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    From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 29 11:18:38 2024
    https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-10-2024/windbag-wellington-city-council-isnt-dysfunctional-theyre-just-politicians

    We are used to stories of the political bias and excesses of the
    Murdoch Media, and the clear bias of some "commentators" such as
    Hoskins on The Herald and Plunkett on The Platform, but it is sad to
    see the owner of The Post trampling on journalistic integrity.

    The reality is that a few hacks decide they wanted to see Tory Whanau
    defeated at the next election; they manufactured a "crisis" which
    turns out not to be a crisis, and persuaded the government to go as
    far as they could justify to blacken the image of Tory Whanau with
    voters - even an "observer" is over-reach, but then over-reach and
    political cronyism is the signature style for all the coalition
    parties in government

    To repeat what has been said before - Wellington Council has not
    reached borrowing limits, they have an AA credit rating and can borrow
    for needed works. Now what are the Government going to do for other
    Councils that have reached their borrowing limits already . . .

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 28 23:50:32 2024
    Rich80105 <[email protected]> wrote: >https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-10-2024/windbag-wellington-city-council-isnt-dysfunctional-theyre-just-politicians

    We are used to stories of the political bias and excesses of the
    Murdoch Media, and the clear bias of some "commentators" such as
    Hoskins on The Herald and Plunkett on The Platform, but it is sad to
    see the owner of The Post trampling on journalistic integrity.

    The reality is that a few hacks decide they wanted to see Tory Whanau >defeated at the next election; they manufactured a "crisis" which
    turns out not to be a crisis, and persuaded the government to go as
    far as they could justify to blacken the image of Tory Whanau with
    voters - even an "observer" is over-reach, but then over-reach and
    political cronyism is the signature style for all the coalition
    parties in government

    To repeat what has been said before - Wellington Council has not
    reached borrowing limits, they have an AA credit rating and can borrow
    for needed works. Now what are the Government going to do for other
    Councils that have reached their borrowing limits already . . .
    What horseshit. The Wellington Council is dysfunctional and anybody who does not see that is blind (or like you, deliberately obtuse).

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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