May 29, 2008
A few days ago, we posted a Guest Buzzmaker by a citizen who is also active in local club tennis. He has serious reservations about the sports park.
Today, BayBuzz was enormously flattered to see that the national tennis officialdom in Auckland is spontaneously and assiduously reading our modest teeny local blog. They posted a rejoinder [...]
May 27, 2008
I know it’s a long time till parliamentary elections, but with the tax cut war already underway, it seems only fair that we start to ask some questions about the other side of the coin … spending priorities.
And to keep the issues close to home, we’ll just focus on the local “wish lists” of our [...]
May 26, 2008
Councillor Wayne Bradshaw is Chair of the Hastings Council Finance Committee. He’s a numbers guy. He likes things to add up.
In Councillor Bradshaw’s view, the case for the proposed regional sports park just doesn’t add up. And as you’ll see in his Guest Buzzmaker column, he’s not just talking about sketchy revenue and cost [...]
May 26, 2008
Wayne Bradshaw, Hastings Councillor: Alternative to Regional Sports Park
IS THERE A BETTER WAY?
The Hastings District Council under the Local Government Act 2002 has an obligation to contribute to desired community outcomes and to provide for economic, social, environmental and cultural wellbeing in the present and the future.
This is the rational for the proposing and promoting [...]
May 22, 2008
Great news re no more dolphins for Marineland!
I can’t believe an issue has come along where BayBuzz agrees with HB Today’s Louis Pierard! One of us might have to re-consider our position. Our common theme … it’s just a shame the Napier City Council didn’t show political courage and bite the bullet on this much [...]
May 21, 2008
Ian Purdon, avid tennis player, has shared with BayBuzz his submission as a private citizen regarding the proposed regional sports park.
Some of his submission is quite specific regarding considerations for facilitating and encouraging tennis play in the area.
However, the issues Ian raises about his sport provide rich context for his more generic concerns … the [...]
May 21, 2008
Ian Purdon, Tennis Player & Citizen: Regional Sports Park
This is the gist of my submission to the council, warts, typos, and all. In the week since I submitted this via HDC’s online facility, I have worked out that Windsor Park is similar in area to the new Percival Road site, and a damn ’site’ [...]
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