger Sutton has been given special powers.
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Dear goodness! Where is the ratepayer revolt?
I take it the 'thank goodness! It's Rog S in charge!' movement has entirely died?
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Islander he is now targeting us, the wee ratepayers with gusto like a mad uncle.
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Islander, in reply to
What *do* 'they' want?
An empty city?
A city of humble dependents?
A wasteland?
A beltway slum of humble dependent beneficiaries?
Ye gods & little fishes!
I AM a beneficiary ( old age pensioner) but my younger sblings are not - and none of them THO' THEY OWN PROPERTIES THEREIN - or their kids or grandkids- are returning to the city & environs of their birth...Chchch is going to wind up as a farmers' market & a place of 3rd-class degree factories. It's spirit has been destroyed by bureaucrats and tar-fingered politicians. It will return to the swamp it was-
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EthnicA Conference 2013 had a fashion parade.
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