Monthly Archives: May 2011

    The Henderson-Massey Local Board meeting originally scheduled for 6.30 pm 5 May 2011 was rescheduled to 11 am 10 May – a time inappropriate for working ratepayers.   On 9 May I lodged a complaint by phone regarding … Continue reading →

  Auckland Council devotes a page on its website to complaints. It even goes so far as to define a complaint. It tells you how complaints are to be made. It tells you how complaints are processed. Most people know … Continue reading →

  Address to Henderson-Massey Local Board 10th May 2011   Madam Chair, Ladies & Gentlemen   I know there are people in this room who don’t like history, but from the early 1970’s I remember reading Planning Council documents expressing … Continue reading →

  My original complaint to the Local Government Commissioner on 19 April 2011 sat in the Local Government Commission office until I rang Wellington on 26 April to be told it was a matter that was appropriate for the Mayor … Continue reading →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – sender Paul Richards 027 291 7898     ‘How do you feel about spending your rates money on treadmills,  cross-trainers and expensive television advertising?’ This was the question asked of the Auckland City Councillors at the … Continue reading →

  What is democracy? It is government of the people by their elected paid representatives.   What is demockery? It’s what you get when paid bureaucrats have too much influence over elected paid representatives.   The following is an example … Continue reading →