It was like reading a manuscript from the Dark Ages, when witches were burned and blood-letting used to cure every ailment. The Southland Times article entitled "Farmers vow to snub regional council over Waituna solution" left me aghast.
Surely it couldn't be true - that the farmers who met behind closed doors to beat out a response to the situation they find themselves in over a dying lagoon at the bottom of their catchment came up with: "ES has shown it has no forward thinking, and no planning ability, in relation to both farming in the catchment and also the state of Waituna" as spouted by the spokesperson for the grumbling farmers, following the meeting. It's been a long time since I've read such reactionary, ill-informed foolishness as that statement from spokesperson Crack! She goes on:
"They said right from the start they want to point the finger. But it's not farmers who are charged with looking after the state of the region's waterways."
The Southland Times would have been better to have interviewed a fence post.
"This is a big backward step" said ES chairman Ali Timms. For once I agree unreservedly with her.
* The whisper is that Ms Crack was 'badly misquoted' in the article. That would explain a lot, if true. I await further developments.
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Back bone of the nay-shun!!!
The blaaaarrrdee nay-shun!!!
Breathtakingly backward Shunda. Even I am surprised by that lack of imagination.
"There's man all over for [them], blaming on his boots the fault of his feet."
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