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Councils return to spend amidst economic gloom

January 18, 2009

Perhaps you’ve managed to avoid miserable economic news over the holidays, choosing to accentuate the positive. Well, forgive me for being Mr. Gloom & Doom, but 2009 is looking pretty grim for our economy. Over the past few weeks … PM Key announced an employment summit for February, calling 2009 a “particularly challenging year” and [...]

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A surprising Christmas solicitation

January 16, 2009

Happy New Year! BayBuzz is back after a brief and enjoyable respite. Here’s the most curious thing that happened to me over the holidays. One day shortly after Christmas, there was an unexpected knock at my door … a rare event, since we live out in the country. Three people had arrived in my driveway, [...]

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