What lessons have we learnt? Well maybe we have learnt that Nobilangelo wasn’t so bad, or perhaps that we shouldn’t have posted so many candidates and allow the toastmasters through?

Maybe we might have learnt that leopards dont change their spots and we should have seen this from Faye Storer, as she has never let go of Denise beating her in the last election.

And maybe we have learnt nothing, and like the  TPI affair, after a couple of months we all crawl back to our grass huts, enjoy summer and get on with our lives.

The one thing that worries me is that, in spite of the unfair process electing the chair and deputy chair, we don’t actually know that this board is going to do a bad job. Even if the board had met correctly the outcome would be the same.

My hope is that Denise perseveres with, that the fourth estate monitors and the island never forgets this board.

Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

To quote Jo Holmes “Much of this will be in today’s Marketplace and the whole of Gulf (Green) News will be full of it tomorrow”

It is apparent that the Waiheke Marketplace” has aligned itself with Jo Holmes and cannot be impartial. To combat your vile tribe entering my house I will be installing one of these on my letterbox.

Densie Roche, Fay Storer, Herb Romaniuk, Colin Bearsonand Jo Holmes.

Go on, prove me wrong

Dear John,

There is no substance to that perpetually spouted drivel about of the cost of Waiheke waste collection under Clean Stream vs. TPI. When you are ready to release the true figures give us a call however we won’t hold our breath as we all know you are just a puppet mayor and David Hay and his C & R team really run council.

The Cynic

Arrived via e-mail

Aaron Bhatnagar appears to have elevated himself to the position of Waiheke enemy number one. While putting together YouTube clips for Waiheke TV News website it became fairly evident that Mr Bhatnagar had engineered a solution that was not achievable by the incumbent (Clean Stream Waiheke), denied speaking rights to the Waiheke community, had opposition councillors denied voting rights and eventually managed to get Clean Stream Waiheke disqualified for canvassing after the tender had closed.

Anyone else notice that Aaron’s hair appeared freshly gelled for the camera. Obviously our man Aaron is a firm believer in the product or he was so excited about destroying Clean Stream that he had his own “Something about Mary moment”

Anyway, we are on to you Aaron,  you cannot unring a bell, the truth will come out.

Read about Mr Bhatnagars electioneering methods here, and view his work here

If we can’t save a recycling programme from local government then all of our initiatives are in danger of being taken away by the whim of council officers who have not come to grips with the pressing realities we are up against. We must stand together to preserve this resource. Please pass this on and make plans to meet us at Auckland Town Hall at 9:30am, Thursday, 11 June. If you can’t make it to Town Hall please take the time to visit the Waiheke Does It Better website for phone numbers/emails to let council know it is up against all of New Zealand, not just a small island.

Please, before it is too late, make Transition Towns’ presence heard on this issue. Phone or email today or show up on Thursday.

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