By: Dean Hyde

Dean Hyde — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:17:23 +0000

What can one say, a very sad result for the ratepayers of the Hastings District. But then again, weren’t they the same group of people who supported by majority the sale of Nelson Park, the resulting concept of the Regional Sports Park and re-elected the majority of those who are serving on the Hastings District Council?
Perhaps dear I say it, Cr Margaret Twigg was perhaps right when she said that the ratepayers “were pretty thick” and what did you do Hastings, you re-elected her. Talk about dumb!
Well done! Unfortunately the tyrany of the majority will now be at the cost of the everyone for generations to come.

By: Andrew Frame

Andrew Frame — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:11:07 +0000

So the Council GAVE Kelt $176,668 MORE than He raised for THEM?!
What the hell??!!
Aren’t the great sucking financial chest wounds that are Splash Planet and the “Hawkes Bay” Opera House enough of a burden on the poor Hastings ratepayer without giving away even more money to someone who was supposed to provide funds that would make this project sustainable?
I wonder. Of all the venemous, vitriolic letters to the editor in the good old Hawkes Bay Today attacking anyone who doesn’t support the Sports Park, how many will think twice now most of the funds will likely have to come out of their pockets.
For all it’s faults and “uber-personalities”, there is merit in no “Super Council” Between HDC & NCC. Mayor Barb and her posse would never want to get involved in such a train wreck.
Yesterdays HBT headline proclaimed Hastings has no “Brand Identity”, no “tag”, no “schtik” to promote itself with.
Well, after their recent financial cataclysims, here’s a couple of ideas:
A/ “Hastings: Writing cheques it’s butt can’t cash for the last ten years”
B/ “Hastings: Can we borrow some money, please?”

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