Monthly Archives: February 2013

Auckland Council Censorship 2

Address to Auckland Council 28 February 2013 by Gary Osborne Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m here to speak on Council censorship. Should a bureaucrat have the power to decide what correspondence addressed to elected members they get to read? … Continue reading

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Auckland Council Censorship

  How would you feel if all communication to your elected representatives was blocked? That is what happens in Auckland Council.   For eight months now, my emails to Local Board members or Councillors have been intercepted by bureaucrats. The … Continue reading

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Getting Answers for Ratepayers

Address to Henderson-Massey Local Board 7 February 2013   Madam Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen What do ratepayers want from their Local Board? They don’t want rhetoric. They want representation.   Following the 9 questions I tabled to this Board on … Continue reading

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Auckland Transport’s New Broom

  My first dealings with Auckland Transport were following my receipt of a notice in September 2011 advising me that part of my property in Te Atatu Rd was to be acquired under the Public Works Act. I found senior … Continue reading

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