Grey Geoff Piercy

What are the older members of our community thinking and saying about the present political shenanigans?
Geoff is president of Grey Power Southland and writes in his regular Soouthland Express column:

"The world once again is not far off a financial meltdown, a crisis similar to the 1930's and what does the New Zealand Government do? It takes money off the little kids trying to earn a dollar to help themselves or their families., it makes the sick pay a couple of dollars more for prescriptions, cuts roading subsidies in the south, so ratepayers pay more, while pouring millions of dollars into Auckland's infrastructure.
Remember the Government's trickle down theory? "Give those at the top tax relief and benefits will flow down through the economy". It hasn't and it won't.
  Would it not have been fairer to take from that sector and give the paperboy a break? Regretfully, fairness doesn't seem to come into the equation."

Well said, Geoff.

Invercargill anti-asset sale march - images

Our captain

Signature gatherer

Fine young people

Our camera-shy minders, caught napping, yapping.

We photographed each other

More signature-collectors/past pupils

This gentleman walked a considerable distance to and from the march

Geoff was an impressive speaker who roused the crowd

The Dutch contingent

Despite the cold, the Greys turned out

Resting during the speechifying

Dave sang the stirring protest song

Henrietta (I think) fiddled

On top of the stake, a key.

Marching today

Or at least ambling along with the crowd of Southlanders who oppose the selling of State assets. The 'amble' starts at the Otepuni Gardens at 2:00pm , winds its way through the streets of Invercargill and finishes at Wachner Place for speechifying. I spoke at the mining march and made what I thought was a stirring effort, but haven't been asked this time. My light's being kept under a bushel :-)
No matter, my sign will speak for me.
Best news of all for me, is that my mother-n-law will be marching/ambling today - first time ever! I expect she'll not be the only mother-in-law there - this issue has galvanised the 'mature' citizens of New Zealand in a way not seen for some time. They don't want Key to sell the assets they paid for over their working lives.
Go Grey! (It has to be said, my mother in law is still dark-haired, against all probability, and naturally so. She's a legend.)