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The Last Word (in the Mirror)
Should we turn off water metering?
Populism on the campaign trail
Anton Oliver! Eco-warrier or Eco-fascist? You decide.
More on Anton
Water in Central Otago - metering, charging and conservation - some thoughts
Ric Oram's scorched earth campaign on rates!
Here's my draft candidate profile statement for the Central Lakes Trust. I've included the photo of Disputed Spur Road (from my Flickr site - it's my copyrighted photo) because it also appears in the rolling banner on the CLT's web page! Good on them, but there's no attribution!
A few weeks ago I was an invited speaker at a cafe scientifique in the Hutton Theatre at Otago Museum. The topic was lignite mining in Central Otago. The 4-member panel was me, a poet (Brian Turner, of Oturehua, Central Otago), a consultant geologist (Barry Douglas, New Zealand's expert on lignite geology), and a lobbyist from Straterra. Here are my talking points.
Is Alexandra dragging the chain?
Is the Central Otago District Council corrupt?
I write a monthly column in QNewZ, the magazine of the New Zealand Organisation for Quality. Here's the August 2010 contribution
Media - Mirror Q&A
Mirror - Q&A 3 and 4
Letter to the Editor
Central Otago News - 9 September
Rates, pools, tourism, seasonal labour
ODT Candidates' Forum
Moral high ground!?
Here's an opinion piece from the ODT of September 1st, a philosopher's view of the Project Hayes Environment Court decision.
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR
I'm often asked to write welcome messages for conferences, sports events, and a variety of publications. Here's the most recent, for a front page in The Insider magazine.